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How to earn plant manager buy-in: The importance of credibility and effective resource allocation
Leadership Skills

How to earn plant manager buy-in: The importance of credibility and effective resource allocation

Joe Kuhn says build reliability credibility as an organization by observing and eliminating waste.
Podcast: Are excuses and negativity killing your plant’s reliability program?
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Are excuses and negativity killing your plant’s reliability program?

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn debunks common excuses for why reliability practices don't work.
Podcast: Why Manufacturing Day matters — Addressing the skills gap in manufacturing
Skills Gap

Podcast: Why Manufacturing Day matters — Addressing the skills gap in manufacturing

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, learn how manufacturers across industries and the country are celebrating MFG Day.
Podcast: Investing in warehouse worker satisfaction pays off for manufacturers
Workforce Development

Podcast: Investing in warehouse worker satisfaction pays off for manufacturers

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, learn why attracting and retaining warehouse workers has become increasingly challenging.
Podcast: Maintenance micromanagers — Are you a hero or a leader at your manufacturing plant?
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Maintenance micromanagers — Are you a hero or a leader at your manufacturing plant?

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn explores how maintenance managers fail when they micromanage their workers.
Podcast: Closing the skills gap in manufacturing — The role of technology in mitigating the labor shortage
Workforce Development

Podcast: Closing the skills gap in manufacturing — The role of technology in mitigating the labor shortage

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Anthony Offredi from Quickbase examines how technology can combat the manufacturing ‘brain drain.’
Podcast: Why people, not just technology, drive digital transformation forward
Digitalization

Podcast: Why people, not just technology, drive digital transformation forward

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, our experts explore why technology is only as effective as the people who use it.
Podcast: Revolutionizing manufacturing recruitment — An innovative solution for filling open positions
Workforce Development

Podcast: Revolutionizing manufacturing recruitment — An innovative solution for filling open positions

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Chad Schron from Tooling U-SME introduces a new program designed to match manufacturers with skilled workers.
Management

Successful Upskilling for Business and Employee Growth

Is your business struggling to manage growth in a difficult workforce environment? Simply spending money to upskill employees without a strategy will yield less than the desired...
Podcast: Operators performing maintenance. Good or bad?
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Operators performing maintenance. Good or bad?

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn says it’s possible for operators to be responsible for maintenance with the proper audit system.
Podcast: Manufactures need to do more to reach students. The future of the industry depends on it.
STEM Education

Podcast: Manufacturers need to do more to reach students. The future of the industry depends on it.

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, learn how organizations are inspiring the next generation of engineers and STEM professionals.
6 steps to build a strong reliability culture at your plant
Leadership Skills

6 steps to build a strong reliability culture at your plant

Joe Kuhn says best-in-class reliability tools are second to the relentless focus on eliminating waste.
Podcast: Why everyone is faking their KPIs (but shouldn't be)
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Why everyone is faking their KPIs (but shouldn't be)

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn explains why faking numbers is too easy, and it stunts real growth and gives everyone ...
Podcast: Why everyone on the plant floor is drawn to a dumpster fire
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Why everyone on the plant floor is drawn to a dumpster fire

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn explores how to build a culture that celebrates reliability champions.
What do robots and precision maintenance have in common? The skills gap
Workforce Development

What do robots and precision maintenance have in common? The skills gap

Chief editor Thomas Wilk says bridging the skills gap was a hot topics at two conferences in May.
How defining moments can make or break your maintenance program
Leadership Skills

How defining moments can make or break your maintenance program

Jeff Shiver explains how these moments force you to confront the weaknesses in your current practices.
Why manufacturing is thriving in Tennessee
Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

Why manufacturing is thriving in Tennessee

"Manufacturing it still has a huge place in the economy. A lot of things are being driven by innovation, but at the end of the day the innovation still has to be brought to the...