| Are you ready for the next generation factory worker? |
| Monday, 24 October 2011 09:18 | On the eve of the new UAW contract, are you asking yourself if you are ready when thousands of Factory Workers retire? How will you replace the knowledge of the Worker with 30 years of experience? Are you capturing the work procedures and documenting in a way that can be easily accessed and understood? How will you pass this on to the next generation worker - quickly and accurately? If you haven't been planning for this mass exodus, you don't have much time. If you are overwhelmed with the task to capture this knowledge before it leaves - contact us. We are here to help. We are experts at capturing knowledge and best-practices, and presenting in easy to find, easy to understand, Server or Web-Based applications. Your retiring Employees will leave a Legacy, and your new Employees will have to tools needed to plug-in and go! contact us today! |
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| Capturing knowledge before it leaves! |
| Tuesday, 29 March 2011 10:20 | History has a tendency to repeat itself, and I am feeling a strange sense of deja-vu. Every time we in the manufacturing community come out of a recession, there is a made dash for experienced machine builders, production workers, controls engineers, and designers. This time around is different. Industry is about to experience the biggest churn in memory, as experienced baby boomer's begin to leave the workforce in massive numbers...leaving a black hole in experienced replacements, as very few experienced replacements await in the wings. One of our customer's expects 60% of their production and skilled trades to retire after the UAW contract talks this year! How do you back fill those positions? Where do you find the experienced employee? How do you quickly train the next generation employee? How do you pass along the knowledge of a 30 year employee to a 20 something year old new hire? My suggestion before it is too late (and it may be too late) - is to capture that knowledge before it leaves and re-present it in an interactive software system that can be used to train the next generation worker (in safety, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, etc.) in a methodology they have grown up with. Traditional approaches with class room instructors and books & manuals will not engage the next generation worker. You are going to have problems...we have solutions! Let us help capture the knowledge before it leaves! Give me a call anytime at 810-533-4417 or via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . |
| Thursday, 04 November 2010 14:51 | In a recent publication, AMTEC wrote: "Technical Workers today must be ther opposite of robots - flexible, creative, versatile people who make sure that the routine work hums along on its own". In addition: "Traditional Technical Education (Colleges & Tech Schools - my addtition) simply don't provide the skills they need to succeed - or the skills their employers need to be competitive". At ITS - we are uniquely positioned to help workers and organizations TOGETHER...to provide the training and information tools that are SPECIFICALLY required to make the organization competitive. |
| | Thursday, 04 November 2010 00:00 | I was a guest speaker at the Fabtech 2010 show in Atlanta...and as I entered the facility, I was handed the "Offical Show Daily Newspaper", and on the front page was an article written by Vicki Bell titled "Manufacturing Jobs in Transition". In it the author highlighted the current plight of Manufacturers: US Factoried need workers, and Factory Workers need jobs, yet both struggle to meet their needs. Why aren't they connecting? The answer is summed up in the article; "The new manufacturing employee is nearly autonomous. This is not routine assembly line work, and employees will be asked to troubleshoot and manage their operations. The new worker will be part machinist, part engineer, part computer programmer, and part manager. This is just for starters, and what employers want are people that can problem-solve, think on their feet, and are capable of making constant process improvements". No wonder everyone I talked to at Fabtech were saying the same thing. We can't find the right people. How can ITS help - we have developed the tools and processes to educate the 21st century worker...give me a call and we can discuss this further (810)533-4417...or explore our website. There is help out there! |
| Benefits of Interactive Multimedia Courseware |
| Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:59 | By adding multimedia elements to your message, you greatly increase the likelihood of the user absorbing more of what it is you are trying to say. Whether your production is an information based kiosk explaining the benefits of your product to shoppers in a shopping mall, or a training and education program to bring your employees up to speed on new company procedures, the addition of audio, video and graphics adds greatly to your message. from Steven Hick Ph.D., Trican Multimedia Solutions Inc. |
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