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2015 YEAR IN REVIEW
CONTENTS
A Message to
Shareholders ...................................................... 6
Leadership ........................................................... 9
Officers ............................................................................................................... 9
Board of Directors .......................................................................................... 10
Data and Innovation ..................................... 12
Solar™ InSight System™ Turns Data Into Action ...................................... 13
Safety Services Keep Customers Alert to Fatigue ..................................... 15
Customer Input Shifts Cat® 994K Design Into High Gear ........................... 16
Cat® Command Steers Mining in a New Direction ................................... 17
Investing in R&D .............................................................................................. 18
Customer Support ....................................... 19
Cat Financial Lends a Hand ........................................................................... 20
Innovation Keeps Rail Business on Time and on Track ............................ 21
Cat® GRADE With Slope Assist Makes the Grade ..................................... 22
Homestead Dairy Turns Problem Into Profit ................................................ 23
Innovation Made Simple – And Profitable with Job Site Solutions ....... 25
Productivity Solutions That Promise to Wear Well ................................... 26
Efficiency .......................................................... 27
Shaving Weeks Off Delivery Time ................................................................ 28
Our Lean Transformation ................................................................................ 30
A Global Supply Network That Delivers Under Pressure ........................ 31
600 Vending Machines. 100 Facilities. 1 Goal. ........................................... 32
Streamlining Customer & Dealer Support ................................................... 33
People ................................................................. 35
Breakthrough Workshop for Women Leaders ............................................ 36
Marking Milestones at Both Ends of a Caterpillar Career ....................... 37
Sculpture Contest Welds Team Relationships ........................................... 39
40 Years of Building a Beautiful China ........................................................ 40
Work That Matters ........................................................................................... 42
A Good Deed in the Badlands ........................................................................ 44
Teams Employ Lean and Agile to Deliver for Customers .......................... 45
Caterpillar Foundation .................................................................................... 46
Business Review ........................................... 51
At-a-Glance ...................................................................................................... 52
Performance ..................................................................................................... 53
Segment/Division Review .............................................................................. 57
Five-Year Financial Summary ....................................................................... 71
Forward-Looking Statements ........................................................................ 72