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IndustryWeek Best Plants
Scan records for all manufacturing plants that have won this award from 1990-2007.

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 13th 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 2007 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
The IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies is IndustryWeek's report on the 50 best publicly held U.S. manufacturing companies. To identify the top performing manufacturers, the IW formula factored in revenue growth and profit margin over the past three years, with 2007 results weighted most heavily. We also considered three-year performance in four other financial ratios: inventory turns, asset turnover, return on assets and return on equity. This list was published in the June 2008 issue of IndustryWeek.

The Future of Manufacturing
A forward-looking analysis of the trends, management strategies and best practices that will help U.S. manufacturers compete successfully. This is a joint survey and research summary by Crowe Horwath LLP and IW Custom Research

IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey: Are You Worth What They're Paying You?
IndustryWeek's exclusive 2008 salary survey reveals that the average salary for manufacturing management is $105,581.

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.

In no sector of the economy is globalization more pervasive and influential than in manufacturing. Globalization has undoubtedly brought many benefits to manufacturers, although these have not come without struggle, experimentation and investment. SAP and IW Custom Research have partnered to investigate in detail what these benefits are, what types of overseas investments manufacturers are making, the struggles that globalization brings, which business models are succeeding, and where and how manufacturers plan to increase their global footprint in the next three years. Click here to download.

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. Find out more.