White Papers: In Depth Research

• Best of In The Trenches

  Posted: Mar 19, 2015

  Hirings, firings and everything in between: Labor and employment analyst Lisa Milam-Perez, J.D., examines today's most pressing HR issues.

• Success in reliability improvement takes root from within

  Posted: Feb 20, 2014

  This special report looks at how the right training and a broad awareness can create an environment where a common-sense, team-led approach can take root and change the plant’s psyche to result in sustainable reliability improvement.

• Vibration analysis and the global skill shortage

  Posted: Feb 15, 2014

  This special report discusses the impact of current economic and demographic trends on vibration analysis implementation.

• Virtual reality training program

  Posted: Oct 26, 2010

  Author: Maurizio Rovaglio, Tobias Scheele and Norbert Jung

  One of the key challenges that capital-intensive industries will face over the next five years is replacing the gray-haired workforce with the computer-savvy/gaming generation. High-fidelity operator trainer simulators that represent the production process