2013 IW Best Plants Conference: Operational Excellence Energized [SLIDESHOW]

May 31, 2013

Here is a small fraction of what you missed if you did not attend IndustryWeek’s 2013 Best Plants conference.

Enthusiasm, education and energy dominated the 2013 IndustryWeek Best Plants conference, held April 22-24 in Greenville, S.C. Hundreds of manufacturing professionals converged on this southern city to gain new insights into achieving operational excellence and reinvigorate their continuous improvement efforts.

This photo gallery illustrates a tiny fraction of the networking, expert sessions and leadership presentations that comprise IndustryWeek’s annual event dedicated to encouraging manufacturing to reach new heights of performance excellence.

A highlight of the 2013 IW Best Plants conference was the 2012 IW Best Plants winners' awards ceremony.

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See you next May 5-7 in Milwaukee for the 2014 IndustryWeek Best Plants conference.

About the Author

Jill Jusko

Bio: Jill Jusko is executive editor for IndustryWeek. She has been writing about manufacturing operations leadership for more than 20 years. Her coverage spotlights companies that are in pursuit of world-class results in quality, productivity, cost and other benchmarks by implementing the latest continuous improvement and lean/Six-Sigma strategies. Jill also coordinates IndustryWeek’s Best Plants Awards Program, which annually salutes the leading manufacturing facilities in North America.