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IW Best Plants Benchmarking Database -- Product Information and Pricing

The Best Plants Benchmarking Product Includes
An interactive, Web-based benchmarking database

  • The heart of the Best Plants product, this interactive database allows you to analyze hundreds of performance metrics from Best Plants finalists and award winners.
  • It can help you establish performance targets for your own facility, based on the successes of award-winning plants.
  • Use the database to identify IW Best Plants facilities that are employing specific manufacturing practices or technologies, then see their range of performances.
  • You can narrow the filter to look only at manufacturers of a particular size, union or nonunion status, type of manufacturer, and dozens of other criteria.
  • Benchmark against all companies in the IW Best Plants competition -- or just against winners and finalists.
  • Download a complete list of metrics found in the database
Best Plants Statistical Profile Report
  • This report provides a composite picture of the winners and finalists of IW's Best Plants program from 2001 through 2005.
  • This searchable electronic guide is packed with tables and statistics that quickly illustrate the practices and performances found within IW Best Plants finalists and winner companies.
  • Presented in an easily printable format -- so you can make a hard copy for quick reference.
  • Comprehensive glossary explains each of the terms used throughout the Best Plants report and database, and explains how to calculate key metrics found in the database.
  • If you're looking for a guide to quickly determine how your plant stacks up against manufacturing leaders, this is it!
  • Click here for a sample of the Best Plants Statistical Profile report.

About The Best Plants Program
Each year, IndustryWeek's editors select the top manufacturing facilities in North America. This annual competition -- IndustryWeek's Best Plants -- recognizes these standout facilities. IndustryWeek has compiled performance data from IW Best Plants winners and finalists and offers it as a benchmarking tool called the Best Plants Benchmarking Database. Learn more about the Best Plants program (opens in a new window).

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