I'm an admitted news junkie, one who trolls multiple sources to get every angle on a story and who must feel knowledgeable about the world before the real day can begin. News creates context for the reality of the day and the inputs for decisions that need to be made. My typical routine is to first wander around the likes of CNN, Fox, and Drudge Report, then do some canned searches on a variety of keyword terms related to my interests, and then finally take a look at what some of my favorite bloggers have written.
No longer. Factory Strategies Group, the entity behind Superfactory and Evolving Excellence, is pleased to announce several new websites in the FSG|KnowledgeMedia portfolio.
Each of these sites is a single page with a domain name ending in ".am" alluding to the "morning news" style, and each is created entirely from dynamic data sourced only seconds beforehand. The left column lists the top stories in the world, nationally, different regions, even in politics, entertainment, and sports. The center column drills down deeper into a specific topic area such as "lean" and then into subtopics such as "lean health care." The third column shows the latest posts from the best blogs in that topic.
The top pane of each column rotates through with a brief one-line synopsis of each news or blog item. By rolling your mouse over one of the items further down in the column the top pane will immediately show that synopsis. And obviously clicking on any of the items takes you directly to the full story.
As of today we have the following:
- lean.am – lean manufacturing and lean enterprise news
- manufacturing.am – general manufacturing news
- engineering.am – engineering news
- healthcare.am – health care news
- quality.am – quality news
- safety.am – safety news
- supplychain.am – supply chain news
We may add more in the future, and we will definitely be using your input to improve the quality and amount of information displayed. This is our first pass, and we will be continually improving. The intent is to have a single page aggregate of all the news you need to see first thing in the morning. A new, news, home page.
Panu Kinnari says
Seems like a great idea!
And site design is a bit too wide for my entry level laptop (1024 wide), even though only thing left out is ads I find it mildly annoying.
But that said, I expect these to be useful resource.
Dragan Bosnjak says
Three letters: WOW! ;)
Way to go, very usefull service…
Kevin Meyer says
Thanks. Actually the width was intentionally set to maximize real information in a typical 970px wide screen, with the less useful sponsors being cut off for those with narrower screens.
Upcoming enhancements include a mobile version of each page that can be easily read on Blackberries and iPhones… probably in about a week.
Jennifer P says
Kevin this is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while, and a great home page. A great way to take advantage of Armenia (.am)! :) Some great domain names, and I look forward to how your team develops this concept even further. There’s a lot of potential value.
Derrick of Oslo says
Very nice simple design, well laid-out, solid information. Search terms may need a bit of tweaking but overall this is a fantastic first iteration. This will save me a lot of searching in the morning.
B Endel says
In a way you have become the Drudge of manufacturing! All you’re missing is the manually review and then slant the list of stories to your own viewpoint…! But you’re better than that, right?
Jon Miller says
You have evolved excellence once again. Congrats.
Scott Sorheim says
Very nice. I used to have 5 tabs open by default in my browser, now I have 6. First heard about this yesterday from a lean software guy, @gerrykirk.