IndustryWeek Research

IndustryWeek Best Plants
Scan records for all manufacturing plants that have won this award from 1990-2005.

IW 1000
Use this free database to view the entire IW 1000 or sort the list by several categories including industry, country, ranking, and financial performance measures. Among the financials captured in the database of our ninth annual list are revenue, net income, profit margin, revenue growth, total equity, and earnings per share.

IndustryWeek U.S. 500
Check out this free, searchable database of the U.S.' 500 largest public manufacturing companies based on 2003 annual revenues. View the entire list or sort by several categories including industry, state, ranking, and a variety of financial performance measures. Previous years' databases also available.

IW's Best Manufacturing Companies
IndustryWeek's report on the 50 top-performing publicly traded U.S. manufacturers based on financial performance over the past three-year period in six areas: revenue growth, return on equity, profit margin, asset turnover, inventory turnover and return on assets. The combined revenues of the top performers in the 2004 report are close to $700 billion and their profits, more than $65 billion.

IW Value-Chain Survey
IndustryWeek editors and subject-matter experts within IBM Corp., our research partner, developed the survey instruments for each of five functional areas. Each survey consisted of 18 to 27 questions. There were 650 completed questionnaires for an overall response rate of 2.6%.

CEO Of The Year
The current year's report on an outstanding manufacturing executive.

2005 IndustryWeek/Manufacturing Performance Institute Census of Manufacturers
Examine a wealth of data from plant-level manufacturing executives on the practices under way in their U.S. plants, as well as the performance metrics being achieved. The Census is an annual research effort.

Technology & Innovation
The current report on this year's Technology Leader of the Year, Technologies of the Year, and archives of past winners.

Download FREE white papers on value chain optimization, manufacturing software, inventory management, and more. IndustryWeek's Sponsored White Paper Collection is an easy-to-use library of manufacturing documents.

Best Plants Benchmarking Database
IndustryWeek's Best Plants Benchmarking Database can show you how top manufacturers set themselves apart. With more than 230 different metrics, the Best Plants database provides you with enough information to profile successful practices in areas such as operations, quality, maintenance, worker productivity and more.

IW/MPI Benchmarking Toolkit
IndustryWeek magazine and the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) have teamed up to provide your company with a suite of benchmarking tools that will improve plant performance and profitability: The IW/MPI 2005 Benchmarking Toolkit.

Based on the IW/MPI Census of Manufacturers, the 2005 Benchmarking Toolkit provides instant, online access to one of the largest databases of operations metrics and plant-level financial measurements available anywhere in the world. A new, user-friendly interface and analysis options allow you to:

• Discover how your manufacturing performance and financial results compare with similar plants -- by industry, size, age, union status, or any one of more than 30 other characteristics.
• Learn which manufacturing strategies have been most effective for manufacturers in your industry or region.
• Conduct virtual "tests" of new management practices and manufacturing technologies by adding them to your current plant profile and finding out how much (or how little) they affect performance and profits.

Expansion Management Relocation Toolkit
Whether it's your company moving, or just your family, the Expansion Management Relocation Toolkit will help you compare future locations to determine which is best for you. From business and living costs to finding the best school districts in a city or metro area, the Relocation Toolkit will tell you how a particular location compares to other locations throughout the U.S.