Workforce Development
Replacing That Key Employee
Inevitably, it happens to every company. Some key member of the organization leaves for greener pastures, and the company has to scramble to replace that person.
Read MoreHow A One-Man Job Shop Grows
Last month a manufacturer's representative in Northern California, Mark Drazba, contacted me about a column idea. Mark and other machine tool and accessory salesmen are in a unique position.
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Manufacturing's Future...Dependant On A Skilled Workforce
The strength of manufacturing’s future is dependent on the ability of all levels of the educational structure to respond to the needs of industry and develop and maintain a skilled workforce. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) is dedicated to advancing that process.
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Job Shop Solves 2D Measurement Problem With Single-Axis Height Gage
Job shops are always trying to satisfy customers who are in a hurry. Sometimes these customers provide demanding or faulty specifications and then claim that a job isn't done right.
Read MoreThe Mañana Personality On The Job
Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité! The motto of the French Revolution is the standard of the mañana personality on the job. Today's workers and managers in a similar way play out this leisurely personality style on the job in ever increasing degrees.
Read MoreThe Anxious Personality On The Job
Ever immediately get negative vibes from people you hardly know? Ever sense that co-workers could be more sociable and more gregarious if they tried just a little bit harder? Ever want to slap them upside the head to alert them to the happiness they are missing should they only let themselves be a little bit more outgoing and become part of the group? Ever give up on them because they appear icy, aloof and detached and, down deep, they really don't want to be included? Ever conclude they are just too much trouble, just too high-maintenance? You've just been hoodwinked, misled and ensnared. You just met the anxious personality on the job.
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Manufacturing Skills Standards
It had been a long day, and John, human resources manager at ZTB Company, had reviewed about 100 applications. Only a handful of them were what he would consider candidates for an interview.
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Job Shop Upgrades CMM With Measuring Software
At the time, this company had a small manual Browne&Sharpe Validator CMM with Micro Measure 3 software. Mr. Myers knew this was not adequate to support the company's needs, especially in a QS9000 certification program.
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Skill Standards Spawn Training
As technology in the metalforming industry becomes more sophisticated, customer expectations more demanding and quality system requirements more exacting, shopfloor employees are required to possess skills and knowledge far surpassing those of past generations. New training processes are necessary to replace old training paradigms.
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