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IndustryWeek Best Plants
Scan records for all manufacturing plants that have won this award from 1990-2006.

IW 1000
Use this free database to view the entire IW 1000 or sort the list by several categories including industry, country, ranking, and financial performance measures. Among the financials captured in the database of our ninth annual list are revenue, net income, profit margin, revenue growth, total equity, and earnings per share.

IndustryWeek U.S. 500
Check out this free, searchable database of the U.S.' 500 largest public manufacturing companies based on 2005 annual revenues. View the entire list or sort by several categories including industry, state, ranking, and a variety of financial performance measures. Previous years' databases also available.

IW's Best Manufacturing Companies
The IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies is IndustryWeek's report on the 50 best publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies. To identify the top performing manufacturers, the IW formula factored in revenue growth and profit margin over the past three years, with 2006 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. This list was published in the June 2007 issue of IndustryWeek.

CEO Of The Year
The current year's report on an outstanding manufacturing executive.

2007 IndustryWeek/Manufacturing Performance Institute Census of Manufacturers
Examine a wealth of data from plant-level manufacturing executives on the practices under way in their U.S. plants, as well as the performance metrics being achieved. The Census is an annual research effort.

Technology & Innovation
The current report on this year's Technology Leader of the Year, Technologies of the Year, and archives of past winners.

Download FREE white papers on value chain optimization, manufacturing software, inventory management, and more. IndustryWeek's Sponsored White Paper Collection is an easy-to-use library of manufacturing documents.

Manufacturing companies must grow to remain competitive, yet executives at many large, global companies face obstacles and uncertainty when it comes to product innovation, operational excellence and customer growth and retention -- three areas they must improve continuously in order to grow revenue. Capgemini and IW Custom Research surveyed manufacturing executives about these challenges and found that only about 40% are very confident they can grow revenues enough over the next three years with current resources to maintain or improve market share. Research Report contributed by Capgemini and IW Custom Research. Click here to download.

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.

IW/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 2005 Benchmarking Toolkit.

Based on the IW/MPI Census of Manufacturers, the 2005 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.