The seeds of the merger that spawned the world's largest defense contractor were planted in the late 1980s, when Norm Augustine -- then CEO of Martin Marietta Corp. -- realized that deep defense-spending cuts were on the horizon....More
Now in its fourth year, the IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame gives us an opportunity to reflect on what -- and who -- is most important to the world of manufacturing....More
In a conversation with IndustryWeek, legendary lean practitioner Art Byrne discusses strategies for sidestepping some of the most common pitfalls of lean implementations....More
Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd's keynote address from the 2012 IW Best Plants Conference describes what managers must provide their workforce to help them become agents of change....More
In Part 2 of his conversation with IndustryWeek, Ford CEO Alan Mulally discusses the leadership principles and strategies that have driven his success, as well as the importance of continuous-improvement practices to Ford's turnaround....More
In Part 1 of IndustryWeek's two-part conversation with Hall of Famer Alan Mulally, Ford's chief discusses the thinking behind the One Ford transformation plan, and shares how his career at Boeing helped prepare him for the challenges of the auto industry....More
What do our 2011 IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame inductees have in common? View this slide show and read these brief summations of some of the best and fiercest industrial giants.
This year's inductees have made names for themselves by challenging the established norms of their organizations, their industries and their world....More
AMD co-founder Jerry Sanders, a 2010 IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame inductee, reflects on his life and career during an interview with IndustryWeek....More
2010 Hall of Fame Inductees include names you'll recognize, and brief biographies that will inspire you. Take a look at this gallery of inspirational industrial leaders.
These 10 manufacturing giants embody the entrepreneurialism, innovation, competitiveness and customer focus that we believe was instrumental in building the American manufacturing sector into a global economic force.
Dialogue introducing new forecasting study on what the economy might look like in 2025 with a manufacturing resurgence. Video from the Aspen Institute....More
Manufacturing makes America strong. It makes families and communities strong. It provides national security. It gives us energy security. And for the 12 million men and women who work in manufacturing, it gives us pride....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingComputers.com demonstrates how Big Data is transforming the business and industrial worlds and enabling new technologies and new breakthroughs that will help manufacturers work more efficiently than ever before....More
Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based....More
Christopher Barnatt of ExplainingTheFuture.com illustrates the inner workings of additive manufacturing machines and provides some real-life examples of how 3-D printing technology could dramatically change the manufacturing and retail industries as we know them today....More
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab break down the engineering and design challenges they faced during the Curiosity rover's complicated landing near the Martian equator on Aug. 5, 2012....More
