Tag Archive for: Michele Nash-Hoff

Becoming a Lean Enterprise is Critical to Rebuilding American Manufacturing
When I wrote the chapter on what manufacturers can do to save themselves for my first book, Can American Manufacturing be Saved? Why we should and how we can, published in 2009, one of my top recommendations was to begin the Lean journey to…

Inventors’ Rights Must Be Restored
Ever since the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was passed in 2011, there have been bills introduced in Congress with the purported purpose of restoring inventors’ rights and fixing some of the problems generated by that Act. None…

Industrial Policy Must Protect American Manufacturers
Sumary of the Peterson Institute for International Economics released a 110-page brief, titled “Scoring 50 Years of US Industrial Policy, 1970–2020,” which reviews “lessons learned from half a century of US industrial policy” with regard to what worked and what didn’t.

China is a Threat to our National Security
See the summary of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report here.

Buy Less and Buy American for the Holidays and Beyond
Read the solution to the supply chain issues for this Christmas season and years to come.

American Manufacturers and Consumers Fund Chinese Military Buildup
It’s time for all Americans to wake up to the danger of continuing our dependence on goods from China. We must decouple our economy from China’s economy, change our trade policies, and rebuild our manufacturing base to the point that we are self-sufficient.

COOL Online Act Benefits Consumers Better thn Shop Safe Act
As more and more American consumers turn to buying products online instead of in person at brick-and-mortar stores, they become increasingly vulnerable to counterfeit goods and are unable to determine where the products have been made. Country…

South Carolina Inventors Forum Founder Devoted to Helping Inventors
One of the persons who stopped by and bought my book was Adrian Pelkus, President of A Squared Technologies, Inc. and leader of a group called the San Diego Inventors Forum. This is his story of helping American businesses.

U S.Inventors Continue Fight to Restore Patent Rights
September 16, 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA) at the Decade of Stolen Dreams Inventor Rally organized by US Inventor, Inc., a non-profit association of inventors devoted to protecting the intellectual property…

USITC Report Reveals Only Small Positive Effect from Trade Agreements
On June 29, 2021, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a report on the economic impact of the many bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements that the U.S has signed since 1984. These include NAFTA, that went…