IW Best Plants IW Best Plants
1990 Corning Inc. Dana Corp Digital Equipment Corp.* Ford Motor Co. Hewlett-Packard Co. IBM Corp. Mettler-Toledo Inc. Motorola Inc., Paging Products Group New United Motor Mfg. Inc. (NUMMI) Pella Corp. Carroll Operations Texas Instruments Inc. Xerox Corp. 1991 Cadillac Luxury Car Div. Eastman Chemical Co. Engelhard Corp. Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc. Kennametal Inc. Lord Corp. Nippondenso Mfg. USA Inc. SPX Corp. Steelcase Inc., Context Div. Stone Construction Equipment Inc.
Rockwell-Collins Schindler Elevator Corp. Tenneco Packaging TRW Occupant Restraints Chihuahua SA de CV U.S. Steel Group Wainwright Industries Inc. 1997 Aeroquip Corp. Americas Industrial Div. Alcatel Telecom Cooper Automotive-Wagner Lighting Products EG&G Astrophysics (Won as John Crane Belfab) Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Lockheed Martin Pike County Operations Lockheed Martin Utility Services Senco Products Inc., Fastener Manufacturing Tenneco Automotive Varian Vacuum Products Lexington 1998 Allegiance Healthcare Corp. Baxter Healthcare Corp. Borg-Warner Automotive Dana Corp. Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Navistar International Transportation Corp. Solectron Corp. Stryker Osteonics The Quaker Oats Co. TRW Canada Ltd.
1992 Advanced Filtration Systems Inc. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Allen-Bradley Co., EOI Artesyn Technologies (Won as Zytec Corp.) Chesebrough-PondÕs USA Co., Personal Products 1999 Beiersdorf Inc. Dell Computer Corp., Americas Enterprise GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc. Systems The Foxboro Co. Delphi Automotive Systems—Saginaw Steering The Timken Co. Systems Eaton Corporation, Aeroquip Global Hose Varian Associates, Oncology Systems Unit Division Wilson Sporting Goods Co. Foxboro Company JLG Industries 1993 Johnson Controls, Inc. Edy’s Grand Ice Cream Porter-Cable Corporation. Exxon Chemical Co. Raytheon Missile Systems Ford Electronics & Refrigeration Corp. Scroll Technologies Honeywell Inc., Industrial Automation & Control John Crane Belfab Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc., Artcraft Plant* 2000 Aeroquip-Inoac Co., Automotive/Exterior Trim Marlow Industries Inc. Alenia Marconi Systems Operations Division Northrup Grumman Naval Systems Broad Oak Rosemount Inc., Measurement Div. BAE Systems Controls Unisys Corp., Government Systems Group* Compaq’s Americas’ Software Manufacturing & Distribution 1994 Continental Teves Baxter Healthcare Corp. Delphi Rimir Cincinnati Milacron Inc. Imation Corp. Coherent Inc., Electronic Products Div. ITT Industries Galfer S.r.l. Continental General Tire Inc. Lucent Technologies, Product Realization Center, Copeland Corp. Wireless Networks Group Gilbarco Inc. MSA, Safety Products Div. Lockheed Martin PAC International Ltd. Sony Electronics Inc. Paxar Corp., Monarch Marking Systems Inc. The Timken Co. Stryker Instruments Varian Associates Inc. NMR Instruments Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH 1995 2001 Boeing North American Aircraft Evacuation Systems, Goodrich Corp. General Electric Co. BorgWarner, Diversified Transmission Products Inc. General Motors Corp. Dell Americas Desktop Operations MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. Kodak de Mexico, Single-Use Camera Div. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. MKS Instruments Inc. Siemens Automotive Power Train Fuel Northrop Grumman Space Systems Div./Aerojet Components Div. Electronic Systems Super Sack Mfg. Corp. Superior Graphite Co. Symbiosis Corp. Textron Automotive Co. de Mexico SA de CV TRW Inc. Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. Textron Automotive Trim Div., Port Huron XEL Communications Inc. Operations Vertis Inc., Webcraft DMS 1996 ABB Industrial Systems Inc. 2002 Dana Corp. AMS Operations Hillend Halliburton Energy Services Boeing C-17 Production Complex Physio-Control Corp.
