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    IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards

    2024 IW Best Plants Award Winners: Championship Effort, Championship Achievement

    Sept. 3, 2024
    IndustryWeek is once again proud to celebrate North American manufacturing excellence. Welcome our 34th class of IW Best Plants honorees, stellar examples of the best.
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    Talent

    Mental Health Literacy in Your Manufacturing Company Is a Win-Win

    Sept. 16, 2024
    Giving mental health the same attention as physical safety boosts employee morale and talent retention.
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    IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards

    2024 IndustryWeek Best Plants: Two-Way Accountability Drives Excellence at Hoffer Plastics

    Sept. 16, 2024
    Family-owned Illinois company focuses on relationships—with employees, with suppliers, with the community, among its three CEOs—to drive operational excellence.
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    Technology and IIoT

    Operators Connected by Technology Don’t Quit

    Aug. 16, 2024
    At a time when workforce shortages plague manufacturing, consider that a connected worker might not walk out the door and leave you hanging.
    Jill Jusko
    Operations

    The 3 E's of TPS and How the Basics Never Go Out of Style

    Aug. 13, 2024
    Brett Wood, president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America, shares insights into the Toyota Production System.
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    Come for the Digitized Maintenance, Stay for Better Leadership

    July 31, 2024
    Rubber compounding manufacturer Hexpol took a data-rich approach to boost equipment availability and found continuous improvement opportunities throughout all of its operations...
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    Talent

    Preventing Workplace Violence Starts with a Plan

    July 31, 2024
    Workplace violence, like other industrial hazards, can be prevented with the proper culture and planning.
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    Continuous Improvement

    Collaborative Culture: Breaking Down Silos Between Multiple Manufacturing Sites

    July 31, 2024
    Manufacturing experts from South Dakota's Falcon Plastics and Wipfli discuss how to get people across several locations to work as one team, regardless of geography.
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    Production Pulse

    Production Pulse: What's New in Industrial Safety

    July 30, 2024
    Safety performance improves across North America, but industrial accidents remain too common globally.