In this exclusive collection, we tackle the full automation story -- from the fears of job-killing robots, to operations and efficiency, and to developing new business strategies.
From phone calls to state senators to machining classrooms on wheels, manufacturers get creative, in big and small ways, to cultivate workers for skilled positions.
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) initiated a partnership of industrial and educational interests focused on training community college, technical college, and corporate instructors as trainers in industrial technology mai...
In a time when our future workforce will determine the economic strength of our country, I'm concerned that the number of young men seeking higher education is dropping. As that potential pool of employees shrinks, employers will face continu...
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) is pioneering a new approach to workforce training, combining something "old," an approach called Training Within Industry, with new augmented reality technology. It's called "Augmented TWI.”
Will the decline of collective bargaining and "low-cost-labor first" strategies cripple manufacturers' efforts to hire skilled workers, or worse, our consumer-based economy?
Working with your hands -- whether in highly skilled manufacturing jobs or the trades -- includes a set of skills that should be honored and supported. To recruit the skilled workers they need, manufacturers should recognize that...
To bridge the nation's skills gap, the Republican presidential hopefuls--and their Democratic counterparts--must think beyond the promises of providing access to a college education.
