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A pioneer of efficiency consulting, Frederick Winslow Taylor studied factory processes to increase productivity.

Michael Scherer grew up in St. Clair Shores, moved to L.A. to launch a successful management-consulting firm, and returned to play a key role in Detroit’s bankruptcy.

Michigan has reached the crossroads: Without more funds to repair and replace roads and bridges, long-range improvement plans will hit a giant pothole.

What does playing college basketball have in common with running a wholesale mortgage company? Nothing and everything, according to “Running the Corporate Offense,” a new book by Mat Ishbia, CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage in Pontiac.

Business leaders who operate Fortune 500 companies, and even those who run small mom-and-pop shops, continually strive to drive greater productivity from fewer employees....

Running two entirely different businesses wasn’t part of Rob Cleveland’s master plan for success. In fact, there was no plan. “I was never the kind...

Nate McCray is learning that it can be as difficult to recruit software engineers to join LHP Engineering Solutions in Pontiac as it is to convince recent high school graduates to join the U.S. Navy.

Artificial intelligence in the form of Industry 4.0, where machines are armed with sensors, can enhance every aspect of manufacturing — from the back office to the loading dock.

As technological innovations seemingly advance at the speed of light, it can be difficult to keep pace with new offerings in manufacturing, medicine, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or robotics. Every 18 months computer processing speed doubles, according to Moore’s Law, yet it seems much quicker.

A Detroit company introduces safe-to-eat cookie dough and eyes a national expansion.