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Guest Editorials Here are recent articles written by readers and experts in their fields. To submit an article on a pertinent manufacturing or technology subject, contact us through our Comments page. Please feel free to contact the authors of the articles below. The contact information is at the end of each article. The United States Must Prepare For Its Day Of Reckoning By Jack Davis, CEO of I Squared R Element Co. The Economic State Of The Union -- 2008 By Dr. Charles McMillion, President and Chief Economist, MBG Information Services Farewell To Supply-Side Economics: A Stimulus To What? Delusions Prevail In Washington By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Reflections On General Electric's Global Strategy By Nelson Hoffman, Retired CEO of Brice Manufacturing Is Manufacturing In The United States Toast? Dan Luria, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Cato's Study On U.S. Manufacturing Suffers From Fatal Flaws By Paul Craig Roberts Economists In Denial; Blind To Offshoring's Adverse Impact By Paul Craig Roberts Counterfeiting Becomes A REALLY Big Business By Tim Phillips Selling Without Selling Out: Private Equity Firms Step Up Investments In Consumer Product Companies By Sonya Tarnow Brown, Summit Partners Suppliers Face Potentially Grave Challenges Dealing With B2B Exchanges by Michael Rothschild, Maxager Technology Is Now The Right Time To Sell Your Manufacturing Business? by Patrick Winters, Duff & Phelps Verite Reveals The 10 Deadly Sins Of Overseas Factories by Heather White, Verite How To Deal With A Bankrupt Customer: Be Quick To Reclaim Your Goods by Keith Miles Aurzada, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld Manufacturers' Dilemma: Managing a Growing Volume Of Returned Goods by William Sherrard, Mark Rosenbaum and Fred Raafat, San Diego State University For Heavy Equipment Manufacturers Success Will Depend On Services by Dean Teglia, Accenture Executives To U.S. Manufacturing Companies: Stock Options Or Bust by Jon Robbins, Christian & Timbers Why ISO 9000 Should Be A Company's Guidepost And Not Total Quality Management by Bruce Bishop, Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center In The Race For Success, Quality Is More Important Than Productivity by Dan Slater, RWD Technologies Book Review: Blood, Sweat & Tears: The Evolution of Work Reviewed by Fred Stahl Unions Work Only If Management Doesn't by William Adams, Adams, Nash, Haskell & Sheridan Managed Innovation: 3M's Latest Model For New Products by Rita Shor, 3M Corp. Sony’s Huge CD Plant In Indiana Uses Kaizen To Slash Costs And Boost Production by Michael Mitchell and Scott Fairbanks, Sony Disc Manufacturing Case Study: Toshiba Division Substantially Improves Its Bottom Line Through An Aggressive Supply Chain Management Program by David Tronnes, vice president of manufacturing, Toner Products Division, Toshiba America Business Solutions Mastering A Basic Tenet Of Lean Manufacturing -- Five-S by Charles Skinner, 5S consultant for Productivity Inc. in Portland, Ore. The New ISO 9000 Standard Is A More Comprehensive Measure of Quality by Paul Vragel, president of 4aBetterBusiness Inc. in Skokie, Ill. Placing Lean Manufacturing In Historical Perspective by Nelson Teed, president of Polymer Development LLC in Summerfield, N.C. The Importance of E-Commerce Ready SKUs by George Cohen, president of George Cohen Communications in Boston, Mass. How Freudenberg-NOK Became An Automotive Powerhouse by Tom Faust, president of The Lean Center in Troy, Mich. ISO 14000 Becomes A Prerequisite For Suppliers To Stay In The Game by Susan Gilbert-Miller, director of environmental services at the Chicago Manufacturing Center in Chicago, Ill.