In a manufacturing business, the effective management of factory-floor skills is crucial. You know that; I know that. But saying that effective skill management is crucial is one thing — and turning words into action quite another, writes Jeremy Harford, managing director, Mestec.
“Anyone familiar with manufacturing industry can readily see symptoms of ineffective management of factory floor skills. Poor productivity. Poor quality. Late orders. Cost over-runs. And so on. But it’s worse than that. Because the problem isn’t just poor performance. It’s variable performance. One person performs a task well—resulting in high quality output and top notch…
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