By Michael Collins, MPC Management

 

To achieve the efficiencies and effectiveness that everyone wants in supply chains will require cooperation between suppliers and customers -- not just cost reduction in a one-sided adversarial relationship.

Hulking, gray aircraft with a black nose and four black propellers is designed to replace Lockheed Martin's aging C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft.

Defense Secretary pledged direct involvement in moving forward a disputed $35 billion tanker contract after congressional investigators detailed numerous mistakes the Air Force made in awarding the deal.

Treasury Secretary said the U.S. urgently needs to end its addiction to oil, reduce dependence on foreign energy imports and promote investment in renewable alternatives.

Expectations that the European Central Bank will raise interest rates later Thursday could further weaken the U.S. dollar and drive oil prices even higher.

Rhode Island officials say ruling means they'll have to rely on a more piecemeal approach to fighting lead poisoning than the sweeping fix they hoped the cleanup would provide.

Gov. Joe Manchin has urged the West Virginia Supreme Court to clarify whether DuPont has a right to have an appeal heard on $196.2 million in punitive damages.

Domestic vehicle production climbed 6.8 percent from a year earlier to 924,897 units in May, thanks to robust export demand, an industry group said.

General cargo handled through the port dropped by more than 26 percent during the first four months of 2008, following a year that marked a 17-year low point.

Defense contractor plans to lay off up to 100 workers from its aircraft refurbishing facility in South Carolina.

Employees laid off from Federal Gypsum blocked the gate for 4 hours before extracting promises from the company and a creditor that they hope will prevent the need for further blockades.

Four leading startups united over a concern that neighboring South Korea could pull ahead in the race to transform robots from science fiction to commercial success.

German business software maker said buying Visiprise would offer manufacturing customers a 'robust product offering' that would boost operational efficiency and enhance quality.

President Lee Myung-bak said he would not tolerate illegal, violent protests against U.S. beef imports, but would listen more carefully to public opinion at peaceful rallies.

Federal regulators have proposed $119,400 in workplace safety fines against KMA Manufacturing after a worker died when a six-ton cylinder dropped onto him from a crane.

Furniture maker plans to eliminate more than half of the work force and end most wood furniture production at its Martinsville, Va., plant by late summer.

Progressive Moulded Products, maker of plastic instrument panels, confirmed the shutdown of 11 small plants, costing 2,000 jobs.