What's Being Done to Address the Lack of Skilled Workers?

Michele Nash-Hoff

Author, 'Can American Manufacturing be Saved? Why We Should and How We Can'

For the past 15 years, manufacturing companies have been focused on training existing employees in the tools and methodologies of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma in order to improve efficiency, productivity, quality, and customer service to be more competitive in the global economy. However, this training doesn't address the lack of workers trained in the specific skills needed for today's advanced and higher tech manufacturing.
Mark Tomlinson, executive director and general manager of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, sees the skilled worker shortage as an iceberg looming on an uneasy sea.
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