Welcome to our first Continuous Improvement newsletter for March 2026. Exactly one month from today is the deadline for the 2026 IW Best Plants Awards competition. If you working on an entry form and have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. If you are still considering whether to participate, I urge you to begin filling out the entry form. It doesn't commit you to participation but it does help you learn exactly what we are looking for, and it means you won't have to rush at deadline should you decide to move forward with the competition.
I also want to bring your attention to the Call for Speakers announcement in the newsletter below. It's for the IW Operations Leadership Summit taking place later this year. If you are a manufacturing company or facility doing amazing work in continuous improvement, consider this opportunity. We're not looking for you to simply share your story highlights, but to also provide the nuts and bolts of how you got there. We consider it a sharing of best practices to help all manufacturers improve.
With that, enjoy today's newsletter. The Behind the Curtain podcast wraps up its series on Dr. W. Edwards Deming, and process excellence in maintenance grabs a spotlight. Enjoy. — Jill Jusko, [email protected]
