The Industryweek 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers is IW's exclusive annual ranking of America's top-performing public manufacturers.
IW compiles the list by ranking the IW U.S. 500 companies based on their financial performance in six key areas over a three-year period. This includes inventory turns, profit margin, asset turns, return on assets, return on equity, and revenue growth. The most recent year accounts for 50% of the calculation, while 2010 is weighted at 30% and 2009 contributes 20%.
This list was published in the July 2012 issue of IndustryWeek.
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| Rank | Company Name | Industry | Revenue (Millions) |
Revenue Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Western Digital Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $9,526 | (3.29) |
| 50 | Campbell Soup Co. | Food | $7,719 | 0.56 |
| 34 | Dell Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $62,071 | 0.94 |
| 24 | Deluxe Corp. | Publishing & Printing | $1,418 | 1.1 |
| 30 | McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. | Publishing & Printing | $6,246 | 1.26 |
| 37 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | Aerospace & Defense | $46,499 | 1.52 |
| 41 | Kellogg Co. | Food | $13,198 | 6.46 |
| 42 | Mattel Inc. | Miscellaneous | $6,266 | 7 |
| 11 | IBM Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $106,916 | 7.05 |
| 19 | Hershey Co. | Food | $6,081 | 7.23 |
| 14 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Chemicals | $16,734 | 7.52 |
| 47 | Cubic Corp. | Instruments | $1,285 | 7.62 |
| 21 | Guess Inc. | Apparel | $2,688 | 8.07 |
| 6 | Lorillard Inc. | Tobacco | $6,466 | 9 |
| 28 | PolyOne Corp. | Plastics | $2,864 | 9.21 |
| 44 | Hormel Foods Corp. | Food | $7,895 | 9.34 |
| 35 | IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | Chemicals | $1,219 | 10.45 |
| 46 | Toro Co. | Machinery | $1,884 | 11.45 |
| 10 | Microsoft Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $69,943 | 11.94 |
| 4 | Philip Morris International Inc. | Tobacco | $76,346 | 12.75 |
| 16 | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $16,244 | 12.94 |
| 22 | PepsiCo Inc. | Beverages | $66,504 | 14.98 |
| 12 | Coach Inc. | Apparel | $4,159 | 15.27 |
| 32 | Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | Rubber Products | $3,927 | 16.85 |
| 8 | NewMarket Corp. | Chemicals | $2,150 | 19.59 |
| 39 | Donaldson Co. Inc. | Machinery | $2,294 | 22.21 |
| 49 | Rockwell Automation Inc. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $6,000 | 23.54 |
| 38 | FMC Technologies Inc. | Machinery | $5,099 | 23.59 |
| 18 | Chevron Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $246,343 | 23.61 |
| 40 | Intel Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $53,999 | 23.79 |
| 36 | Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Medical Instruments & Equipment | $1,757 | 24.37 |
| 29 | Herman Miller Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,649 | 25.05 |
| 31 | Sauer-Danfoss Inc. | Machinery | $2,057 | 25.41 |
| 25 | Fossil Inc. | Apparel | $2,567 | 26.43 |
| 7 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $471,140 | 26.47 |
| 45 | Targa Resources Partners LP | Petroleum & Coal Products | $6,987 | 27.96 |
| 2 | Tempur-Pedic International Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,418 | 28.27 |
| 26 | Stepan Co. | Chemicals | $1,843 | 28.79 |
| 5 | Monster Beverage Corp. | Beverages | $1,703 | 30.62 |
| 27 | Southern Copper Corp. | Primary Metals | $6,819 | 32.42 |
| 48 | Coca-Cola Co. | Beverages | $46,542 | 32.53 |
| 43 | Oracle Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $35,622 | 32.82 |
| 3 | Polaris Industries Inc. | Railcars, Ships, & Other Trans. Equip. | $2,657 | 33.44 |
| 23 | Cummins Inc. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $18,048 | 36.46 |
| 9 | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | Apparel | $1,377 | 37.59 |
| 15 | CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Chemicals | $6,098 | 53.79 |
| 17 | Walter Energy Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $2,571 | 61.95 |
| 1 | Apple Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $108,249 | 65.96 |
| 20 | HollyFrontier Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $15,440 | 85.51 |
| 13 | Darling International Inc. | Food | $1,797 | 147.93 |
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This would be valid if only colleagues could interact. I have seen many workplaces in large organizations where only management can interact. All infomation must flow through managers. To make it worse the work layout does not support interactions. ... If you want the benefits of co-location you have to have the right management structure and the right physical structure!!!
By alexander.keenan@kroger.com on Feb. 26, 2013