LEAN LESSONS: Experiment Your Way to Success p. 8
A PENTON MEDIA PUBLICATION
APRIL 2012
WWW.INDUSTRYWEEK.COM
Rare Earths:
THE BATTLE
OVER
CRITICAL
MINERALS
p. 24
Economist
Alan Beaulieu:
EXPECT BUSIER
DAYS AHEAD FOR
U.S. BUSINESSES
p. 10
Innovation
Keeps Corning
in a
GLASS
BY ITSELF
p. 38
Steve Mueller
president and CEO, Southwestern Energy Co.
+
Can LEAN
and ERP
Work
Together?
SHALE GAS STRATEGY
Why Leading Oil and Gas
Companies are Pledging a New
‘Social Contract’ with the Public
p. 16
p. 28