Five Predicted Workforce Trends for 2016
The battle for talent is only going to get worse.
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Technical School Aims to Spark Interest in Female Students Pursuing STEM Careers
One school is reaching out to a demographic often neglected in the recruitment process for STEM careers: female students.
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FANUC Expands Online Training Offering
FANUC America now offers three new online CNC training courses to help users develop expert-level knowledge of factory automation and CNC programming at a time and place that is convenient for them.
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Cutting into the Workforce Shortage
On Manufacturing Day, which was October 2 this year, students from Williamson County, Tennessee, toured multiple manufacturing facilities, one being Horn USA, to obtain a firsthand look at local career opportunities.
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Re-Turning Adds Life to Train Wheels
Unique turning considerations and circumstances come into play when re-turning well-worn freight and metro rail wheels.
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Workforce Development: Training the Next Generation
A selection of sessions recorded at the 2015 National Technical Conference are now available for PMPA members to expand training opportunities for their team.
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PMPA Member Teton Machining Solutions Builds Success through Employee Ownership, Diverse Product Line
“There are plenty of opportunities for those who are actively involved, and you’d be doing your company a huge disservice to not participate in these events.”
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Where Education Fits in Manufacturing
Many shops have stepped up by creating their own apprenticeship programs, while many machine tool OEMs have contributed to the cause as well.
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Surfcam Offers New West Coast Training Site
Surfcam, by Vero Software, is joining forces with parent company Hexagon Metrology to expand its suite of training services in the northwestern United States. The Kent, Washington, office of Hexagon will serve as a training site for Surfcam.
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Machine Monitoring Helps Job Shop Become Lean
A Kaizan event led to GEM Manufacturing’s investment in an eNetDNC system for its shop to address inefficiencies with CNC program transfers and file revision control.
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NIMS Works to Develop Apprenticeship Programs
Cross-sector, public-private partnerships will prepare more students and workers for success in high-demand manufacturing careers.
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Process Owner Day Instead of Labor Day
Today, I celebrate the process owners, such as the machinists, that can tear down and set up a multi-spindle cam machine in less than 2 hours.
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Another Effort at Training New Machinists
Randy Pearson, Siemens international business development manager, is passionate about training for all levels of CNC machine tools. He recently wrote an article about this topic.
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Not Labor Day, Process Owner Day
Labor doesn’t add much value. In my experience, it only moved stuff around. The labor jobs went away. Today, I celebrate the process owners that can tear down and set up a multi-spindle cam machine in under 2 hours. They own their process and own their craft.
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Training Your Apprentices: A Project to Prove their 'Mettle'
At the recent Horn Technology Days, I spent some time hanging out with the apprentices.
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The Real Truth About the Skilled Workforce Issue
"The workforce and finding skilled people are our shop's biggest problems." I hear this line from almost every shop I visit.
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Use 'The Good Jobs Strategy' to Find Employees
By changing their workforce management systems, companies start thinking about employees as sources for opportunity and customer satisfaction.
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Champion Screw Machine Engineering Focuses on Leadership in Job Training and Service Needs
Champion Screw Machine Engineering was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1945 by brothers John and B.J.
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Leaders, Learn Proper Personality Placement on the Job
There’s no such thing as a weakness. But there are weak leaders and weak placements.
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Training the Next Generation: Boston Centerless and Micron Present New Ways to Integrate Millennials into the Workforce
At this year’s PMPA National Technical Conference, members Micron and Boston Centerless gave insight into their new and innovative hiring and training processes aimed to appeal to millennials entering the workforce.
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