Training
Training
How On-the-Job Training is Hurting Manufacturing
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While on-the-job training is practical for certain applications, manufacturers rely on it too heavily as a method for on-boarding and training employees.
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Product
How to Reduce Tribal Knowledge and Downtime with Dozuki Answers
6 min read
The conveyor belt on line one stopped running and production came to a halt. It was the second time in a week that this happened. The maintenance team and engineers spend the...
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Training
What Chipotle Taught Us About Training Standards
6 min read
Chipotle, the Mexican food chain, has been in the spotlight recently for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, not all coverage has been “good press.” A string of food safety...
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Industry News
7 Stats in Celebration of Manufacturing Day
2 min read
In the past, we put together a dream team of manufacturing icons and their contributions. In celebration of Manufacturing Day 2018, we’d like to share key statistics to...
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Industry News
The Manufacturing Skills Gap is an Opportunity
4 min read
There is a pending manufacturing skills gap impacting the United States workforce. Millions of positions are expected to go unfilled in the coming years, with reports...
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Training
What to Look for in QMS Software
5 min read
Traditional quality management system (QMS) software does exactly what it’s supposed to do. Like file cabinets for the digital world, they organize and control your company...
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Continuous Improvement
Implementing Continuous Improvement with Dozuki
3 min read
Is your company interested in reaping the benefits of continuous improvement (transparency, efficiency, cost reductions, etc.) but aren't sure where to begin? Dozuki has you...
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Standard Work
Got Standards? The Million Dollar Grammar Mistake
6 min read
Maine based Oakhurst Dairy was recently sued by a handful of truck drivers seeking more than four years worth of overtime pay—but the suit wasn’t about milk distribution at...
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Training
Deadly Instructions: Using Visuals to Train Safely
7 min read
In 2016 OSHA reported 2.8 million workplace injuries, with 440,000 of them occurring in the manufacturing industry alone. For manufacturers, that means for every 100 workers,...
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