Workforce Development
Project-Based Learning – The Rest of the Story
In this month’s issue of MMT, I wrote about an instructor’s strategy for teaching his mechanical engineering students about moldmaking via project-based learning. I couldn’t include absolutely everything this instructor teaches his students, so I thought I’d blog about it.
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Throwback Thursday: Finding, Training & Retaining Employees
Even though there is no lack of coverage on the skilled workforce gap, we cannot deny its severity or the need for a commitment to do something about it. That's why I thought it was appropriate to use today's post to point you back to a series we did a few years ago that discussed how to find, train and retain a solid workforce.
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Are You Blazing New Trails to Build Your Future Workforce?
I’ve been working in the manufacturing industry for many years now, and I know that manufacturers have struggled far too long to bridge the skills gap. Thank goodness for moldmaker ingenuity and the desire to rise above the roadblocks!
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Breaking Down the Skills Gap, Part 1
You can’t solve a problem without defining it first. This two-part series will help define the skills gap and offer solutions for closing it.
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Project-Based Learning
University education in a shop-like setting helps mold a new generation of enterprising engineers.
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Designing Molds, Building Futures
Wes Cobb, president of Technical Design Associates Inc. in Brevard, North Carolina, is the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Mold Technologies Division’s 2016 Mold Designer of the Year.
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What You Put Out There Comes Back to You
Surely there is truth in this headline. I’ve seen it happen with my own eyes and recently witnessed it again when I participated with the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Mold Technologies Division as its Mold Maker of the Year Award was presented to Geoff Luther, owner and president of A-1 Tool Corporation in Melrose Park, Illinois. The award was well-deserved.
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VIDEO: Molds, Michigan and Mike Rowe?
I cannot tell a lie. I was beyond thrilled to finally see Mike Rowe acknowledge moldmaking in his quest to promote the value of manufacturing to this country.
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Collaboration and Education
I visited with two companies at Amerimold last week in Novi, Michigan, that have committed to technology development R&D and collaboration to move innovation forward.
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Enhanced Decision-Making
Collaborative manufacturing, combined with systematic injection molding training, can help reduce the costs and time associated with design for manufacturing.
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