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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | IDEXX Laboratories Inc. | Chemicals | $1,219 | 10.45 |
| 47 | Cubic Corp. | Instruments | $1,285 | 7.62 |
| 9 | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | Apparel | $1,377 | 37.59 |
| 24 | Deluxe Corp. | Publishing & Printing | $1,418 | 1.1 |
| 2 | Tempur-Pedic International Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,418 | 28.27 |
| 29 | Herman Miller Inc. | Furniture & Fixtures | $1,649 | 25.05 |
| 5 | Monster Beverage Corp. | Beverages | $1,703 | 30.62 |
| 36 | Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Medical Instruments & Equipment | $1,757 | 24.37 |
| 13 | Darling International Inc. | Food | $1,797 | 147.93 |
| 26 | Stepan Co. | Chemicals | $1,843 | 28.79 |
| 46 | Toro Co. | Machinery | $1,884 | 11.45 |
| 31 | Sauer-Danfoss Inc. | Machinery | $2,057 | 25.41 |
| 8 | NewMarket Corp. | Chemicals | $2,150 | 19.59 |
| 39 | Donaldson Co. Inc. | Machinery | $2,294 | 22.21 |
| 25 | Fossil Inc. | Apparel | $2,567 | 26.43 |
| 17 | Walter Energy Inc. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $2,571 | 61.95 |
| 3 | Polaris Industries Inc. | Railcars, Ships, & Other Trans. Equip. | $2,657 | 33.44 |
| 21 | Guess Inc. | Apparel | $2,688 | 8.07 |
| 28 | PolyOne Corp. | Plastics | $2,864 | 9.21 |
| 32 | Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. | Rubber Products | $3,927 | 16.85 |
| 12 | Coach Inc. | Apparel | $4,159 | 15.27 |
| 38 | FMC Technologies Inc. | Machinery | $5,099 | 23.59 |
| 49 | Rockwell Automation Inc. | Electrical Equipment & Appliances | $6,000 | 23.54 |
| 19 | Hershey Co. | Food | $6,081 | 7.23 |
| 15 | CF Industries Holdings Inc. | Chemicals | $6,098 | 53.79 |
| 30 | McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. | Publishing & Printing | $6,246 | 1.26 |
| 42 | Mattel Inc. | Miscellaneous | $6,266 | 7 |
| 6 | Lorillard Inc. | Tobacco | $6,466 | 9 |
| 27 | Southern Copper Corp. | Primary Metals | $6,819 | 32.42 |
| 45 | Targa Resources Partners LP | Petroleum & Coal Products | $6,987 | 27.96 |
| 50 | Campbell Soup Co. | Food | $7,719 | 0.56 |
| 44 | Hormel Foods Corp. | Food | $7,895 | 9.34 |
| 33 | Western Digital Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $9,526 | (3.29) |
| 41 | Kellogg Co. | Food | $13,198 | 6.46 |
| 20 | HollyFrontier Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $15,440 | 85.51 |
| 16 | TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $16,244 | 12.94 |
| 14 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | Chemicals | $16,734 | 7.52 |
| 23 | Cummins Inc. | Motor Vehicle Parts | $18,048 | 36.46 |
| 43 | Oracle Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $35,622 | 32.82 |
| 37 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | Aerospace & Defense | $46,499 | 1.52 |
| 48 | Coca-Cola Co. | Beverages | $46,542 | 32.53 |
| 40 | Intel Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $53,999 | 23.79 |
| 34 | Dell Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $62,071 | 0.94 |
| 22 | PepsiCo Inc. | Beverages | $66,504 | 14.98 |
| 10 | Microsoft Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $69,943 | 11.94 |
| 4 | Philip Morris International Inc. | Tobacco | $76,346 | 12.75 |
| 11 | IBM Corp. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $106,916 | 7.05 |
| 1 | Apple Inc. | Computers & Other Electronic Products | $108,249 | 65.96 |
| 18 | Chevron Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $246,343 | 23.61 |
| 7 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | Petroleum & Coal Products | $471,140 | 26.47 |
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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