Coco-Mat Collins & Aikman Athens, Tenn., Operation Collins & Aikman Rantoul Products Plant 1 Collins & Aikman, Americus Operation Dana Corp. DST Output Honeywell Control Products ISP Corp. Medtronic Inc., Xomed Nichols Foods Ltd. Siemens AG, Medical Solutions Computed Tomography Webster Plastics 2003 Autoliv Steering Wheel/Airbag Facility Boston Scientific Corp Bridgestone/Firestone South Carolina Collins & Aikman Corp., Guelph Products Dana Corp Delphi Corp.—Delphi Connection Systems’ Precision Molding Center General Cable Corp.—Automotive Products Kautex—A Textron Co., Avilla Kautex—A Textron Co., Lavonia Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors 2004 Batesville Casket Co., Manchester Operations Boeing Collins & Aikman Plastics, Williamston Operations Dana Corp., Perfect Circle Products, Franklin Steel Products Plant dj Orthopedics de Mexico Guidant Puerto Rico Maytag Jackson Dishwashing Products Northrop Grumman Corp. Defensive Systems Division Rockwell Automation Roller Bearing Plant TRW Automotive Fowlerville Plant
IW Best Plants
Benchmarking & Awards Program
2005 Boston Scientific Corp., Wayne Operations Bowater Inc., Catawba Operations dj Orthopedics LLC General Cable Corp., Moose Jaw Plant National Gypsum Co. Solectron Corp. Storage Technology Ltd. The HON Co., Cedartown Plant Thomas & Betts Corp., Athens, Tenn., Operations TRW OSS Mexican Operations
for North American Manufacturing Plants
2006 AK Steel, Rockport Works Batesville Casket Co., Batesville Operations Cordis de Mexico S.A. de C.V. General Cable de Latinoamerica S.A. de C.V. Lockheed Martin Missiles/Fire Control, Camden Operations Magee Rieter Automotive Systems National Gypsum Co. Schneider Electric, Peru Operations Scotsman Ice Systems Siegel-Robert Automotive Farmington
“Participating in the IW Best Plants competition allowed us to dig deep into the heart of all the things we do. The application process brought to light the things we, as a 2007 plant, excel at as Autoliv North America - Tremonton Initiator well as areas we need to focus Facility on.”(ITO)
Batesville Casket Co. - Vicksburg Operations Blue Bird North Georgia Cargill Corn Milling -- Team Wahpeton DST Output of California, LLC General Cable - Indianapolis Compounds Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Ocala Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Orlando Medrad Inc., Heilman Center Plant Rieter Automotive Canadian Carpet
Richard King, Operations Manager, Batesville Casket Company, Vicksburg Operations 2007 IW Best Plants Winner
IW Best Plants Benchmarking & Awards Program More than Awards
MEASURE UP!
Get with the program and… leave the benchmarking to us! “The reason behind [our] participation [in IW Best Plants] was to get an outside validation (benchmark) from people other than our own. We wanted to know if we had the information tools, process controls, lean practices, and most importantly the results, that are on the leading edge of other facilities in any industry.” John Landi, Manager Production Planning, Control, & Automated Operations, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Ocala 2007 IW Best Plants Winner
If this is what matters to your plant, then this is • the program you need to be a part of: • A comprehensive effort to achieve world-class manufacturing capability. • Management practices geared to motivating achievement of breakthroughs in operating performance and customer satisfaction.
Effective supplier-partnership programs, including efforts to solicit supplier evaluations of plant practices.
• Appropriate use of technology, as required by changing business needs.
