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March 2013 Issue IndustryWeek

March 2013 Issue IndustryWeek

IndustryWeek connects C-level decision-makers within manufacturing enterprises to share ideas and tools that inspire action. Hear from thought leaders, learn best practices, and keep up-to-date on manufacturing excellence.

In this issue, the results of IW's annual manufacturing industry Salary Survey, eco-friendly innovation in the aerospace industry, and much more!

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Special Feature

Mar. 14, 2013

Article

2013 IW Salary Survey: Salaries Remain Upward Bound

It is all about forward momentum when it comes to salaries and pay raises for manufacturing management, according to the 2013 IndustryWeek Salary Survey. Or perhaps the better description is "upward momentum."...More
Mar. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

2013 IW Salary Survey: Readers Comment on Pay, Talent Crisis

Survey respondents were happy, sad and angry about their manufacturing compensation, and concerned about the need for skilled workers....More
Mar. 14, 2013

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2013 IndustryWeek Salary Survey (slideshow)

The average base salary breached $100,000 in the 2013 IndustryWeek Salary Survey, and pay raises were the norm, not the exception. This slideshow accompanies "Salaries Remain Upward Bound," IW's March 2013 article on manufacturing management salaries.

Features

Mar. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Coloring the Skies Green

Increased air passenger traffic and demand for new aircraft are fueling an eco-friendly innovation drive by the aerospace industry as it prepares for the future....More
Mar. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Are Regulations Stifling US Industry?

The United States needs progress on climate change, Dow (IW 500/22) CEO Andrew Liveris told a manufacturing conference recently, but he wasn't talking about reducing greenhouse gases. He was describing the business climate in the U.S. and the problem of "complex and expensive regulations stifling America."...More
Mar. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

California's Regulatory Climate Far from Sunny

California has long enjoyed a reputation for being on the leading edge of national trends, but many manufacturing leaders hope that's not the case when it comes to regulatory policy....More

Departments

Mar. 12, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Leadership and Strategy: Brainstorming Growth Strategies

Balancing aggressiveness and collaboration can be a winning combination....More
Mar. 9, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Operations: A C-level Look at Maintenance

Maintenance is not typically the topic of a C-suite conversation. Indeed, its impact on manufacturing operations frequently is underappreciated altogether, some would argue....More
Mar. 8, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Innovation: MIT -- To Sustain Innovation, Manufacture

Timken Co. (IW 500/197), a manufacturer of tapered bearings and of specialty steels, developed a partnership with the University of Akron and transferred Timken's coatings laboratory, its equipment and several of its key researchers to the university....More
Mar. 9, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Workforce: Successful Employees Require a Solid Start

Don't scrimp in onboarding new recruits. Doing so sets you and your new hire up for failure....More
Mar. 14, 2013

Article

Finance: Financial Planning is Going Mobile

Big Data is proving to be both a boon and a curse to manufacturers -- a boon because companies have access to more information, and a curse because the large quantity of that information often makes it nearly impossible to distinguish between essential data and sheer noise....More
Mar. 6, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Finance: The Survey Says: What Makes a Good CFO?

Managing the financial operations of a company is an extremely detailed task, and based on a recent survey of CFOs conducted by Pearson Partners International and the University of Texas at Dallas, the CFO's most important role is company strategy...More
Mar. 7, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Technology: Opening the Eyes of Industry

Manufacturing Intelligence brings new visibility -- and new opportunity -- into the heart of production....More
Mar. 6, 2013

Article

Supply Chain & Logistics: Manufacturers Look for a Better Return on Returns

The push for sustainability has had a dramatic effect on reverse logistics services. Once considered a fringe activity, reverse logistics (also known as returns management) has in recent years become a key element in manufacturers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives since it encompasses the 4 R's of the green movement: reduce, reuse, recycle and recover....More
Mar. 7, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Supply Chain & Logistics: Best Practices for Global Shipping Compliance

For manufacturers, managing a global supply chain often begins (and sometimes ends) with complying with 600 or more different laws and regulations that go into effect when goods move from one country to another....More
Mar. 7, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Supply Chain & Logistics: Switching Channels Offers a Better Way of Managing Returns

An effective returns management process is required to efficiently collect used and recyclable materials for subsequent lifecycles. Unfortunately, the economics of future material flows will be highly inconsistent with those found in the forward deployment of product....More
Mar. 13, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

Expansion Management: How Iowa Scored its Largest Manufacturing Capital Investment Ever

Fertilizer manufacturer CF Industries expands to the tune of $1.7 billion....More

Commentary

Mar. 8, 2013

Commentary

IndustryWeek

The Global Manufacturer: Obama, NAM and the State of Manufacturing

"Our first priority is making America a magnet for new jobs and manufacturing," President Obama told the nation in his State of the Union address Feb. 12. There's nothing like a televised SOTU speech to showcase the disunion in the nation's capital....More
Mar. 6, 2013

Commentary

The Competitive Edge: Can the US Maintain its Innovative Capacities?

With U.S. unemployment at or above 7.8% since his first inauguration speech, President Barack Obama has spent a great deal of time touting manufacturing as a key to new job creation....More
Mar. 6, 2013

Commentary

Make Your Move: Chemical Industry Outlook Lively for Inorganics

Finding your way past the screaming headlines and political skullduggery surrounding the economy today can be quite an undertaking. But a look at the facts can help bring a healthful measure of calm and reality back to the situation. Consider these facts....More
Mar. 13, 2013

Commentary

IndustryWeek

The Manufacturer's Agenda: Building a Robust Industrial Ecosystem

IndustryWeek has long asserted that manufacturing production is a source of competitiveness for companies and the countries in which they reside....More
Mar. 14, 2013

Article

IndustryWeek

California's Regulatory Climate Far from Sunny

California has long enjoyed a reputation for being on the leading edge of national trends, but many manufacturing leaders hope that's not the case when it comes to regulatory policy....More

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