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Mar. 26, 2013
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Established in 1990, the IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Program annually salutes outstanding North American manufacturing....More
IndustryWeek Best Plants 2012
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winners: Amazing Efforts, Amazing Achievements

For the 23rd consecutive year, IndustryWeek is pleased to present its annual salute to manufacturing excellence. The 2012 class of IndustryWeek's Best Plants winners demonstrates that operational excellence continues to prosper in manufacturing -- and manufacturers continue to strive for even greater performances....More
CNH manufacturing plant
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winner: A World Class Approach to Performance

Today, World Class Manufacturing is driving CNH's continuing performance improvements....More
Ethicon LLC has zero product recalls
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winner: Ethicon - Employee Engagement Results in Zero Product Recalls

In an industry that has been plagued by product recalls, the medical devices built at Ethicon San Lorenzo, a Johnson & Johnson company based in Puerto Rico, stand apart. In the plant's 24-year history, there has never been a product recall....More
Harris Product Group, Ohio manufacturing plant
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winner: Driven by Data

As workers file in through the hallway overlooking the plant floor at Harris Product Group's Mason, Ohio, facility, they are privy to an endless array of data....More
La-Z-Boy manufacturing plant
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winner: La-Z-Boy Never Rests on Continuous Improvement

Take a tour of La-Z-Boy's Dayton, Tenn., facility with Continuous Improvement Manager David Robinson and be prepared for a bit of temporal distortion. For as proud as Robinson is of the facility's current operations, his heart belongs to its "future state."...More
A Lockheed Martin team member applies sealant to a Javelin missile body.
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winner: Engaged Teams Keep Lockheed Martin Delivering On Time, Every Time

Lockheed Martin says the success of its Pike County Operations is due in large part to an engaged workforce. "People make it happen here," says David Anderson, site director....More
Warren Rupp manufacturing plant
Jan. 17, 2013
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2012 IW Best Plants Winner: Pumping up Productivity

To picture the flow of parts, products and people in Warren Rupp's Mansfield, Ohio, factory prior to spring 2011, former operational excellence manager Marty Carty uses this analogy: "Just think of a mouse trying to find its cheese in a maze."...More
Jan. 30, 2013
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Workforce: Homegrown Talent

Warren Rupp Mansfield’s success in recent years has opened up opportunities for managers to advance within the company....More
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Sep. 12, 2012
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2012 IndustryWeek's Best Plants Finalists Named

Their finalist selections are based on strong manufacturing performances as well as a comprehensive focus on continuous improvement....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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2011 IW Best Plants Winners: The Best Never Rest

IndustryWeek's 2011 Best Plants winners pursue operational excellence with a determination that is both endless and relentless....More
Adam Baldauf, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control, Lufkin Operations
Jul. 24, 2012
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The Link Between Site Excellence Plans & Performance Management Teams: presentation by Adam Baldauf, Lockheed Martin

IW Best Plants winner Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control, Lufkin Operations, shares how it develops the goals and objectives of its annual Site Excellence Plan, as well as the role Performance Management Teams play in carrying out those goals and objectives. Learn how the annual plan is developed and broken down into projects, kaizens and "just do its."...More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Carrier Collierville: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Meeting the Efficiency Challenge: A workforce dedicated to quality, productivity and continuous improvement fuels Carrier Collierville's success....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Ethicon Inc.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Icy Determination Helps Secure Ethicon's Future: Dedication to continuous improvement and training help employees meet production challenges and new-product demand....More
Feb. 14, 2012
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Safety Takes on a New Meaning in Juarez

Ethicon utilizes lean principles to help protect employees from drug-related violence....More
Jan. 11, 2012
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General Cable Plays Offense with Lean

With the help of lean and Six Sigma, General Cable's Gregory Kenny is forging a best-cost manufacturer with growing global reach....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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General Cable Corp. -- Lawrenceburg Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Wired for Continuous Improvement: A drive for productivity puts increasing responsibility in the hands of plant operators....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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General Cable Corp. -- Lincoln, R.I.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Change is Good: After decades of batch-and-queue production, a veteran workforce has embraced the switch to cellular manufacturing....More
Mar. 15, 2012
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How General Cable Lincoln is Developing its Next Generation of Skilled Manufacturing Workers

Plant leaders came up with an interview process designed to find workers who are safety-oriented, computer-savvy, mechanically inclined and at least high-school-educated....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Klein Steel Service: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

A Culture of Performance: At Klein Steel Service, success is driven by talented people who embrace a set of core values and seize the initiative....More
Jan. 17, 2012
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Klein Steel Service Aims to be a Less Risky Business

Five-step risk assessment tool helps drive safe performances and reduce the potential for mission failure....More
Feb. 7, 2012
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Klein Steel Rewards Values in Action

Manufacturer emphasizes the importance of every team member embracing its core values. Its Values in Action recognition program keeps those values front and center....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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L.B. Foster Co. -- Pueblo, Colo.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Sweating the Small Stuff: When it comes to continuous improvement, you don't have to swing for the fences to hit a home run....More
Jan. 12, 2012
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Better for the Environment, Better for the Bottom Line

L.B. Foster Pueblo found that removing trichloroethylene from its manufacturing process not only eliminated a nasty environmental hazard but also boosted quality and cut costs....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Life Technologies: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Formula for a Lean Makeover: Plant transformation creates a true manufacturing environment in a science-based culture and major revenue wins....More
Jan. 24, 2012
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Quality is Every Workers' Focus at Life Technologies

Self-empowered work teams take ownership of product quality....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Lufkin Operations: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Lufkin Makes Sure Missile Systems Are on Target: Plant leaders, employees ensure quality products during major expansion....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Swagelok Company Main Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Zero Hour: Swagelok pursues a quality goal even tougher to achieve than Six Sigma...More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

Employees are 'Top Guns' in Continuous-Improvement Quest: Toyota teams focus on improving processes while company leaders build a supportive environment....More
Jan. 10, 2012
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Making Manufacturing a Competitive Advantage

How IW Best Plants winners leverage production to boost the bottom line....More

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