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Human Capital

Retraining your best people, upskilling new hires through free virtual education

Transferring knowledge from retiring experts to remaining or new employees is a critical challenge, so manufacturers usually must do it digitally and, preferably, inexpensively...
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Human Capital

How to improve factory maintenance—and retain frontline workers

Outdated legacy maintenance and inspection processes that these frontline workers must deal with are hurting companies.
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New podcast episode: Helping military veterans transition to manufacturing

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Bill Leahy and Paul Lavoie discuss "Unturning Steel" and their efforts to build the skilled labor pipeline.
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Human Capital

Promoting engagement, retention in changing IT/OT workforce

Many manufacturing companies are considering the employee life cycle and transforming the work experience to better support their people, partly due to trends leftover from the...
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Hear that? The importance of noise-reduction in the autonomous warehouse

Although they were once the subject of science-fiction stories, autonomous warehouses will soon become the norm in the shipping and logistics worlds. But even with many aspects...
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Human Capital

Are we ready to really start using our data?

The power of showcasing manufacturing data.
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Business Intelligence

What’s the secret to compelling more women to pursue careers in manufacturing?

Women are often hailed as the largest untapped talent pool in manufacturing and represent a tremendous human resource as the industry undergoes digital transformation.
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Human Capital

Rays of hope for workforce problems, boosted by the cloud and enterprise resource planning

US manufacturing is expected to have 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030.
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Human Capital

Inclusivity & innovation over oatmeal

How do industrial enterprises encourage inclusivity? How do they promote diversity at every level?
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Advanced Control

Limiting Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerabilities within the internet of medical things

The later a vulnerability is found, the more costly the impact of remediation.
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Augmented Reality

Using augmented and virtual reality to overcome real workforce challenges

Remote solutions for manufacturers should be considered the norm and not just an abstract tool discussed in theory.
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Cybersecurity

How to embed cybersecurity into the user experience of your operators

"No operator is going to speak up in a conference room and tell the CEO that having to type in a password is a problem."
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Advanced Control

How FactoryOps can change your changeover inefficiencies

"Optimizing changeovers to be as lean and efficient as possible can have a significant impact on the bottom line."