Articles by Don Hegland

The fourth annual Assembly East exhibition and conference was 2 days of encouragement for manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region.

In Uncommon Sense (April 2002) Andy Magee, senior consultant with the Bourton Group, wrote, "Every business has its superstars. What happens when a bus hits a superstar? No one wants to think about it but there is a reason why insurance companies sell key-man insurance."

Joe Smith started the day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6 a.m.

Anyone can make the product. But getting costs under control early is the key to making it profitably.

It looks as though the favorable economic indicators are finally outnumbering the unfavorable.

One of the fundamental contributors to a strong economy—productivity growth—has stubbornly insisted on remaining healthy.

Americans have been buying cars lately like they were mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby.

The U.S. economy was already faltering, arguably headed into a recession, before the despicable and cowardly acts of murder perpetrated upon the United States on Sept. 11.

Once upon a time (that is to say, back in the early 1950s) when Chevys came standard with a stovebolt six and Fords came standard with a flathead V-8, America's carmakers were kings of the hill.

For many in the American workforce, the answer to the question posed in the headline is "no; everyone's at work."