Workforce Development
How to Practice Stage Two Thinking in Your Machine Shop
Responsible decision-making requires thinking beyond the initial benefits to consider how a change ripples throughout the machine shop’s operations and culture.
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For This CNC Machine Shop, Growth is Both Wonderful and Hard
JD Machine’s sales have nearly doubled since 2013 when it was a Top Shops winner. Developing a workforce to support that growth is a challenge the shop is meeting head-on.
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Absolute Machine Tools Offers Engineering Services in Response to Labor Shortage
These services cover turnkey automation and machining systems and preventive maintenance, among other things.
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Can the Skills Gap Be Solved?
Getting sophisticated manufacturing back into high schools will help students find it a desirable career path instead of a vocation of last resort.
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Leadership Training Helps Spur Top Shop’s Growth
Rosenberger N.A. has grown tremendously over the last eight years. Part of the reason is its commitment to ongoing employee leadership training.
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A Sense of Purpose and Belonging: People Drive Company Growth
Tips for creating an employee-centric business.
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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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