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Manufacturing Leadership in a Time of Change

In times of change, good leaders can be a company's most vital asset. Today -- facing worker shortages, skills deficits, digital transformations and a volley of supply chain disruptions -- effective leadership skills are more critical in the manufacturing industry than ever before. This collection provides a primer for manufacturing leaders.

IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2013 Inductee: John Breen
Nov 05, 2013
In 1979, John Breen became CEO at Sherwin-Williams, at the time floundering from a series of acquisitions intended to diversify the company. He refocused Sherwin-Williams on the paint business and aggressively expanded the company's paint and...
IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2013 Inductee Bob Chapman
IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2013 Inductee: Bob Chapman
Nov 05, 2013
Under Bob Chapman's leadership, Barry-Wehmiller transformed from a troubled bottle washer company in 1975 into a $1.5 billion global conglomerate with nearly 7,000 employees. But what defines Chapman is not the aggressive growth and...
IW 2013 Manufacturing Hall of Fame
IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2013: A Classy Class
Nov 05, 2013
All eight of this year's inductees evince in abundance the qualities that guarantee success in the manufacturing business: integrity; drive; passion; a flair for innovation; a deep determination to continuously improve their organizations; a...
IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2013 Inductee: Mark Pigott
Nov 05, 2013
Since Mark Pigott took the helm at Paccar in 1997, the company has delivered 1,300% total return to shareholders and Paccar has embraced Six Sigma and thereby realized cumulative savings of more than $2 billion. Pigott attributes this success to...
IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2013 Inductee: Gregory Kenny
Nov 05, 2013
Gregory Kenny took the reins at General Cable in 2001 and ramped up the continuous improvement program the company had dipped its toe into a couple years earlier. It was a prescient move, enabling the slimmed-down General Cable to continue growing...