Welcome to our mid-December issue of IndustryWeek's Weekly Reads, where every Friday we share the most-perused content over the previous seven days. We encourage you to sit back and catch up with any of this popular material you missed in the past week. Then we invite you to stay awhile and explore our entire manufacturing leadership library.
The Controversy Surrounding DEI Programs in Manufacturing and Beyond: Are these manufacturers throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Winners: Lessons in Operational Excellence: Representatives of Raymond Corp, Sandvik Coromant, Intertape Polymer Group and Toyota Material Handling discuss how they achieve and maintain operational excellence in manufacturing.
Four Strategic-Planning Scenarios for 2025: Policy changes make agility essential for manufacturers' success in the new year.
US Finalizes Tariff Hikes on More China Green Tech Imports: Rates for solar wafers and polysilicon are due to double in January to 50%, while those on certain tungsten products will rise from zero to 25%.
Washing-Machine Tariffs Come Out Clean, Sparkling for US Manufacturing: Trade experts can learn from the success of this Trump-era policy.
Psychological Safety Is a Must-Have for a Lean Culture: Leaders can take multiple steps to provide a safe environment where continuous improvement can thrive.
Embrace a One-Word Goal to Provide Focus in the New Year: A single focus fosters alignment and removes chaos, but also be open to that goal evolving as time passes.
Design Thinking: Human-Centered, Data-Driven Manufacturing: The five-step empathize, define, ideate, prototype, text planning process can translate data into action in manufacturing.
Is the Worst Disruption Behind Us? You can build in operational resilience, even if you can't predict what's ahead.
Gone to the Dogs and Manufacturing Selling Spree: IndustryWeek's Weekly Reads: Also, strings attached at Rivian and a must have for a lean culture.