• Flexible and/or agile production systems capable of responding quickly to customer needs and shifts in the marketplace. The flexibility may be the result of intelligent automation and information technology, • Strong quality systems and results, including just-in-time/continuous-flow production systems, evidence of low defect rates and good process-control use of quick-changeover methods, a multi-skilled capability. workforce, small-lot production, or other lean • Employee involvement and empowerment programs initiatives. that drive continuous process improvement and • A record of operational improvement, including superior customer relationships. shortened manufacturing cycle time and order• A strong customer focus, including formal customerto-delivery lead time, productivity improvements, satisfaction programs, customer involvement in inventory reductions, and profitability improvement. product design, employee contact with customers, and • Proactive environmental and safety practices. efforts to reduce customer lead-times.
REWARDS!
When you apply to the IW Best Plants Program, you receive a wide-range of tools and benefits that aid your plant’s continuous improvement initiatives. The competition gives your plant the opportunity to be evaluated by an objective third-party team of industry experts, so you have outside validation of how your strengths (and weaknesses) measure up. All entrants receive the following: a customized benchmark report comparing their metrics to the other applicants; complimentary access to the dynamic, online IW Best Plants Benchmarking Database; an IW Best Plants Statistical Profile; and reduced or complimentary registration to the IW Best Plants Conference, the event for manufacturing leaders to strengthen their continuous improvement initiatives. For competition winners and finalists, the benefits are even greater!
Winners Receive: • 2 years access to the IW Best Plants Online Database (a $1,270 value) • Custom benchmarking report against the year’s finalists (a $350 value) • A customized trophy • Plant spotlight in the IndustryWeek January Best Plants issue • 50 issues of the IndustryWeek January Best Plants issue (a $312.50 value) • An IW Best Plants Statistical Profile (a $295 value) • 2 complimentary registrations to the IW Best Plants Conference (a $2,400 value!) • Recognition ceremony at the IW Best Plants Conference • Plant profile on industryweek.com • Plant highlighted in the IW Continuous Improvement enewsletter Finalists Receive: • 1 year access to the IW Best Plants Online Database (a $795 value) • Custom benchmarking report against the year’s finalists (a $350 value) • An IW Best Plants Statistical Profile (a $295 value) • 1 complimentary registration to the IW Best Plants Conference (a $1,200 value) • A customized plaque Non-Finalist Applicants Receive: • 1 year access to the IW Best Plants Online Database (a $795 value) • Custom benchmarking report against the year’s finalists (a $350 value) • An IW Best Plants Statistical Profile (a $295 value) • 50% of one registrations to the IW Best Plants Conference (a $600 value)
$4,628 VALUE
$2,640 VALUE
$2,040 VALUE
Applicant Investment:
• Application fee for companies with fewer than 500 full-time employees*: $1,000 • Application fee for companies with 500 or more full-time employees*: $1,500
* Based on total company-wide employment, not the number of employees at the specific manufacturing location entering the competition. There are no additional fees for the validation site visits. Companies that enter five or more plants in the competition receive a 25% discount off of the application fee for each facility.
BeCOME an IW Best Plant! Download Your Application
at:
www.industryweek.com/bestplantsprogram SELECTION PROCESS
Your entry will be reviewed by a judging panel of IW editors. The panel also may include knowledgeable industry consultants or other experts working under nondisclosure agreements. Using a weighted scoring system, the composite ratings of the judges will determine if you become a Best Plants finalists. If selected as a finalist, you will receive a second questionnaire seeking documentation of achievements and presenting plant-specific follow-up questions. After a subsequent review of the information submitted in the follow-up questionnaire, along with additional supporting materials, the IW judging panel will tentatively select 10 North American winners, pending validation during site visits that typically take place in late September and early October. All finalists will be publicly recognized in the pages of IndustryWeek. Finalists not chosen to be one of the 10 Best Plants Winners will receive plaques recognizing their selection as a finalist.
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates for IndustryWeek’s Best Plants must: • Be a single manufacturing plant or a combination of related facilities within a specific geographic location (not to exceed a 25-mile distance from plant to plant) and under the direction of a single management team. To qualify as a manufacturing facility, the plant’s output should be a physical product representing value-added. • Have completed at least 3 years of operation prior to January 1 of the year’s current competition (e.g. To compete in the 2008 IW Best Plants competition, the plant must have a start-up date prior to Jan. 1, 2005.) • Be located within the United States or its territories, Mexico, or Canada. Eligibility is not limited to plants owned by U.S.-based parent companies. • Not have been honored as an IndustryWeek Best Plant in the previous two years.
