Five Manufacturers Announce US Expansion Plans and Chinese Automakers Eye North America: IndustryWeek's Weekly Review
Welcome to the IndustryWeek Weekly Review, where we showcase the top-performing content from the previous seven days. The Top 10 are:
5 Manufacturers Announcing New US Production Facilities: A look at where Eaton, Novartis, Whirlpool Corp. and other companies are expanding their U.S. manufacturing operations.
Build Where You Sell: Sizing Up China’s Automotive Strategy for North America (Part I: Mexico): Chinese sales growth has been spectacular in Mexico. The government has taken note with a 50% tariff.
How Land O’Lakes Raised the Stakes on Talent: Faster data, peer insights and quality-of-life perks like flexible scheduling have given us an edge.
Advice Swap: How a Rising Leader at Smucker Learned Manufacturing Is Her Jam: During an internship with the company, Amanda Rider was wowed by the fast pace of manufacturing. A mountain-climbing team event impressed her, too.
Humanoid Robots at Hannover Messe: Was the most interesting innovation at this year's automation fair realistic or just another fad?
Why Starting Your Lean Journey with 5S Can Backfire: While 5S is a powerful lean tool, done wrong it becomes nothing more than "cosmetic theater" and fuels employee resistance.
Now Interacting: Robotics and AI in Manufacturing: The most significant transformation will be AI acting as a unifying intelligence layer, linking robotics to an expansive manufacturing ecosystem of previously unused data.
Agentic AI Could Make Robots Affordable for Small Businesses: Siemens revealed new software at Hannover Messe meant to ease automation and integration and increase speed to ROI.
Hackers Attack Electronics Manufacturer: So That Happened: IndustryWeek editors look into those stories as well as a rise in product recalls, a spike in metalworking machinery orders, and 'tis the season for leadership surveys.
When Can We Say We Are Lean? Part 1: Dr. Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer, hosts of Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement, discuss why the question 'When can we say we are lean?' is so concerning if team-based continuous improvement is the goal. They discuss the three 'mindset violations' of this question and dig into the perspective of lean as a journey, not a destination.