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Jim Brown, President and founder of Tech-Clarity,
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What I Learned: More on Social Networking and Engineering
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Mark Graban, Senior consultant with a firm that specializes in Lean and Six Sigma consulting and training,
December 11, 2008
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The Power of the Plant Floor
Mark Sutcliffe, President, CDC Factory, CDC Software,
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Raj Khoshoo, chairman of the committee working on the Product Life-Cycle Management Initiative, recently spoke with MBT Executive Editor Sidney Hill about how the association?s work in that area can benefit manufacturers. Learn more about the MESA conference and Strategic Initiatives guidebooks.

The relationship between product design and manufacturing
Raj Khoshoo, chairman of the committee working on the Product Life-Cycle Management Initiative, recently spoke with MBT Executive Editor Sidney Hill about how the association’s work in that area can benefit manufacturers. Learn more about the MESA conference and Strategic Initiatives guidebooks.
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