Supplying answers: it's impossible to eliminate every risk in the global supply chain but it is possible to minimize them. Supply strategies for managing the top five supply chain risks.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * How a company manages its warranty process can affect its reputation for years to come. * The Holy Grail of supply chain management is to match supply with demand. * Manufacturing "postponement," that is, delaying the final...

The Next Generation.
The Next Generation BY DENISE M. GUSTAVSON Healthy competition gives wide-format print providers a lot to choose from Water-based inkjet printers started the wide-format revolution in the early 1990s, but nearly 20 years later, they're still going strong. According to Tim...

Straumann launches range of bone level implants across globe.
Swiss company Straumann is launching its new range of bone level implants, complementing the company's existing range of tissue level implants, for dental applications. The launch is extensive, with products becoming available in most parts of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand from the start of...

Search for dental beauty drives ceramic dental implant market.
All-ceramic dental restorations are becoming the most sought-after solutions to tooth repair. Ceramic restorations avoid the dark lines that may appear below the gum line when porcelain-fused-to-metal is used, says Millennium Research Group (MRG) in its latest report US Markets for Crown & Bridges 2008. Dental laboratories...

A click away: faster, more accurate FDA submissions, tighter quality controls, better productivity and bottom line results--all are just a click away with today's software innovations.
The year 2007 may well be remembered in history books as The Year of the Recall." From toothpaste to toys, pet food to tires, more products were found defective or downright dangerous last year than in any year previously. The medical device industry was not immune from the recall...

California's energy innovations help build a unique link with China.
Not long after the Californian power outages of 2000 to 2001, computer manufacturers Compaq and Hewlett Packard (HP) merged into one company. The on-again, off-again energy supply must have been an unwelcome problem for the two companies, which at the time wanted to guarantee complete business continuity. The companies'...

Dear EarthTalk: My old computer finally bit the dust and I am in the market for a replacement. Are there any particularly "green" computers for sale these days?
Thanks in part to pressure from non-profits like Greenpeace International--which has published quarterly versions of its landmark "Guide to Greener Electronics" since 2006--computer makers now understand that consumers care about the environmental footprints of the products they use. The latest version of Greenpeace's guide gives high marks...

My global footprint: even my homemade muffin is evil.
My shirt bears the logo of a popular designer who came to the fore 20 years ago. I paid about $30 for it at a discount clothing store which sells overruns and the previous year's fashions. The shirt would have cost me about twice as much if I had...

Survey confirms industry's belief in e-manufacturing, laser sintering.
A recent international survey of manufacturing professionals revealed that laser sintering and other rapid manufacturing technologies will prove to be formidable competition against conventional technologies, such as casting, in the future. EOS GmbH, a German manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, recently interviewed industry experts during the K 2007...

Risky business: as global supply-chain management becomes more important to overall corporate strategy, companies should be wary of how they tackle these top five risks--it could mean the difference between smooth sailing and going down with the ship.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last summer, the RC2 Corp., maker of Thomas the Tank Engine toys, had to recall 1.5 million products it imported from Chinese suppliers. It was discovered that the toys contained lead paint. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina disrupted the ocean-borne supply of polyethylene foam used in...