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IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
Batesville Casket Co.: IW Best Plants Profile 2007 Batesville Casket Co. wins a new battle in Vicksburg - this time the loser is inefficiencies.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 David Blanchard |
Batesville Casket Co., Batesville Operations: IW Best Plants Profile 2006 A Daily Routine Of Continuous Improvement: At Batesville Casket, diversity is a competitive advantage.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 |
Batesville Casket Co.: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Creating a Culture of Self Improvement: Lean isn't just a project at Batesville Manchester; it's becoming part of the plant's foundation.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 Traci Purdum |
Benchmarking Outside The Box Best practices can rise from where you least expect them. Many manufacturers are learning more about their operations by studying companies outside their industry.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 |
The Big Picture: Leadership Insights from the IW Best Plants -- Batesville Casket Continuously Challenges the Conventional Wisdom Sometimes the best solution is to rely on amazing people rather than high technology.  |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
2010 IW Best Plants Winners: Excellence Thrives IndustryWeek's 2010 Best Plants winners deliver remarkable manufacturing performances and aim even higher.  |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
Snap-on Power Tools: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 Staying Power: How do you create an 'enduring manufacturing footprint' in a hard-hit North Carolina town? The lean way, of course.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
Table Scraps Manufacturers can use their leftovers to feed various industrial applications but should still try to avoid scrap before it's created.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 |
Philips Respironics: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Working Hard So Others Can Breathe Easy: Philips Respironics' meticulous attention to production results in healthcare products patients can rely on.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
IW Best Plants 2007 -- Models of Success 2007's Best Plants deliver many routes to operational excellence.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 |
General Cable Corp. - Altoona Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Competing With the World: With savvy market moves and a passion for continuous improvement, the General Cable Altoona plant is meeting the competition head on and winning.  |
Food Processing October 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why Do Good Plants Go Down? From a macro perspective the top three major shutdown threats for a food plant could be summarized as: a catastrophic event, a facility's internal operational failure or a facility's external operational failure.  |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
IEC Electronics Corp.: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 IEC Plant Rises From the Dead: Almost out for the count, circuit-board assembly operation reinvents itself.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2009 |
2009 IW Best Plants Winners: Focused on Excellence World-Class Manufacturing flourishes among IndustryWeek's 2009 Best Plants Winners.  |
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012 |
General Cable Corp. -- Lincoln, R.I.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 After decades of batch-and-queue production, a veteran workforce has embraced the switch to cellular manufacturing.  |
Fast Company December 1999 Lisa Chadderdon |
The Customer Is Always Dead It's the ultimate in designer products: your personal casket. And Batesville Casket Co. makes customized caskets faster, cheaper, and better than anyone else.  |
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Food Processing Awards ConAgra/Lamb Weston 2011 Green Plant of the Year ConAgra Foods' Delhi, La. sweet potato processing plant not only contributes to a healthier Earth but also to a healthier bottom line for the Omaha, Neb.-based food company.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
IW 2008 Best Plants Finalists Named With three facilities, Georgia is home to the greatest number of finalists for the best plants in any one U.S. state this year.  |
Food Engineering September 1, 2006 Richard F. Stier |
Form fits function Choosing whether to build a new plant or renovate or expand an existing one is based on any number of necessary functions.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 John Teresko |
General Cable - Indianapolis Compounds: IW Best Plants Profile 2007 Continuing A Winning Culture: General Cable's achievements derive from a workplace culture bent on maximizing Six Sigma and lean.  |
Food Processing May 2005 Mike Pehanich |
How to retrofit an aging plant Food processors looking to retrofit aging facilities to get more out of their capital budgets should heed these "rules of retro" before they bring their plants into the 21st century.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 Nick Zubko |
General Cable -- Manchester Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2008 Mindful of the Surroundings: Historic architecture doesn't get in the way of world-class manufacturing at General Cable's Manchester, N.H., operation.  |
Food Engineering May 1, 2009 Richard F. Stier |
Food Safety: The trouble with third-party audits Passing an audit is not the issue. Ensuring safety is.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2005 George Taninecz |
Thomas & Betts Corp.: IW Best Plants Profile 2005 Even Better: New expectations, goals and classic lean practices lead the electrical outlet and conduit box maker to world-class performance.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2004 David Drickhamer |
The Big Leagues The magic of teamwork delivers championship performance for IndustryWeek's 2004 Best Plants.  |
IndustryWeek September 16, 2009 Jill Jusko |
IW's 2009 Best Plants Finalists Selected Despite possibly the roughest economic conditions many have faced, these manufacturing facilities still pursued process and people improvements, and achieved enviable performance metrics in numerous operational areas.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
IW 2007 Best Plants Finalists Named Congratulations to these companies on their excellent performance metrics.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz |
Plant Blueprints Turn Green Building a new plant? Might as well design it for energy efficiency now, while you still have a choice.  |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
Avery Dennison Office Products de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 Opening Room for Growth: Avery Dennison's Tijuana plant gains significant volume by freeing floor space through lean planning.  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
Ford Plant Restarts Engines With Skilled Training Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 used lean manufacturing and new cultural practices that helped the plant gain a new engine.  |
Food Engineering August 3, 2006 Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: In search of the next winner Which outstanding new plant construction project, major expansion or highly renovated facility will be the next Plant of the Year?  |
IndustryWeek August 18, 2010 |
IndustryWeek Names 2010 Best Plants Finalists Medical products, automotive industry equipment, electronics for the defense industry, and furniture, burial caskets and power tools are among the products manufactured by the 2010 class of finalists.  |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 Jill Jusko |
IW Best Plants 2006 -- High Achievers IndustryWeek's 2006 Best Plants' devotion to excellence in manufacturing drives winning performances.  |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2004 David Drickhamer |
Select Company Dedication to excellence catapults companies to IndustryWeek's 2004 Best Plants finalists list.  |
Food Processing April 2007 Dave Fusaro |
Annual Capital Spending Outlook: Spend Now to Save Later Some of the biggest food companies are budgeting capital expenditures for multi-year programs meant to reduce costs in the long run.  |
Food Processing April 2012 David Phillips |
Top 100 Capital Spending Report: Greek Yogurt Plants are Stacking Up After two years of 20 percent increases, capital spending looks to be up only 4.1 percent this year.  |
IndustryWeek April 18, 2012 |
Plant Managers Assume More Profit-Driving Responsibilities In today's fast-paced, globalized economy companies are seeking plant managers with a strong business sense.  |
This Old House Mark Feirer |
The Language of Lumber The words used in the industry to describe wood can be conflicting and confusing. Here's a crib sheet to help you understand just what the pros are talking about.  |
Popular Mechanics February 2007 Tom Klenck |
Planing Thin Stock: Master-Level Woodworking Tip Here's a simple solution to planing wood thinner than the machine's capacity.  |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
This Hardwood Floorer Deserves a Second Dance Shares of Lumber Liquidators took a pounding yesterday, but it's wrong to think that the hardwood industry going soft.  |