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Podcasts

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Behind the Curtain
If "tool worship" is part of your lean transformation, it may be in trouble. But that's not the only worrying sign to watch out for.
June 9, 2026
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Behind the Curtain
Process mapping is a powerful improvement tool—but only when it reflects reality. Too often, ego, reputation management and fear prevent teams from exposing uncomfortable truths...
June 1, 2026
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The global contract manufacturer's chief supply chain and procurement officers discuss how they work together to shape strategy.
May 28, 2026
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Behind the Curtain
Safety is already foundational to 5S, argue the hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement, who say 6S may signal a weak safety culture.
May 27, 2026

Best Plants

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Six manufacturing plants advance in IW’s annual search for operational excellence.
May 26, 2026
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Answer five questions and compare your performances against those of the IW Best Plants winners and finalists.
Feb. 24, 2026
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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
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April 3 is the deadline for the 2026 IW Best Plants Awards competition, our annual search for the best manufacturing plants in North America. If your facility is an example of...
Jan. 27, 2026

Videos

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Take a peek inside LG's washer and dryer factory in Clarksville, Tennessee, in its automated glory.
June 1, 2026
Understanding Agentic AI: Innovation Exec and Ford Scientists Share
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
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Hill Manufacturing & Fabrication President and Owner Mike Payne talks about why he collects machining data and what he does with it with IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca.
Hill Manufacturing & Fabrication President and Owner Mike Payne says simply tracking performance dramatically improved spindle uptimes, and operations improve continuously through...
Nov. 25, 2025
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Making a strategic choice involves diagnosing the real issue, understanding the expertise required and then matching the two.
Oct. 24, 2025

Operations

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Unburdened leaders ask questions to guide their team to solve problems, rather than trying to BE the problem-solver.
May 28, 2026
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A tank containing a substance known as white liquor burst at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, an hour north of Portland on the Washington-Oregon border, a statement...
May 27, 2026
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Behind the Curtain
While 5S is a powerful lean tool, done wrong it becomes nothing more than "cosmetic theater" and fuels employee resistance.
May 18, 2026
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Behind the Curtain
If you think problems disappear in mature lean organizations, you'd be wrong. What changes is how organizations react to those problems and how leaders' roles evolve.
May 11, 2026

Technology

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How manufacturers can leverage digital technologies to build more efficient and sustainable operations.
June 10, 2026
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Real-time data and analytics are redefining how factories detect issues and optimize production.
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As a contractor for the U.S. Air Force, we needed American parts, but costs were too high -- until a supplier willing to automate saved the day.
June 1, 2026
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Average ransomware payments dropped and cybercriminals are refining their tactics, according to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report.
May 28, 2026

Leadership

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The new Ford Energy division is spending $2 billion to convert a Kentucky plant built under a dissolved joint venture and recently landed a five-year commitment from an arm of...
June 4, 2026
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Catalyst leadership operates effectively in ambiguity, building team capability rather than giving direction.
June 3, 2026
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Trump’s saber-rattling has Canada seeking alternative sources of lower-cost vehicles and more local production.
May 29, 2026
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The IndustryWeek manufacturing community turned its attention to those topics, as well people-centric leadership, humanoid robots, lean longevity and more.
May 29, 2026

Supply Chain

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Farmers have raised concern over rising costs ahead of key midterm elections and face a further squeeze from the Middle East war as diesel and fertilizer prices have surged.
June 2, 2026
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The decision found that the latest duty was not justified under the 1970s law cited in its implementation.
May 8, 2026
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Nobody has given manufacturing leaders outside the semiconductor industry a practical way to assess this risk. Here’s one.
May 5, 2026
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Continuous Improvement is still about problem-solving with the best tools available, from value-stream mapping to AI.
April 29, 2026

IW U.S. 50 Best Manufacturers

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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
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Allison Transmission's plant in Indianapolis is a top-performing facility and was the site of factory tours for IndustryWeek's 2024 Operations Leadership Summit. The company improved to No. 1 on the IndustryWeek 50 Best U.S. Manufacturers List for 2025, up from No. 2 in 2024.
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Many new faces join the top manufacturers list, most notably building materials company Armstrong World Industries Inc.
June 30, 2025
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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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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
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A single chemicals manufacturer on the 2025 IW U.S. 500 achieved double-digit revenue growth.
Sept. 3, 2025
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GE Vernova's challenging wind business didn't knock the company off the top spot.
Aug. 29, 2025