Workforce Development
Acquire to Hire: This New York Manufacturer Sees Buying Shops as the Best Way to Add Staff
Designatronics’ CEO says, “We can access a few million dollars more business” with each skilled machining employee who can perform complex setups and other sophisticated work from day one.
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Communication Clears Machine Monitoring's Morale Hurdles
When pen-and-paper methods of tracking job efficiency left AccuRounds’ engineers and managers in the dark, the shop switched to MachineMetrics. But machine monitoring brought morale challenges along with it.
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Engineers and Manufacturers Invited to Take Part in Girl Day
DiscoverE encourages manufacturers to take part in Girl Day, a day for introducing school-aged girls to engineering careers through hands-on activities.
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Does Your Machine Shop Need a Human Resources Professional?
Straton Industries employs a full-time HR person as part of its staff of 78. The owner now realizes the shop could have benefited from this help even when the staff was much smaller. Companies overlook the value and importance of this role.
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3 Ways to Help New Engineers Understand Manufacturing
Priorities, processes and personnel are three things new engineers must understand about the shop floor.
Read MoreATEK Metal Technologies Donation Enables High School to Establish Technical Program
The firm will also help the school teach a foundry course next semester.
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Is Gen Z the Answer to the Skills Gap?
There are signs this generation could be. But it might take effort on your part presenting your shop’s capabilities and career opportunities in different ways.
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3 Major Trends in Manufacturing (And They All Begin with “A”)
Peter Zelinski sees three long-term trends that continue to reshape manufacturing.
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Ahaus Celebrates Apprenticeship Program's 40th Anniversary
Ahaus has invested in the training of nearly 100 apprentices in the past 40 years, with 43 of those apprentices graduating from the program with a post-secondary degree.
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Miller Electric's Insight Centerpoint Welding Software Enables Job Tracking
Centerpoint 10 is designed for greater ease of use, faster startup time and a shortened learning curve.
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