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IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies
To identify the 50 top performing manufacturers, the IW formula factors in revenue growth and profit margin over the past three years, with the most recent year results weighted most heavily. We also considered three-year performance in four other financial ratios; return on equity, return on assets, asset turnover and inventory turns.
 The IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies: Corporate Gold Mines
Worldwide thirst for more raw materials and energy earn manufacturers such as Freeport-McMoRan, Bucyrus International and FMC Technologies a spot on the 2008 IW 50 list.
Our consumption of energy and technology seems endless. If it's not a point and click away or accessible by car, forget about it. Maybe that's why so many of the IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies come from mining, gas and oil or technology-related industries.
The 2008 list comprises 12 petroleum and coal products manufacturers, 10 from the computers and other electronics sector and nine from the primary metals segment. Several of these companies are new since last year's list.
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| IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies | | The IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies is IndustryWeek's report on the 50 best publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies based on revenue. To identify the top performing manufacturers, the IW formula factored in revenue growth and profit margin over the past three years, with 2007 results weighted most heavily. We also considered three-year performance in four other financial ratios: inventory turns, asset turnover, return on assets and return on equity. View the alphabetical list and profiles of the IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies. Who were the previous top 50? You can still view the alphabetical list and profiles of the 2007 IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies, the alphabetical list and profiles of the 2006 IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies and the alphabetical list and profiles of the 2005 IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies. |
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Continuous Improvement Online Conference
7/16/2008
The foundation of continuous improvement is the belief that your organization can always be doing better. Operations can be more efficient. Quality can be improved. Costs can be reduced. And your company can be more profitable -- if only everyone worked a little harder and smarter!
This free online conference can help. It'll help you evaluate processes to make them work better. You'll hear from industry experts and other manufacturers. Sign up for as many sessions as you'd like.
Why the Lean Enterprise Needs Lean Accounting
7/24/2008
If your company is implementing Lean manufacturing practices, it should be aligning financial functions with Lean business processes, using Lean Accounting. Attend this webcast to learn what Lean Accounting is, why it's important, and how it provides managerial and financial reporting for the Lean enterprise.
In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant: Increase Production Performance and Optimize Manufacturing Asset Use
7/31/2008
Learn how to strive toward the goal of the perfect plant -- by improving key performance indicators, optimizing fulfillment, increasing yields, and better addressing challenges caused by disparities of solutions and data. Webcast speakers will address the top challenges discrete manufacturers face in today's market, and they'll suggest strategies and steps for achieving operational excellence.
Managing Global Industrial Manufacturing Operations for Efficiency and Growth
6/26/2008
Find out how top companies are sustaining quality, achieving asset efficiency, and communicating effectively within global operations. Learn about the tools companies used to build relationships with overseas suppliers and customers. You hear case studies and see data from an extensive survey of IndustryWeek readers on globalization trends.
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