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The 21st Century Sausage Factory

The Simple Shift

Transparency and openness are simply invitations. Transparency is an invitation to see how the sausage is made so to speak and Openness is an invitation to help make the sausage. Today, to “see how the sausage is made” is a metaphor regarding business practices. There was a time however in the US where this phrasing […].

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7 Steps to Effective Communication with Factory Workers

Edume

Factory workers make up part of the ‘deskless workforce’—those who aren’t physically tied to a desk and work outside of conventional workplace norms. Considering deskless workers now makeup 80% of the global workforce, it’s imperative employers adapt their business practices to meet this shift in working style.

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What are Smart Manufacturing, Smart Factory, and Smart Industry?

Nvolve

What are Smart Manufacturing, Smart Factory, and Smart Industry? Smart manufacturing, smart factory, and smart industry are all related concepts that refer to the use of advanced technologies and data analytics to improve manufacturing processes and increase efficiency. Smart, Smart, Smart! appeared first on Nvolve.

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How To Keep Factory Workers Engaged: 5 Ways to Motivate Your Workforce

Edume

However, this dire scenario can be partially mitigated if factories take specific steps to engage and motivate their current employees. The widening skills shortage in the US manufacturing industry is no longer news. Not only are manufacturers struggling to fill in positions — they keep losing the staff that they already have.

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Educating Factory and Technical Workers

Kapp Notes

There was an article today over at CNN titled “ Desperately seeking Americans for factory jobs ” that stated: There is a “critical shortage of machinists,” a common and crucial position in factories, said Rob Akers, vice president at the National Tooling and Machining Association.

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Congrats to The Cheesecake Factory | Fortune 100 Best Places to Work Winner!

Wisetail

We want to congratulate our amazing partners at The Cheesecake Factory for making the Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For list for the 3rd year in a row! The post Congrats to The Cheesecake Factory | Fortune 100 Best Places to Work Winner! appeared first on Wisetail.

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Beyond mere conversion, virtual ILT is an opportunity to modernize learning

Upside Learning

Fade to a crowd of factory workers emerging from a subway moving the same way as the sheep. The workers enter a factory where they look tiny before a gigantic machine and are herded to man assembly lines. Modern Times, the 1936 Charlie Chaplin classic, opens with a flock of sheep jostling along. There […].

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