Archive for the ‘David A. McInnis’ Category

U.S. Labor Dispute a Wakeup Call for US Companies?

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007 by David McInnis

Today’s headline in USA Today, “UAW Strike Comes as a Shock”, underscores the importance of U.S. manufacturers to rethink the way they mitigate risks in their supply chain. Today, GM faces production problems because 73,000 workers at 82 U.S. plants walked off the job. Imagine for a moment a climate where we are […]

Building Noah’s Ark

Monday, July 23rd, 2007 by David McInnis

I believe that fractional manufacturing could be one of the most significant advancements in manufacturing for the last 20 years or so.
In the late 1970’s and 1980’s we began to see a movement away from asset ownership and into outsourced manufacturing as a way to have parts produced without capital expenditures in manufacturing assets. This […]

In the Beginning

Monday, July 23rd, 2007 by David McInnis

About a year ago (August 4th, 2006) I sold PRWeb to Vocus. I owned and operated PRWeb for the better part of a decade. It was a successful venture and we had a ton of fun building that business. In July 2006, knowing that the sale was eminent, I moved Alex Linde, […]