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Best Plants Benchmarking Database
IndustryWeek's Best Plants Benchmarking Database can show you how top manufacturers set themselves apart. With more than 230 different metrics, the Best Plants database provides you with enough information to profile successful practices in areas such as operations, quality, maintenance, worker productivity and more. Find out more.

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MPI Benchmarking Toolkit
IndustryWeek magazine and the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) have teamed up to provide your company with a suite of benchmarking tools that will improve plant performance and profitability: The IW/MPI Benchmarking Toolkit.

Based on the IW/MPI Census of Manufacturers, the Benchmarking Toolkit provides instant, online access to one of the largest databases of operations metrics and plant-level financial measurements available anywhere in the world. A new, user-friendly interface and analysis options allow you to:

  • Discover how your manufacturing performance and financial results compare with similar plants -- by industry, size, age, union status, or any one of more than 30 other characteristics.
  • Learn which manufacturing strategies have been most effective for manufacturers in your industry or region.
  • Conduct virtual "tests" of new management practices and manufacturing technologies by adding them to your current plant profile and finding out how much (or how little) they affect performance and profits.
The Benchmarking Toolkit is sold exclusively through MPI. For more information or to order, please visit their website or call MPI at 1-800-603-2272.



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