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In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, IndustryWeek editors Thomas Wilk and Jill Jusko as well as Smart Industry's Scott Achelpohl preview highlights of the...
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See how formulation manufacturers connect R&D, quality, and ERP data into one traceable product record.
Oct. 1, 2026
Are you trying to devise, implement, or fix your current KPIs? Using brief explanations and practical checklists, this book provides the tools to deliver meaningful measures that...
Oct. 1, 2026
AI in finance is moving from hype to hands-on. Whether you’re a CFO modernizing finance operations or an analyst looking to work faster and more accurately, this handbook delivers...
Oct. 1, 2026
Take charge of your company’s success with the perfect mix of manufacturing metrics. Get started with a simple guide to core KPIs. Download this guide book written by business...
Oct. 1, 2026

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Podcasts

Behind the Curtain
Your perceived ‘lack of time’ may reflect an array of other corporate woes instead, suggest the hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement.
Sept. 28, 2026
Great Question
In this episode of Great Question: a Manufacturing Podcast, Carrie Hines of the American Small Manufacturers Association talks about moving forward with MEPs after uncertainties...
Sept. 24, 2026
Behind the Curtain
Lean and Six Sigma adoption often fail not because people inherently resist change, but because organizational trust, context, capability, and implementation practices are overlooked...
Sept. 22, 2026
Great Question
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Chuck Orzechowski and Josh Renicker of the COO Forum discuss how operations leaders are navigating AI-driven disruption...
Sept. 21, 2026

Best Plants

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IndustryWeek celebrates this 36th class of IW Best Plants honorees, showcases of exceptional performances, delivered by exceptional teams.
Sept. 8, 2026
Six manufacturing plants advance in IW’s annual search for operational excellence.
May 26, 2026
Answer five questions and compare your performances against those of the IW Best Plants winners and finalists.
Feb. 24, 2026
The information contained in this 78-page, data-packed Statistical Profile presents a composite picture of IndustryWeek's Best Plants winners and finalists for the past five competition...
Feb. 18, 2026

Videos

AI agents are moving manufacturing work at machine speed. But fragmented data across operations, quality, CRM, and security blocks governed action. Learn how ServiceNow and manufacturin...
Sept. 29, 2026
Take a peek inside LG's washer and dryer factory in Clarksville, Tennessee, in its automated glory.
June 1, 2026
Ron Norris, former Director of Innovation at Georgia-Pacific, Sanjay Ahire, data scientist at Ford Motor Company and Nagadithya Nookala, technical product manager also from Ford...
April 7, 2026
Hill Manufacturing & Fabrication President and Owner Mike Payne says simply tracking performance dramatically improved spindle uptimes, and operations improve continuously through...
Nov. 25, 2025

Operations

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Three questions to ask before picking countermeasures.
Sept. 25, 2026
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The IndustryWeek manufacturing community turned its attention to those topics, as well as General Motors' EV plans, why people resist change, top motor vehicle companies and more...
Sept. 25, 2026
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It wasn't one of the failure modes that anyone had thought to instrument.
Sept. 22, 2026
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Behind the Curtain
True success is defined by long-term sustainability rather than initial implementation.
Sept. 15, 2026

Technology

The facility’s AI deployments run the gamut, from venerable machine learning to new agentic AI systems.
Sept. 24, 2026
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The IndustryWeek manufacturing community turned its attention to those topics, as well the skilled labor shortage, AI's impact on competitive advantage, leading aerospace and ...
Sept. 18, 2026
Manufacturers are pouring resources into hiring and AI training, but turnover is undoing the progress. New data shows frontline engagement, not recruiting, is the retention lever...
Sept. 15, 2026
Almost a trillion in U.S. sales.
Sept. 10, 2026

Leadership

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Operations leaders are trained to look for bottlenecks, but the constraint may sit outside the plant.
Sept. 18, 2026
2025 brought a parade of challenges for automakers, and some met the steady drumbeat more capably than others.
Sept. 18, 2026
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At a Morgan Stanley conference, Paul Jacobson said new battery project is set to improve cars’ performance and economics. Also: Rivian’s R.J. Scaringe discussed his team’s mass...
Sept. 17, 2026
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The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association will administer the program, replacing the state.
Sept. 16, 2026

Supply Chain

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China and US Flags
The U.S. list targets 77 categories of Chinese goods, while China's import list includes more than 1,600 categories of American goods.
Sept. 28, 2026
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The import ban, which targets various alcoholic beverages as well as some dairy products like whey, will come into effect on September 29, according to executive orders.
Sept. 9, 2026
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We invite you to contribute to our coverage. Here's how.
Sept. 2, 2026
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For more agile organizations, they carry real costs but far smaller write-downs if the environment shifts again.
Aug. 27, 2026

IW U.S. 50 Best Manufacturers

The Pennsylvania-based maker of ceiling tiles and engineering architectural installations for buildings took a multi-year approach to targeting stability and adaptability, making...
July 1, 2025
Many new faces join the top manufacturers list, most notably building materials company Armstrong World Industries Inc.
June 30, 2025
Here is your chance to download this year's IW 50 results.
July 10, 2024
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With money-losing 2020 further behind them, several new companies rise in IndustryWeek's annual rankings of the financially best-performing manufacturers.
June 20, 2023

IW U.S. 500

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Download the key performance metrics from the largest public manufacturers in the U.S. in .pdf format.
Aug. 17, 2026
IndustryWeek photo essay with images from Johnson & Johnson, Emerson Electric, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boeing and Intel
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After a dramatic decline in 2024, the overall financial performance of companies on the IW U.S. 500 list leveled off last year.
Aug. 17, 2026
From roofing shingles and paint to smart security systems and home spas, IndustryWeek rolls out the top manufacturing companies in the construction and home-improvement spaces...
Sept. 24, 2025
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Browse the top 10 companies in the information technology sector from the IndustryWeek U.S. 500.
Sept. 16, 2025