Commitment to STE(A)M
Collaborative efforts among business, government and education can help to ignite more effective learning opportunities that contribute to the more qualified workforce that manufacturing is striving to develop.
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PMTS Knowledge Center: Improving Productivity in the Job Shop
On April 26 at 3 p.m., Renishaw’s veteran industry expert, Dan Skulan, will present the advantages of adopting automated ways to control process variation and introduce the company’s Productive Process Pyramid approach to process control at PMTS 2017.
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A Lesson Often Missed
If math and science are presented in ways that make sense, the challenges can be exciting instead of tedious. Problem solving becomes fun instead of an exercise of memorization.
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Training the Next Generation: Process, Content and Flexible Training Considerations
If the number one challenge today facing our workforce is finding skilled talent, then what is number two?
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Toyota Donates Building to Education Center
The state of Kentucky is giving Boone County Schools an almost $7 million Work Ready Skills Initiative grant to convert a Toyota building into a high school.
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Sandvik Coromant Opens Project/Training Site at Don Schumacher Racing
Along with Don Schumacher Racing, Sandvik Coromant has announced the opening of a project and training site—a collaborative hub with a focus on automotive engineering projects and customized training—in Brownsburg, Indiana.
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Indiana High School’s Precision Machining Program Receives One-of-a-Kind Donation
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling recently donated an Andretti-Autosport-branded tool management system to the Precision Machining program at Plymouth Community Schools.
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Training the Next Generation: Future Workforce Canada
Charles Ruecker, president of Core Powered, picked his collaborators to help realize his vision of bringing manufacturing to local high school students so they could see the career opportunities available for them in precision machining.
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Find Workers with Soft and Hard Skills
Pursue initiatives that instill both hard skills and soft skills into the available workforce.
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Kata Practice for Scientific-Thinking Skill and Mindset
Toyota Kata begins with this assumption and asks: what are the practice routines that will help managers outside Toyota develop the necessary skills and mindset to lead fundamental change in their organizations?
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2017 May be Tipping Point for Skilled Labor Shortage
Through the use of technology and improved learning techniques, employers now have cost-effective educational options that were not available 15 years ago.
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Training the Next Generation: Precision Plus and Gateway Technical College Forge New Partnership
This new foundation serves as a platform to upskill faculty, develop strategic alignments with area employers and invest in facilities and equipment to allow for world-class student training.
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Teaming Up in the Swiss Shop
This company capitalizes on employee empowerment and creativity to strengthen the work environment, improve production numbers and exceed customer expectations.
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Trade Associations Stepping Up to Apprenticeship Plate
AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology is partnering with NIMS, the National Institute for Metalworking Skills, to support expansion of registered apprenticeships within manufacturing.
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Okuma and Chip Ganassi Host High School Students
Okuma and Chip Ganassi Racing gave high school students a behind–the-scenes tour of the race facility while discussing CNC machining technologies and careers.
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An Education-Focused Makerspace Offers Modern Day Shop Classes
Vocademy is an education-focused makerspace, providing classes on weekdays and making its machine tools and equipment available to other creative individuals on nights and weekends.
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Training the Next Generation: What Did You Do for Manufacturing Day this Year?
Manufacturing Day gives manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors to their communities, shed light on what manufacturing is and clear up any misconceptions regarding being a professional tradesperson in the modern age.
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PMPA Member Swissturn/USA Finds Success in Customer Investment and Employee Training
Swissturn’s facility makeover is just one of many ways the company increases the productivity and well-being of its employees.
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A Model for Machine Tool Training
Once a machine shop, now a training institute, this organization has an interesting and innovative approach to helping close the skills gap.
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CNC Training Reaches Prison Inmates
Titan is betting that because of the lack of skilled CNC machinists, employers may choose to work with non-violent felons who have the necessary skills they have acquired in Titan’s training program.
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