Questions? CONTACT: Jill Jusko at 216.931.9311 or [email protected]
Rockwell-Collins Schindler Elevator Corp. Tenneco Packaging TRW Occupant Restraints Chihuahua SA de CV U.S. Steel Group Wainwright Industries Inc. 1997 Aeroquip Corp. Americas Industrial Div. Alcatel Telecom Cooper Automotive-Wagner Lighting Products EG&G Astrophysics (Won as John Crane Belfab) Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Lockheed Martin Pike County Operations Lockheed Martin Utility Services Senco Products Inc., Fastener Manufacturing Tenneco Automotive Varian Vacuum Products Lexington 1998 Allegiance Healthcare Corp. Baxter Healthcare Corp. Borg-Warner Automotive Dana Corp. Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Navistar International Transportation Corp. Solectron Corp. Stryker Osteonics The Quaker Oats Co. TRW Canada Ltd.
1992 Advanced Filtration Systems Inc. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. Allen-Bradley Co., EOI Artesyn Technologies (Won as Zytec Corp.) Chesebrough-PondÕs USA Co., Personal Products 1999 Beiersdorf Inc. Dell Computer Corp., Americas Enterprise GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc. Systems The Foxboro Co. Delphi Automotive Systems—Saginaw Steering The Timken Co. Systems Eaton Corporation, Aeroquip Global Hose Varian Associates, Oncology Systems Unit Division Wilson Sporting Goods Co. Foxboro Company JLG Industries 1993 Johnson Controls, Inc. Edy’s Grand Ice Cream Porter-Cable Corporation. Exxon Chemical Co. Raytheon Missile Systems Ford Electronics & Refrigeration Corp. Scroll Technologies Honeywell Inc., Industrial Automation & Control John Crane Belfab Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc., Artcraft Plant* 2000 Aeroquip-Inoac Co., Automotive/Exterior Trim Marlow Industries Inc. Alenia Marconi Systems Operations Division Northrup Grumman Naval Systems Broad Oak Rosemount Inc., Measurement Div. BAE Systems Controls Unisys Corp., Government Systems Group* Compaq’s Americas’ Software Manufacturing & Distribution 1994 Continental Teves Baxter Healthcare Corp. Delphi Rimir Cincinnati Milacron Inc. Imation Corp. Coherent Inc., Electronic Products Div. ITT Industries Galfer S.r.l. Continental General Tire Inc. Lucent Technologies, Product Realization Center, Copeland Corp. Wireless Networks Group Gilbarco Inc. MSA, Safety Products Div. Lockheed Martin PAC International Ltd. Sony Electronics Inc. Paxar Corp., Monarch Marking Systems Inc. The Timken Co. Stryker Instruments Varian Associates Inc. NMR Instruments Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH 1995 2001 Boeing North American Aircraft Evacuation Systems, Goodrich Corp. General Electric Co. BorgWarner, Diversified Transmission Products Inc. General Motors Corp. Dell Americas Desktop Operations MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. Kodak de Mexico, Single-Use Camera Div. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. MKS Instruments Inc. Siemens Automotive Power Train Fuel Northrop Grumman Space Systems Div./Aerojet Components Div. Electronic Systems Super Sack Mfg. Corp. Superior Graphite Co. Symbiosis Corp. Textron Automotive Co. de Mexico SA de CV TRW Inc. Vehicle Safety Systems Inc. Textron Automotive Trim Div., Port Huron XEL Communications Inc. Operations Vertis Inc., Webcraft DMS 1996 ABB Industrial Systems Inc. 2002 Dana Corp. AMS Operations Hillend Halliburton Energy Services Boeing C-17 Production Complex Physio-Control Corp.
