BOLD IDEAS FOR A BETTER FUTURE
FEBRUARY 2018 VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
COMMENTARY
42/Let’s Advocate for
Responsible Outsourcing
By Larry Lapide
Multinational corporations that have
successfully built a business in a country
should favor domestic labor, invest
domestically, and curtail tax avoidance
schemes.
48/A Connected Future of
Making Things
By Stephen Hooper and Lynelle Cameron
Systems thinking and a digitally connected
design and manufacturing process are the
keys to building more products better, and
in a sustainable way.
DIALOGUE
8/Touching Hearts and
Changing Culture
By Jeff Moad
General Mills’ Donzel A. Leggett believes
successful transformation starts with
leaders inspiring the organization to
embrace change.
PLAN T TOUR REPORT
54/At Merck, Digital Takes
Center Stage
ML Council members tour pharmaceutical
giant Merck’s Maurice R. Hilleman Center
for Vaccine Manufacturing in Durham, NC.
COUNCIL FORUM
59/Survival of the Fittest
By Jeff Moad
Praxair Digital Director Larry Megan
says tomorrow’s manufacturing leaders
must embrace low-cost sensing and other
IoT-related technologies to drive plant
reliability and efficiency.
EDITOR’S LETTER
4/A Different Factory World is
Coming
By David R. Brousell
5/Calendar
Important dates for Council Critical Issue
Debates, Decision Compass group meetings,
Journal issues, research, and live events.
6/Resources
Information on ML research reports, the
ML Awards program, the ML Council, ML
social media, and ML websites.
56/The Council
Meet fellow members of the Manufacturing
Leadership Council.
60/Member Organizations
The Manufacturing Leadership Council reflects
the broad ecosystem of the global industry.
61/Board of Governors
Meet the members of the Manufacturing
Leadership Council’s Board of Governors.
62/About ML/
Frost & Sullivan
› Join the conversations at
www.ML-Council.com
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