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IndustryWeek Best Plants
Scan records for all manufacturing plants that have won this award from 1990-2008.

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 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 2008 annual revenues. View the entire list or sort by several categories including industry, state and ranking. Previous years' databases also available.

Competitive Connection: Collaborative Demand and Supply Planning
How leading discrete manufacturers are becoming more responsive while controlling costs through strategic inventory management. Collaboration with suppliers and customers is not a new concept to manufacturers. However, several factors have made collaborative supply and demand planning become a crucial part of strategy deployment at manufacturers of all sizes and in all sectors. Leaders are realizing that maintaining a level, predictable fulfillment system protects profitability and positions a company to take quick advantage of growth opportunities. Still, many manufacturers struggle with making the proper connections among the many functions and silos within their fulfillment system that enables a level, predictable state. Respondents to the IndustryWeek Custom Research/SAP® survey on collaborative supply and demand planning face many challenges in this area.

The Future of Manufacturing 2009
A joint survey and research summary by Crowe Horwath LLP and IW Custom Research
Manufacturing leaders chart the impact of the recession and identify the opportunities and risks facing the U.S. manufacturing sector in the years ahead.

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.

IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey: Rebuilding Manufacturing From Scratch
As the U.S. economy gets leaner and meaner, IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey reveals that the average salary for manufacturing management has dropped to $95,248.

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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.