Attract + Retain Smart Mfg. Workforce Assets

Resources provided in partnership with Manufacturing Works, TeamNEO, and Tooling-U/ SME

The Challenge

Attracting and retaining a workforce is critical in today's manufacturing environment. In the assets below you'll learn more about how adapting your work force to be able to work in a Smart Manufacturing environment is a competitive necessity. We'll share some essential building blocks to guide you, and some tips on how to accelerate your you digital transformation. Click on the links below to explore these assets.

Our Guest Speaker

Denise Ball

Workforce Development Specialist

Tooling U-SME

Denise Ball is an industry leader in manufacturing workforce education and development. She has served as a practitioner of best-in-class learning and development techniques for the manufacturing industry for over 25 years. Her extensive background includes workforce development at Lakeland Community College in Ohio. She also brings hands-on experience in manufacturing as she assisted her family in running a small machine shop for several years. She has guided the implementation of workforce education and skills training into corporations across the globe to help develop their workforce with success, as well as facilitated workshops on best practices and various webinars across the country.

Our Facilitators

Chrissy Cooney

Business Engagement & Development

Lorain County Community College

Beth Dawson

Sr. Apprenticeship Program Manager

Manufacturing Works

Chris Durkin

Business Services Coordinator

OhioMeansJobs

Lorain County

Mike Longo

Director

Lorain County Workforce Development Agency

Janice Lapina

Director Of Continuing Education

Lorain County Community College

Brianna Schultz

Vice President, Learning & Development

Manufacturing Works

Kristian Smith

Director of Adult Education

Lorain County Joint Vocational School

Greg Surtman

Sr. Workforce Education Strategist

Tooling U-SME

Attract + Retain Smart Manufacturing Talent: Roundtable Presentation

Tooling-U SME presentation to LCMSP members review insights in what it takes to attract and retain Smart Mfg. workers.

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Blue Collar Report 2022

In the 2022 Voice of the Blue-Collar Worker (VBCW) Survey, nearly 19,500 wage earners told us – anonymously – what they care about, what they need, and how they feel about their prospects in their industries.

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7 Essential Building Blocks

Manufacturers looking to move to a Smart Manufacturing enterprise must ensure that these 7 CTE building blocks are integrated, based on company business goals.

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A Competitive Necessity

Increased network bandwidths, widespread mobile

technology, falling prices, and increased capabilities of sensors and wireless networks have enabled objects in the home to ”talk” with each other and fetch data from outside sources to create the smart home.  A similar smart technology revolution is taking place in manufacturing.

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Building Talent to Accelerate a Digital Transformation

Technologies enabling Smart Homes — sensors and cloud-based systems — are bringing the age of Alexa to manufacturing.  A smart factory starts with the integration of business and manufacturing systems. This is often referred to as Information Technology (IT)/Operational Technology (OT) integration. Smart technology solves business challenges using data throughout the operation that allows operators to adjust as needed. Truly “smart” machines self-adjust based upon a growing database of information and output. To use the technology to its full potential, manufacturers must train employees to understand the data, trust it, and use it to improve operations.

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2022 Retention Report - Work Institute

A look at the Great Resignation, the state of the work force, and what we can do to address loss of talented workers.

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Roundtable Discussion Notes

Click below for a typed summary of our roundtable discussion notes.

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