{"product_id":"9780471160021","title":"America's Best IndustryWeek's Guide to World-Class Manufacturing Plants","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAmerica's Best\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIndustryWeek's Guide to World-Class Manufacturing Plants\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTheodore B. Kinni\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Management\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn 1990, IndustryWeek magazine established a prestigious new competition, the America's Best Plants Award, designed to recognize and honor the top manufacturing operations in the nation. To date, sixty-two companies—from such well-known names as Hewlett-Packard, Sony Electronics, Steelcase, and Xerox to smaller companies such as Zytec, John Crane Belfab, and Lord Corporation—have earned the illustrious designation of being one of America's Best Plants.  \u003cp\u003eNow these award-winning plants are profiled in America's Best, a unique reference that takes an in-depth look at leading-edge manufacturing practices. Detailing the individual components of world-class manufacturing, while providing personal experience from the field, America's Best offers practical guidelines that will help managers make strategic decisions regarding their own organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book begins with the nine essential components of world-class manufacturing, their individual make-up, and how they interact with each other. These components—customer focus, quality, agility, employee involvement, strong supplier relations, technology, new product development, green manufacturing, community involvement—come together to create the basis of manufacturing excellence and will serve as a road map for improving your organization, your products, and your people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfiles of each of the 62 Best Plant winners celebrate individual excellence in the field. Highlighting these profiles are on-site visit reports by IndustryWeek editors; detailed coverage of the many unique programs, tools, and techniques currently in use at each plant; and a listing of contact information for individual plants. Also included is a complete set of the winners' statistical measurements for use in benchmarking your own organization, as well as an assessment survey to help you determine how your plant measures up against the best.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilled with helpful data, advice, \"lessons,\" and firsthand stories from Best Plant leaders and employees, America's Best will be essential reading for managers in executive suites to the shop floor who are charged with the success of their manufacturing organization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A clear and exciting depiction of the dramatic changes taking place in manufacturing and the innovative approaches used to sustain world-class excellence.\" — Jerry J. Jasinowski President, National Association of Manufacturers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Highly readable and packed with relevant examples of what makes the best, best.\" — Carla O'Dell, PhD President, American Productivity \u0026amp; Quality Center\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A rousing standing ovation for Ted Kinni and the editors of IndustryWeek. America's Best is a benchmark book, and Kinni and colleagues have pulled off an Olympian feat. . . . If you've set a course for excellence, you must read this book.\" — Jim Kouzes, coauthor The Leadership Challenge and Credibility, Chairman and CEO The Tom Peters Group\/Learning Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvanced Filtration Systems, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir Products \u0026amp; Chemicals, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAllen-Bradley Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaxter Healthcare Corp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChesebrough-Pond's USA Co.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCincinnati Milacron, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoherent, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinental General Tire, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCopeland Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorning, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDana Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigital Equipment Corp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdy's Grand Ice Cream\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngelhard Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExxon Chemical Co.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFisher-Rosemount, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFord Electronics \u0026amp; Refrigeration Corp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFord Motor Co.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Foxboro Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGE Fanuc Automation NA, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Electric\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Motors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Motors Corp., Cadillac\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGilbarco, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHewlett-Packard Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoneywell, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIBM Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Crane Belfab\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohnson \u0026amp; Johnson Medical, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKennametal, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLockheed Martin Corp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLord Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarlow Industries, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMEMC Electronic Materials\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMettler-Toledo, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilwaukee Electric Tool\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMotorola, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew United Motor Mfg., Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNippondenso Mfg., USA, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorthrop Grumman Corp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePella Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRockwell International\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSiemens Automotive\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSony Electronics, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSPX Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteelcase, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStone Construction Equipment, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuper Sack Manufacturing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSymbiosis Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTennessee Eastman Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTexas Instruments, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Timken Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnisys Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVarian Associates, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilson Sporting Goods Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXEL Communications, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXerox Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZytec Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e THEODORE KINNI is the Director of Books for IndustryWeek magazine and the founder of The Business Reader, a company marketing books directly to businesspeople and corporations internationally. He is also a contributing editor to Quality Digest.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 October 1996\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780471160021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e448\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310337224844,"sku":"9780471160021","price":58.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780471160021_83e8a7c3-994f-4e94-97d1-561f57d1c05b.jpg?v=1780191945","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780471160021","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}