2008 Features

IndustryWeek delves into the issues that manufacturing executives are talking about and about which they want to know more. These topics are discussed for their relevance to industry leaders, and through this coverage, IW impacts the manufacturing community.

2008 features are grouped both by category and by month.

Feature category groupings:

• Lean Manufacturing

• Product Development Strategies

• Manufacturer's Agenda

• Green Manufacturing

• Globalization

• Small & Mid-Sized Manufacturers

• Technology

• Focus on the Process Industries

Individual features by month:

January

• IW Best Plants
• Prescription For Survival: Managing Healthy and Health-Conscious Companies
• The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing IT

February

• How to Improve Your New Product Development and Launch Process
• The IP (Intellectual Property) Wars
• Steel Industry Update

March

• Salary Survey
• Power Shift: Producing More For Less
• The Next Big Thing: Disruptive Technologies

April

• Whatever Happened to Quality?
• Strategic Sourcing
• Maintenance Strategies

May

• Continuous Improvement Strategies: Going Lean/ Staying Lean
• The Future of R&D
• "Clean Tech" Product Manufacturing

June

• IW 50 Best Manufacturing Companies
• The IndustryWeek U.S. 500
• Training Within Industry
• Global Hot Spots

July

• How to Green Your Facility
• Digital Manufacturing
• Oil & Gas

August

• Raw Materials
• America's Role in the Global Supply Chain
• Getting Access to Capital

September

• Diversity in the Workplace
• China's Role as a Global Manufacturer
• Innovations in Machine Tools and Factory Automation (IMTS 2008 Preview)

October

• Product Lifecycle Management
• Election 2008
• Waste Reduction / Waste Management

November

• IW/MPI Census of Manufacturers
• Lean Six Sigma
• The Face of Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturing
• Food & Beverage

December

• Anatomy of a Product: IW's Supply Chain of the Year
• India
• Pharmaceutical & Biotech