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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...
Podcast: How Mayor Glenn Jacobs is driving manufacturing growth and innovation in Knox County, Tennessee
Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

Podcast: How Mayor Glenn Jacobs is driving manufacturing growth and innovation in Knox County, Tennessee

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs showcases several programs that are driving manufacturing growth in the State of Tennessee...
Want to be a better industry leader? Improve your soft skills.
Leadership Skills

Want to be a better industry leader? Improve your soft skills.

"Through that support and coaching, folks get to really explore and practice some things in new ways and just try on new behaviors to see what feels good."
Podcast: When did soft skills in industry become hard skills?
Leadership Skills

Podcast: When did soft skills in industry become hard skills?

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Lisa Brownlee from Leader’s Imago explains how managers can acquire the skills, support, and coaching they need to ...
Podcast: The one meeting every plant can’t afford to miss
Leadership Skills

Podcast: The one meeting every plant can’t afford to miss

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn explores the value of a yesterday, today, and tomorrow meeting.
How to avoid an emergency maintenance culture
Leadership Skills

How to avoid an emergency maintenance culture

Joe Kuhn outlines a step-by-step guide to move from a reactive to planned maintenance culture.
Is technology the key manufacturers need to attract Millennial and Gen Z workers?
Workforce Development

Is technology the key manufacturers need to attract Millennial and Gen Z workers?

"This next generation is ambitious, they want to accomplish a lot. They want to make a lot of change, but we need to figure out how do we best harness that motivation to be a ...
Podcast: Why younger generations aren’t pursuing a career in manufacturing
Workforce Development

Podcast: Why younger generations aren’t pursuing a career in manufacturing

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Jake Hall, the Manufacturing Millennial, examines how to get the next generation excited about a career in industry...
Ask A Plant Manager
Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

Ask a Plant Manager: Expert advice from Joe Kuhn

Meet Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer, global reliability consultant, and cohost of the Ask a Plant Manager podcast miniseries.
Podcast: How maintenance managers fail
Leadership Skills

Podcast: How maintenance managers fail

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn examines the failure points for maintenance managers and how to avoid them.
How to address the skills shortage in maintenance
Skills Gap

How to address the skills shortage in maintenance

Bridging the gap takes a little strategic planning and some key tactics.
Podcast: Encouraging women to explore a career in manufacturing
Workforce Diversity

Podcast: Encouraging women to explore a career in manufacturing

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Adrianna Swift and Elizabeth Parra examine what it’s like to be a woman in manufacturing in 2024.