As manufacturers, there are certain things we are all dealing with. The skills gap isn’t going away, technology is evolving faster than ever before, and the competitive nature of manufacturing is growing on a national and global scale.
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I can still remember the first time I was asked by my manager to record the number of parts that were machined during a shift. I hopped up from my desk, grabbed a clipboard and pen, then went to the floor. I proudly walked from machine to machine askin…
The skills gap in U.S. manufacturing is a very real issue. As the baby boomer generation retires from manufacturing over the next 10 years, they will leave behind 2.7 million jobs that need to be filled. With these numbers, it may seem like a daunting …
Often, how food gets on our tables is taken for granted. We don’t think about all the different processes or tasks manufacturers go through to allow us to walk into a grocery store and buy what we want.
During my years in manufacturing, I’ve learned how important employees are to the success of a business. As a manager, keeping your employees happy and challenged should be an important part of your job.
Having worked in manufacturing for almost four decades, I’m sometimes asked what I like most. That is a tough question to answer. Manufacturing is constantly evolving and, due to my involvement in a wide variety of manufacturing sectors, I can’t narrow…
The demands that today’s ever-changing manufacturing world puts on supervisors, managers, leaders, and business owners can be enough to make their heads spin. At least that’s how it often felt to me during my years in multiple manufacturing leadership …
If you want to do more than just survive within your manufacturing business, you need to be profitable. If you are profitable, you are taking in more money than you spend. It’s very simple in manufacturing—you must sell your goods at a higher cost than…