COMPANIES are now tweaking their logistics to give themselves more flexibility should anything go wrong. For instance, instead of relying entirely on manufacturing in low-cost regions, they may put part of their operation—perhaps a rapid-response w… more »

IT BEGAN on a stormy evening in New Mexico in March 2000 when a bolt of lightning hit a power line. The temporary loss of electricity knocked out the cooling fans in a furnace at a Philips semiconductor plant in Albuquerque. A fire started, but was put o… more »

Software: “Product life-cycle management” software that helps companies design, manufacture and manage their products is becoming increasingly popular among big firms ON DESKTOPS and tables in offices and homes around the world, and on… more »

Technology and economics have already revolutionised manufacturing. White-collar work will be next. THE industrial complex that Henry Ford built on the banks of the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan, was a wonder of the new age of mass production.… more »

The global deployment of work has its critics, but it holds huge opportunities for rich and poor countries alike, says Ben Edwards. ON A technology campus off the bustle of the Hosur Road in Electronics City, Bangalore, engineers are fiddling with… more »