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IndustryWeek October 21, 2009 David Blanchard |
Portrait of a Sustainable Supply Chain Best-in-class manufacturers are enjoying a significant reduction in energy consumption. |
IndustryWeek September 22, 2010 |
Portrait of Supplier Quality Management An epidemic of product recalls points to a need for more visibility into the supply chain. |
IndustryWeek June 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
The MultiCAD Challenge Top manufacturing performers pursue an "insulated" approach. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz |
Best-In-Class KPIs An Aberdeen Group survey of more than 400 manufacturers shows that top-performing operations depend on several key performance indicators to measure success. |
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. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Logistics in the Process Industries: By The Numbers Over 60% of best-in-class manufacturers have implemented a transportation management system. |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-In-Class Quality Management Quality management helps you determine if your customers are satisfied. |
Food Engineering February 1, 2009 Joyce Fassl |
Editor's Note: A New Tradition in Sustainability Food and beverage manufacturers continue to uncover innovative ways to be environmentally friendly as they increase efficiency. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-in-Class Global Trade Compliance Trade compliance is taking on more prominence in separating the best companies from the also-rans. |
IndustryWeek April 20, 2011 |
Portrait of Supply Chain Visibility Before you can reduce your inventory levels, you need visibility throughout your supply chain. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2004 George Taninecz |
Long-Term Commitments Practices and performances validate world-class manufacturing facilities. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Simulation in the Midsize Market Shrinking development schedules and reduced budgets for development are two of the main drivers encouraging all manufacturers to give simulation a look - regardless of the size of the organization. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 John Teresko |
Grading Design Performance A look at product development initiatives across vertical industries. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2006 Jonathan Katz |
Census Of Manufacturers -- Drifting Apart Manufacturers are moving farther away from their partners and, in the process, becoming less integrated. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2004 George Taninecz |
Partially Made In China Most U.S. industries are making China a cog in their supply chain -- even while many manufacturers in those sectors are losing sales and profits to the Chinese. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Best-in-Class Reverse Logistics: By The Numbers: Companies are able to reclaim a majority of the value from returned products or parts. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-in-Class Transportation Management When it comes to transportation management, a manufacturer's customers basically care about one thing, and one thing only: Get the products delivered on time. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2004 Doug Bartholomew |
The Juice Flows Again Survey shows IT spending by manufacturing companies will expand this year as prices fall, and companies dust off shelved plans. |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Vivek Bapat |
A Wise IT Move Targeted IT spending in a down economy boosts the bottom line and sets the stage for top-line growth when the market recovers. |
Food Engineering January 1, 2006 Olin Thompson |
Plant Excellence, by the Numbers Metrics, in tandem with continuous improvement and cost reduction programs, can improve plant efficiency. |
IndustryWeek December 15, 2010 |
Things We Learned in the Storm Manufacturing success requires relentless pursuit of operational excellence and a committed, engaged work force. |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Brad Kenney |
Continuous Improvement Gets a Green Makeover Don't get hung up on the enviro-hype. Reducing waste, emissions and pollution is simply good business. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 David Drickhamer |
Manufacturers Like Us When asked to identify the focus of their market strategy, Chinese manufacturers listed "high quality" first, followed by innovation, service and support, and low cost. For U.S. manufacturers, innovation straggled in a distant seventh. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2009 |
Energy Efficiency: Doing More With Less Myriad opportunities exist to drive down energy usage in your plant and across your enterprise. That's good for your bottom line and good for the environment. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- Continental Crusaders Here's proof that you can succeed at manufacturing in North America -- and we'll even tell you how. |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2004 George Taninecz |
All Systems Grow Manufacturers across the country say that growth is underway, and expectations for the future are positive. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2004 George Taninecz |
Faster But Not Better Improved manufacturing times don't always result in comparable cost reductions. |
IndustryWeek November 18, 2009 |
Consider This -- Single Energy Projects Don't Maximize Savings Reducing energy usage and costs gets easier when your energy initiatives work in tandem as part of a comprehensive energy strategy. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2008 Nick Zubko |
Cost in Translation More effective sourcing efforts could be as simple as getting your procurement and finance departments to speak the same language. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen |
EPA Gives 17 Plants Star Billing Nine auto plants are among first-time winners of energy-efficiency award. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 John Garippa |
Aging Industrial Plants Worthy of a Tax Discount While it may have been costly to build industrial plants, no evidence exists that the facilities would ever sell for the same use. For tax assessment purposes, taxing authorities must not look to the current use of the property. Rather, their focus must be on the market value in exchange. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2009 David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-In-Class Risk Management Risk management can help manufacturers weather supply chain storms. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Supply Chains Also Work In Reverse Manufacturers are discovering profits in the "lost world" of returned products. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
3-D Data Best-in-class organizations are more likely than their underperforming counterparts to create 3-D design data-based deliverables within manufacturing, training, documentation, and marketing and sales. |
Food Processing September 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: The Triple Bottom Line Should your CFO be your company's sustainability watchdog? |
IndustryWeek March 16, 2011 Steve Minter |
Sustaining a Green Strategy Companies like Dow Chemical are increasingly embedding sustainability initiatives in their plans as they seek both to save money on rising energy costs and to find ways to profit from green technologies and products. |
IndustryWeek March 17, 2010 David Blanchard |
Portrait of an Automated Warehouse Visibility to incoming inventory is key to improving order fulfillment processes. |
IndustryWeek April 18, 2012 |
Deliver Higher Productivity with Smarter Workforce Practices With the effective cost of labor evening out between China and the U.S., manufacturers must find other ways to improve productivity and reduce costs. One way: leverage production personnel. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Portrait of a Best-in-Class Warehouse New study says warehouse improvement is being driven by the high cost and low availability of warehouse labor. |
Food Engineering February 1, 2007 |
Where's my Supply Chain? To succeed, food supply chains need to better integrate their disparate information and make it available to those who need it. |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz |
Forecasting: Strategic Inventory Management Efficient inventory management could provide a competitive advantage. |
National Gardening |
Buying Strawberry Plants What to look for and know when buying strawberry plants. |
Food Engineering June 1, 2008 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automation Conference Report Best practices in food safety, asset utilization and sustainability were front and center at this year's industry idea-exchange. |
CFO February 1, 2012 Marielle Segarra |
Dashboards Can Now Gauge More Data CFOs are expanding their use of dashboards to capture a wider range of metrics. |
Food Engineering February 26, 2007 |
Are you best-in-class or a laggard? A best-in-class benchmark report of food and beverage packaging operations reveals polar results. |
PHONE+ February 26, 2010 Borg & Patil |
Enterprise Mobile Strategies Mature in 2010 As organizations enter 2010, it is no longer sufficient to simply provide mobile devices to employees and expect concrete business value to somehow magically appear. |
IndustryWeek June 1, 2008 Nick Zubko |
Does the End Justify The Green? Manufacturers look to identify quicker, more tangible return on sustainability investments. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2009 David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-In-Class Warehouse Management Optimizing warehouse management often involves an automation strategy. |
National Defense June 2011 Eric Beidel |
By Changing Color, Plants Can Signal Presence of Explosives Researchers at Colorado State University are using actual plants -- green, leafy organisms -- to detect explosives and environmental pollutants. |
National Defense February 2015 Bob Wassman |
Defense Should Follow Private Sector's Energy Efficiency Lead The private sector offers valuable lessons that can save the Defense Department energy -- and thus, money -- as it operates its more than 300,000 buildings. |