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...three-year-old plant in England's West Midlands was Cat's first European facility. Each month, it processes 15,000 worn-out, grime-encrusted engines and parts. Caterpillar has moved beyond remanufacturing just its own diesel engines and components; 40% of the automotive, truck, rail and marine motors and parts remanufactured in Shrewsbury were originally built by other companies. Fisher calls reman a "nicely profitable business." How profitable? Cat does not break out the figures, but Fisher says the returns are "above average," and Nasr notes that profit margins for some reman goods are double those of new products...
...goldmine of data on where and why the current system is going wrong. We hope that information will provide the impetus for reforming the teaching of writing across the curriculum. Expository Writing needs additional funds so that it can hire top-notch writers rather than scrounging for the worn-out preceptors that now teach all freshman. And writing should not be forgotten after freshman year—if problems persist, so should teaching.The new FAS dean needs to seriously address Harvard’s failing undergraduate education, before we begin to lag even further behind rival schools. Amid territorial faculty...
...shop floors like Red River's where the changes are starting to show the most impressive results. Worn-out humvees used to be brought into a poorly lit, dirty and disorganized loading bay; now the vehicles move through a bright, gleaming shop floor--with American flags draped from the ceiling--in an assembly-line method, complete with a horn that blares every 23 min. to signal a move to a new station. Workers called waterspiders (named for the bugs that flit across the top of ponds) scurry back and forth to fetch tools and equipment for higher-skilled mechanics...
...happily worn-out 5-year-old is a highly desirable commodity in leisure travel these days, as indoor-water-park hotels, once unique to Wisconsin as an escape from the bone-chilling winters, spring up by the dozens across the U.S. "There's a real thirst for a family activity that's close to home, that's more than a trip to the movie theater," says PriceWaterhouseCoopers analyst Scott Berman. By adding indoor water parks to existing hotels or building new "destination" water-park resorts, hotel owners are attracting those families and in the process recharging business...
...been wearing a boot on his leg. Harvard notched 14 blocks, with seven from freshman Brady Weissbound, while sophomore Jordan Weitzen posted his first double-double of the season with 11 kills and 11 digs.Despite this newfound rhythm, the fourth game brought troubles for the worn-out Crimson, which battled point for point before falling behind 21-17.But after a much-needed timeout, the team battled back to tie the game at 24, thanks to two kills from Weissbound.Fighting point for point yet again, Harvard pulled ahead 28-27 on a kill from McKiernan and finished the game...