Welcome to the first IndustryWeek’s Weekly Reads for December. This edition is a bit of a lie in that we are not sharing the top content for the past week (which is what we normally do), but instead we are sharing the top content for the past two weeks. We amended our schedule due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Without further ado, our Top 10 are:
Nestlé Purina’s Robot Dog Pack: The quadruped Spot robots support predictive maintenance programs and met ROI in half the predicted amount of time.
Dana Makes CEO Change, Will Sell Off-Highway Division: Facing weak vehicle sales, the company also plans to push for another $200 million in annual cost savings by 2026.
Washing-Machine Tariffs Come Out Clean, Sparkling for US: Trade experts can learn from the success of this Trump-era policy.
1997 Technology Leader of the Year: Andy Grove - Building An Information Age Legacy (this article is from December 1997): Scientist, engineer, manufacturing manager, teacher, author, business strategist -- all appropriately describe the Intel Corp. CEO. Over three decades he has assumed many roles in nurturing the growth and evolution of one of the world's most innovative -- and successful -- high-tech corporations.
IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Winners: Lessons in Operational Excellence: Representatives of Raymond Corp, Sandvik Coromant, Intertape Polymer Group and Toyota Material Handling discuss how they achieve and maintain operational excellence in manufacturing.
Rivian Gets Strings-Attached OK for $6.6B DOE Loan: The money will help the electric truck maker restart construction on its Georgia facility.
Intel, Commerce Department Finalize $7.9 Billion Chip Making Grant: More than two years since the signing of the CHIPs Act, funding is finally flowing to some of the mega-projects that the semiconductor bill intended to support.
M&A Wrap: Honeywell Selling PPE Group for More Than $1.3 Billion: Also: A private-equity firm picks up a Commercial Vehicle Group unit and AIT is spending $270 million on a fluid power systems firm.
Trump Still Opposes US Steel Sale to Nippon [So That Happened]: IndustryWeek editors look into that story and trading in soup for shoulder pads, hospitals adapting to IV bag shortages and more depressing statistics in cyber crime.
Psychological Safety Is a Must-Have for a Lean Culture: Leaders can take multiple steps to provide a safe environment where continuous improvement can thrive.