Coco-Mat Collins & Aikman Athens, Tenn., Operation Collins & Aikman Rantoul Products Plant 1 Collins & Aikman, Americus Operation Dana Corp. DST Output Honeywell Control Products ISP Corp. Medtronic Inc., Xomed Nichols Foods Ltd. Siemens AG, Medical Solutions Computed Tomography Webster Plastics 2003 Autoliv Steering Wheel/Airbag Facility Boston Scientific Corp Bridgestone/Firestone South Carolina Collins & Aikman Corp., Guelph Products Dana Corp Delphi Corp.—Delphi Connection Systems’ Precision Molding Center General Cable Corp.—Automotive Products Kautex—A Textron Co., Avilla Kautex—A Textron Co., Lavonia Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors 2004 Batesville Casket Co., Manchester Operations Boeing Collins & Aikman Plastics, Williamston Operations Dana Corp., Perfect Circle Products, Franklin Steel Products Plant dj Orthopedics de Mexico Guidant Puerto Rico Maytag Jackson Dishwashing Products Northrop Grumman Corp. Defensive Systems Division Rockwell Automation Roller Bearing Plant TRW Automotive Fowlerville Plant
IW Best Plants
Benchmarking & Awards Program
2005 Boston Scientific Corp., Wayne Operations Bowater Inc., Catawba Operations dj Orthopedics LLC General Cable Corp., Moose Jaw Plant National Gypsum Co. Solectron Corp. Storage Technology Ltd. The HON Co., Cedartown Plant Thomas & Betts Corp., Athens, Tenn., Operations TRW OSS Mexican Operations
for North American Manufacturing Plants
2006 AK Steel, Rockport Works Batesville Casket Co., Batesville Operations Cordis de Mexico S.A. de C.V. General Cable de Latinoamerica S.A. de C.V. Lockheed Martin Missiles/Fire Control, Camden Operations Magee Rieter Automotive Systems National Gypsum Co. Schneider Electric, Peru Operations Scotsman Ice Systems Siegel-Robert Automotive Farmington
“Participating in the IW Best Plants competition allowed us to dig deep into the heart of all the things we do. The application process brought to light the things we, as a 2007 plant, excel at as Autoliv North America - Tremonton Initiator well as areas we need to focus Facility on.”(ITO)
Batesville Casket Co. - Vicksburg Operations Blue Bird North Georgia Cargill Corn Milling -- Team Wahpeton DST Output of California, LLC General Cable - Indianapolis Compounds Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Ocala Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Orlando Medrad Inc., Heilman Center Plant Rieter Automotive Canadian Carpet
Richard King, Operations Manager, Batesville Casket Company, Vicksburg Operations 2007 IW Best Plants Winner
IW Best Plants Benchmarking & Awards Program More than Awards
MEASURE UP!
Get with the program and… leave the benchmarking to us! “The reason behind [our] participation [in IW Best Plants] was to get an outside validation (benchmark) from people other than our own. We wanted to know if we had the information tools, process controls, lean practices, and most importantly the results, that are on the leading edge of other facilities in any industry.” John Landi, Manager Production Planning, Control, & Automated Operations, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control at Ocala 2007 IW Best Plants Winner
If this is what matters to your plant, then this is • the program you need to be a part of: • A comprehensive effort to achieve world-class manufacturing capability. • Management practices geared to motivating achievement of breakthroughs in operating performance and customer satisfaction.
Effective supplier-partnership programs, including efforts to solicit supplier evaluations of plant practices.
• Appropriate use of technology, as required by changing business needs.
• Flexible and/or agile production systems capable of responding quickly to customer needs and shifts in the marketplace. The flexibility may be the result of intelligent automation and information technology, • Strong quality systems and results, including just-in-time/continuous-flow production systems, evidence of low defect rates and good process-control use of quick-changeover methods, a multi-skilled capability. workforce, small-lot production, or other lean • Employee involvement and empowerment programs initiatives. that drive continuous process improvement and • A record of operational improvement, including superior customer relationships. shortened manufacturing cycle time and order• A strong customer focus, including formal customerto-delivery lead time, productivity improvements, satisfaction programs, customer involvement in inventory reductions, and profitability improvement. product design, employee contact with customers, and • Proactive environmental and safety practices. efforts to reduce customer lead-times.
