Training the Next Generation: How Do We Make Training Work?
Creating cohesive training that is both relevant and significant is a challenge that everyone in the training and development world faces.
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Workforce Trends to Consider for the Future
Todd Palmer argues in his “About Your Business” column that human capital is valuable, and he breaks down five workforce trends that can play a part in a company’s fiscal year.
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Employee Ownership Guarantees Commitment
Rable Machine Inc., being 100-percent employee owned, has empowered the workforce to take seriously the quality of their products and emphasize on-machine probing as part of the company’s ongoing efforts toward more efficiency.
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Training the Next Generation: The Need for Professional Development
Establish a training program that identifies the necessary requirements to be fulfilled.
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PMPA Member Smith & Richardson Manufacturing Finds Success in Employee Training and Equipment Investment
Smith & Richardson offers machining, stamping and forming services for a number of different industries, including sports and gaming, aerospace, medical, hydraulics and gas and oil.
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Filling Jobs in the Era of Full Employment
Having more time to pursue passions, nurture relationships and stay active improves worker productivity by making employees happier while giving them more energy emotionally and physically.
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Automation Helps Improve Employee Productivity
Stark Industrial LLC’s first stand-alone robot works within a new turning machine cell that is currently dedicated to the simple machining operation of processing a cast aerospace part that is proprietary and is the further step the shop needed to gain process control.
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Training the Next Generation: Thinking About New Employee Outreach from the Shop’s Perspective
We are all faced with a challenge regarding today’s new workforce. We all need to think outside the box about our company culture, training systems, operational strategies and relationships with high schools and vocational institutions. Here are some other things to think about that we have found to be helpful.
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A Machine Tool Company Invests in the Future Through Education
This success story was contributed to PM as an example of manufacturing and academia cooperating to raise marketable skill sets in potential workers.
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Training the Next Generation: How do you Feel about Online Programs?
Solutions to ensuring the successful integration of technology involve the time and effort that individuals are willing to invest in themselves and the organization.
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PMPA Member Swissline Precision Finds Success in Equipment Investment and Employee Training
Swissline Precision is a technologically advanced machine shop headquartered in Cumberland, Rhode Island, in a 36,000-square-foot facility with more than 60 machines. The company is currently the largest Tsugami CNC Swiss operation under one roof in North America and primarily serves the medical and aerospace industries.
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Seco Tools Partners with University for Engineering Internship Program
Seco Tools has partnered with Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, to offer local area engineering students an opportunity to participate in a multi-year internship program at Seco.
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Training Through German Eyes: Not What You Expect
HORN pays strict attention to assure the people that the company understands the importance of, and are capable of, working with others. Its focus is on using the strengths of each person for the benefit of the whole.
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A German Approach to Training
Have you ever wondered what Europeans are doing right to generate strong interest in manufacturing careers? Our June Last Word contributor got a first-hand look at the German approach and has some interesting thoughts on how to apply the Germans' strategies.
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New Apprenticeship Program Coined ‘Learn and Earn’
The company's new apprenticeship program is for local high school students and will pay tuition and provide an hourly wage and benefits.
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Robots are Great, but What About my Job?
In his column, Matt Kirchner says automation may change your job, but it won’t eliminate industrial employment. In fact, he believes it means more hiring will occur.
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Tackling an Employer's Toughest Workforce Challenge
You have to accept that the employer is the customer, not the job seeker.
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What Robots Mean for Your Job
Automation may change your job, but it won’t eliminate industrial employment.
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Training the Next Generation: What a Difference a Student Day Can Make
At PMTS 2017, more than 300 students from Ohio and surrounding areas came to learn about precision machining and the careers available in our shops. Community colleges, tech schools, career centers and vocational schools brought their students to see firsthand the breadth of our industry.
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Training the Next Generation: How We Can Open Our Doors
By opening our shops to the community, we can show people the amazing things manufacturers do. When we show people the products we make, how we make them and why they are important, people will understand the value of manufacturing in their lives.
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