The majority of the demand for skilled workforce in industry is in this area of engineering and production technology requiring some post high school education or credential, but less than 4-year bachelors degree education.
The PMPA Business Trends Index for April 2014 fell 6 points from 129 to 123, up two points over April 2013 and 4 points over April 2012. Number of respondents for April is 79- participation is improving from our move to our new online system. The sales index for the first four months is a…
PMPA member company Precision Plus in Elkhorn, Wisconsin is just one of many PMPA companies committed to changing the conversation about manufacturing careers and helping to give advanced manufacturing skills to our future workforce. Mike Reader, President and CEO of Precision Plus, is devoted to leading the solution of our industry’s lack of skilled workers….
Shipments have been strong but sentiments are starting to soften and level off.
There are many ways to fail an OSHA inspection for Lockout/Tagout. There are three main areas that are solely the responsibility of management- Documenting a deenergization/ hazardous energy control procedure (lock out tagout procedure) for every piece of equipment in your plant; Training employees; Performing periodic assessment of the efficacy of your hazardous energy control program….
Our machinists have the power to make the parts to make their dreams become reality. What do you dream of?
3D printing and robots are not killing jobs in manufacturing in our shops. They are covering for the folks who seem to find disability more to their taste than “making things.”
We always look at the LNS Research emails that hit our inbox. This one came while I was travelling last week, if you haven’t seen it, I think you’ll be glad to see it today. “We’ve got a real problem on our hands in America. A gap’s growing between manufacturing workers set to retire in…
It is easy for big city editors and academics to broadly dismiss the real issues that employers face as we try to find and hire skilled workers. There are systemic disincentives and cultural issues that are discouraging people from getting the skills that could lead to a great career in precision machining and advanced manufacturing….
I spent a few days at a Users Conference for PMPA Technical Member Epicor, an ERP software solutions provider. As I am just a manufacturing guy, among 4000 computer, software and systems experts, I was in a unique position to see what our world looks like from the IT side of things. What I learned…