REWARDS!
When you apply to the IW Best Plants Program, you receive a wide-range of tools and benefits that aid your plant’s continuous improvement initiatives. The competition gives your plant the opportunity to be evaluated by an objective third-party team of industry experts, so you have outside validation of how your strengths (and weaknesses) measure up. All entrants receive the following: a customized benchmark report comparing their metrics to the other applicants; complimentary access to the dynamic, online IW Best Plants Benchmarking Database; an IW Best Plants Statistical Profile; and reduced or complimentary registration to the IW Best Plants Conference, the event for manufacturing leaders to strengthen their continuous improvement initiatives. For competition winners and finalists, the benefits are even greater!
Winners Receive: • 2 years access to the IW Best Plants Online Database (a $1,270 value) • Custom benchmarking report against the year’s finalists (a $350 value) • A customized trophy • Plant spotlight in the IndustryWeek January Best Plants issue • 50 issues of the IndustryWeek January Best Plants issue (a $312.50 value) • An IW Best Plants Statistical Profile (a $295 value) • 2 complimentary registrations to the IW Best Plants Conference (a $2,400 value!) • Recognition ceremony at the IW Best Plants Conference • Plant profile on industryweek.com • Plant highlighted in the IW Continuous Improvement enewsletter Finalists Receive: • 1 year access to the IW Best Plants Online Database (a $795 value) • Custom benchmarking report against the year’s finalists (a $350 value) • An IW Best Plants Statistical Profile (a $295 value) • 1 complimentary registration to the IW Best Plants Conference (a $1,200 value) • A customized plaque Non-Finalist Applicants Receive: • 1 year access to the IW Best Plants Online Database (a $795 value) • Custom benchmarking report against the year’s finalists (a $350 value) • An IW Best Plants Statistical Profile (a $295 value) • 50% of one registrations to the IW Best Plants Conference (a $600 value)
$4,628 VALUE
$2,640 VALUE
$2,040 VALUE
Applicant Investment:
• Application fee for companies with fewer than 500 full-time employees*: $1,000 • Application fee for companies with 500 or more full-time employees*: $1,500
* Based on total company-wide employment, not the number of employees at the specific manufacturing location entering the competition. There are no additional fees for the validation site visits. Companies that enter five or more plants in the competition receive a 25% discount off of the application fee for each facility.
BeCOME an IW Best Plant! Download Your Application
at:
www.industryweek.com/bestplantsprogram SELECTION PROCESS
Your entry will be reviewed by a judging panel of IW editors. The panel also may include knowledgeable industry consultants or other experts working under nondisclosure agreements. Using a weighted scoring system, the composite ratings of the judges will determine if you become a Best Plants finalists. If selected as a finalist, you will receive a second questionnaire seeking documentation of achievements and presenting plant-specific follow-up questions. After a subsequent review of the information submitted in the follow-up questionnaire, along with additional supporting materials, the IW judging panel will tentatively select 10 North American winners, pending validation during site visits that typically take place in late September and early October. All finalists will be publicly recognized in the pages of IndustryWeek. Finalists not chosen to be one of the 10 Best Plants Winners will receive plaques recognizing their selection as a finalist.
ELIGIBILITY
Candidates for IndustryWeek’s Best Plants must: • Be a single manufacturing plant or a combination of related facilities within a specific geographic location (not to exceed a 25-mile distance from plant to plant) and under the direction of a single management team. To qualify as a manufacturing facility, the plant’s output should be a physical product representing value-added. • Have completed at least 3 years of operation prior to January 1 of the year’s current competition (e.g. To compete in the 2008 IW Best Plants competition, the plant must have a start-up date prior to Jan. 1, 2005.) • Be located within the United States or its territories, Mexico, or Canada. Eligibility is not limited to plants owned by U.S.-based parent companies. • Not have been honored as an IndustryWeek Best Plant in the previous two years.
Questions? CONTACT: Jill Jusko at 216.931.9311 or [email protected]
