Category Archives: Manufacturing Challenges


May

04

2015
Use It, or Lose It!

Use It, or Lose It!

One of the biggest problems with any kind of training today is that what is learned in those training classes is lost in a very short period of time. According to findings by the International Journal of Project Management, “Around 40% of the knowledge acquired in training is lost after 1 month, rising to 90% after 6 months.” Those statistics shouldn’t be a surprise to…

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Mar

04

2015
The Problem When Knowledge Isn’t Shared

The Problem When Knowledge Isn’t Shared

Has this ever happened in your organization where you discover that because departments don’t capture and share their knowledge, they do the same process completely different? What was the outcome? Which group followed corporate or operational guidelines? Who didn’t? Was there an inherent flaw on the way one group performed over the other? Why in the world would one group have one process or protocol…

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Feb

10

2015
How will the Skilled Worforce Shortage Affect Your Business?

How will the Skilled Worforce Shortage Affect Your Business?

A good friend and mentor of mine, Jeff Klingberg, President and CEO of The Mountain Stream Group, in Chicago, www.mountainstreamgroup.com has been sharing some really important insight into what’s going on in the world of manufacturing today. Jeff’s engineering background, and our discussions regarding knowledge management and capturing corporate knowledge led him to forward me Plant Engineering 2014 Workforce Development Study: 6 key findings, by…

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