MFD is your chance to show that modern manufacturing is innovative, tech-driven, and a BFD (big freakin’ deal)! Here are five ways to get involved.
Manufacturing Day: How To Get Involved And Why You Should
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Employer Insights
Five Tips to Attract Younger Workers to Manufacturing Careers
Attracting Millennials and Gen Z to manufacturing careers is essential for addressing workforce shortages and skills gaps. But how? Start with these 5 tactics.
What A Good Staffing Partnership Looks Like (And What It Doesn’t)
Is working with your staffing partner too frustrating or smooth sailing? How you’ll know you’ve found the right one for your manufacturing or industrial org.
Warehouse Inventory: An Accuracy Success Story
Here’s how cycle counting helped an online distribution center increase accuracy to 99.8%, save money, and better manage their inventory program.
A Little Flexibility in the Workplace Leads to a Lot More Productivity
From hourly warehouse workers to entry-level and higher-skilled manufacturing roles, creating a flexible workforce is possible and beneficial. Here’s how.
Low Wages Equal Low Quality
Paying manufacturing and logistics workers low wages has a negative impact on business. Investing in your talent will result in quality, every time.
OSHA’s 2022 Top Ten
These are OSHA’s Top Ten most frequently cited violations of the year. While not all items identified in the list might apply to your industry or facility, now is a great time to start planning how to improve, update, and even install new processes, plans, and equipment.
Why Gratitude Is Important in the Workplace
Why don’t people want to work anymore? Why aren’t workers staying? If gratitude isn’t part of your company’s strategy for retention and growth, it should be.
Winter Weather Preparedness: How to Prepare Your Business For Cold Temperatures
Here are 3 ways to prepare your business for winter weather – plus one freebie.
Don’t Ignore These Warning Signs of an Unhappy Employee
Unhappy employees disengage from their work, are less productive, and could be planning to leave your organization. When you know what to look for, you can intervene and take the necessary steps to re-engage them, before it’s too late.
Why You Should Seriously Consider a Seasonal Differential
Fall is just around the corner. The season of pumpkin spice, football, fall color tours, and…The Amazon Factor?! Yes, The Amazon Factor — referred to the peak season of Q4, when manufacturers are...
Employees Are Worried About a Recession — Here’s How to Ease Their Minds
Move over, Great Resignation. There’s a new buzzword on everyone’s minds that’s occupying all the headlines these days: Recession. A recent survey cited in Bloomberg revealed that a...