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IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
Jonathan Katz |
Cordis de Mexico S.A. de C.V.: IW Best Plants Profile 2006 Empowered To Drive Production: An involved workforce helps cut more than $12 million in waste for medical device maker Cordis de Mexico.   |
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
December 16, 2009 |
General Cable - Piedras Negras: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Operators Lead the Way: An empowered workforce is the foundation of success for General Cable's Piedras Negras, Mexico, facility. |
IndustryWeek
December 15, 2010 |
American Axle & Manufacturing - Three Rivers Manufacturing Facility: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 Driving Home the Benefits of Productivity: World-class manufacturing systems and employee involvement enable AAM's Three Rivers plant to win new business. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
George Taninecz |
Siegel-Robert Automotive Farmington: IW Best Plants Profile 2006 Best Of Times In A Tough Industry: Technical expertise and lean are key to one auto supplier's success. |
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
August 1, 2007
Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- What Does Enterprise Excellence Look Like? To get an idea of how good your facility is, start by asking: Would you buy products from your own plant? |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
General Cable Corp. -- Lawrenceburg Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 A drive for productivity puts increasing responsibility in the hands of plant operators. |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
L.B. Foster Co. -- Pueblo, Colo.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 In the never-ending quest to control costs and boost productivity, plant manager Bart Peterson has found that small, incremental process improvements can add up to big gains. |
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, 2006
Jonathan Katz |
Schneider Electric, Peru Operations: IW Best Plants Profile 2006 A Plant's Grand Vision: Panelboard plant utilizes lean visualization tools to consolidate assembly while increasing productivity. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2005
John S. McClenahen |
General Cable Corp.: IW Best Plants Profile 2005 Lean, Six Sigma and a remarkable work ethic make the real difference at the cable-maker's Saskatchewan plant. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2005
John Teresko |
Solectron Corp.: IW Best Plants Profile 2005 Operating In All Modes: In Columbia, South Carolina the electronics manufacturer competes via lean, Six Sigma to the delight -- and sometimes surprise -- of customers. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
General Cable de Latinoamerica S.A. de C.V.: IW Best Plants Profile 2006 Flexibility Equals Opportunity: General Cable de Latinoamerica finds winning combination in Six Sigma and Lean. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Medrad Inc., Heilman Center Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2007 Medrad Flexes its Muscles: Medical device maker builds wiggle room into its processes to stay lean during demand fluctuations. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2005
Tonya Vinas |
Storage Technology Ltd.: IW Best Plants Profile 2005 A Passionate People: Meeting a challenge for 20% year-on-year improvements, the data storage company's Ponce, Puerto Rico plant embraces new thinking. |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
Life Technologies: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 This plant transformation created a true manufacturing environment in a science-based culture and major revenue wins. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Lean Takes the Driver's Seat at Lear "Total lean behavior" has helped auto Lear Corp. stay competitive in a struggling market. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Thermo Fisher Scientific: IW Best Plants Profile 2008 Empowering the Workforce: Employee engagement leads the way at Thermo Fisher Scientific's Marietta, Ohio, operations. |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
Ethicon Inc.: IW Best Plants Profile 2011 Dedication to continuous improvement and training help employees meet production challenges and new-product demand. |
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, 2009
John Teresko |
Baldor Electric Co./Weaverville Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2008 Spreading Its Winning Ways: Baldor's Weaverville, N.C., plant is pushing lean/Six Sigma to its suppliers. |
IndustryWeek
September 22, 2010 |
Value Propositions Don't 'waste' the value-stream mapping process by ignoring the customer. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2005
Patricia Panchak |
The HON Co.: IW Best Plants Profile 2005 Sustaining Lean: How nurturing a 'healthy discontent' and rewarding employees turns lean into a way of life at this metal and wooden case goods maker. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2009
Nick Zubko |
Lockheed Martin Corp. MS2 Tactical Systems/Clearwater: IW Best Plants Profile 2008 Hungry for Change: A 'survivor' mentality permeates the culture and drives improvement for Lockheed Clearwater's Oldsmar plant. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009 |
Masco - Builder Cabinet Group: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Masco Takes It 'One Kitchen at a Time': Single-piece flow process has helped plant endure one of the worst housing downturns in U.S. history. |
IndustryWeek
July 21, 2010 |
Putting a New Label on Avery Dennison Avery Dennison CEO Dean Scarborough is pushing an ambitious plan to transform the company from a materials supplier to a brand builder and provider of information services. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2007
Steven Mallas |
A Bullish Label for Avery Dennison Avery Dennison printed a nice earnings report. Investors, take note. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2005
John Teresko |
National Gypsum Co.: IW Best Plants Profile 2005 Faster, Leaner, Greener: Process excellence speeds customer responsiveness at the wallboard maker's Apollo Beach Plant. Power plant waste is the raw material. |
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
January 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
DST Output of California, LLC: IW Best Plants Profile 2007 Resolution For The Future: DST Output reinvents itself to stay on top of the printing queue. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
December 15, 2010 |
Carrier Charlotte Chiller Operations: IW Best Plants Profile 2010 A Winning Formula: An emphasis on supplier collaboration, process capability and employee engagement is helping Carrier Charlotte triumph in the 'war on cost.' |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2001
David Drickhamer |
Lessons Learned Best Practices is an overused phrase for good ideas that manufacturers can steal. This article provides "how they did it" information from the 2001 IndustryWeek Best Plants winners, which they've generously agreed to share. It may help power future improvements at your facility... |
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2010 |
Leaner, Safer and Smarter Atlas Machine & Supply utilizes lean to improve plant safety. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2009 |
Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility: IW Best Plants Profile 2009 Unwavering Focus: At Carrier - Carlyle Compressor Facility, ACE methodology drives a structured approach to excellence. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
Doug Bartholomew |
Enterprise Software: Lean Gets a Software Assist They said it couldn't be done -- mix enterprise resource planning with lean, that is. But ERP technology can support lean initiatives if you're willing to ride out the cultural shift. |
IndustryWeek
October 21, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
High-Tech's Role in Lean Technology isn't a panacea for plant-floor problems but it can help manufacturers take lean to the next level. |
Food Processing
August 2009
Bob Sperber |
New Lines for Lean Times Adding a new line? The production room can be the highest-value piece of the company to boost efficiency and stretch the dollar. |
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
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. |
Food Engineering
June 4, 2006 |
Plant Openings & Expansions Bush Brothers & Co. to expand its Tennessee operation... Nestle Prepared Foods to invest in new production equipment at its Jonesboro, AR, manufacturing facility... Organic food processor Amy's Kitchen is building a new plant... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Toyota's Eco-Friendly Plan for New Plant Lean manufacturing pioneer Toyota Motor Corp. will use its model of efficiency to create an environmentally friendly plant in Blue Springs, Mississippi. |
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
July 1, 2006
Doug Bartholomew |
Where's the Magic? Is Manufacturing Software Delivering Results? Support for lean, improved visibility into operations drive in vestment in plant-floor technology. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
Avery Dennison's Radio Label The RFID industry is likely to substantially change supply chains for decades. For investors, this explosive technology should be sending out waves of opportunities. But who are the players in this promising field and which ones are sending the strongest signals? |
