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Technology and IIoT

Four Steps to Supercharging Sustainable Battery Manufacturing

Oct. 25, 2024
Evaluate the entire supply chain to craft the best strategy.

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Ebooks & Digital Editions

eBook: Reshoring Manufacturing: Progress & Challenges

Aug. 11, 2024
Experts in the water treatment, pharmaceutical, chemicals and manufacturing world look at how reshoring is changing the rules of the market.
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Planning & Forecasting

Hurricane Helene Exposes a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Vulnerability

Oct. 24, 2024
Quartz mining in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, highlights the problem of 'single point of failure.'
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The Economy

Trump Wants More Tariffs. Is That a Good Idea for US Manufacturing?

Oct. 24, 2024
With the election rapidly approaching, we examine the signature manufacturing economic policies of candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to see what’s at stake for the companies...
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Automation

So That Happened: Give Up on Humanoid Robots Already!

Oct. 23, 2024
IndustryWeek editors look into that, what's up with Textron Aviation, big investments in power and more semiconductor investments coming to the U.S.
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Strategic Planning & Execution

5 Conversations for CFOs to Foster Innovation

Oct. 22, 2024
Manufacturing chief finance officers should lead on these strategic discussions.
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IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Winners: Lessons in Operational Excellence

Oct. 21, 2024
Representatives of Raymond Corp, Sandvik Coromant, Intertape Polymer Group and Toyota Material Handling discuss how they achieve and maintain operational excellence in manufacturing...
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Education / Training

Manufacturers, Liberal Arts Colleges Have Reasons to Collaborate

Oct. 18, 2024
Their mutualistic strengths and needs can make them good partners in small-town America.

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Talent

IndustryWeek's 2024 Salary Survey Now Open for Responses

Sept. 17, 2024
Let us know how you feel about your job for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card!

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Companies & Executives

3M Eyes $260 Million Annual Savings, Mostly via Supply Chain Efficiency

Oct. 23, 2024
CEO Bill Brown wants consolidation as part of the company’s “long journey” to becoming more efficient.

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Talent

Faces of Manufacturing 2024: 'If You Work Hard, the Opportunities Are Vast'

Oct. 4, 2024
In celebration of Manufacturing Day 2024, manufacturing workers share why they love their vocation. Here are their stories.
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Talent

Production Pulse: MFG Day 2024, Are Manufacturers Attracting the Workforce of the Future?

Oct. 3, 2024
A group of manufacturing editors and a representative of The Manufacturing Institute discuss how industrial companies can recruit future workers and some of the challenges they...
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Continuous Improvement

Toyota's Brett Wood: Continuous Improvement and Talent Management

Sept. 24, 2024
Toyota Material Handling CEO Brett Wood spoke at IndustryWeek's Operations Leadership Summit in June in Indianapolis.