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    Operations

    Production Pulse: IW Operations Leadership Summit Updates

    May 2, 2024
    As the IndustryWeek Operations Leadership Summit draws closer, we hear from two of the speakers and get an overview of the inaugural event.
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    Fix Your Just-in-Time Engine

    April 17, 2024
    Our JIT efforts failed because we didn’t know how our MRP system really worked to provide production and inventories based on the batch world.
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    5 Steps for Sustaining a Lean Culture

    April 15, 2024
    Operational efficiency is a lifestyle, not a journey with a destination or finish line.
    Operations

    What We Learned: Expertise and Episodes from Three Years of ‘Factory Talk’

    April 11, 2024
    As the factory operations video series draws to a close, moderator Jamie Flinchbaugh shares some of the highlights.
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    Quality

    Are You Improving Quality, Or Just Managing the Status Quo?

    April 9, 2024
    Goals, questions and metrics across the company are part of an overall vision for better quality.
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    Continuous Improvement

    Revved for March Madness? Look for These Lessons in Operational Excellence

    Feb. 23, 2024
    Seven parallels between action on the court and activity on the shop floor.
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    Competitiveness

    Five Things to Know about China and EVs

    Feb. 5, 2024
    'How do you cut the price of EVs in half? China's already done it.'
    Webinars

    IndustryWeek’s Best Plants Awards Competition: A Guide

    Feb. 19, 2024
    This webinar shares everything you need to know about IW’s annual salute to manufacturing excellence.
    IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards

    Enter the 2024 IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Competition

    Jan. 24, 2024
    This annual awards competition salutes manufacturing excellence across North America. Deadline is March 18.