In a new report by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), the business executives interviewed—many of them heads of human resources in their organizations—agreed that a radical shift in the employer/worker relationship is underway. The concept of employment is changing, too, a trend being driven in part by a growing contingent of skilled workers who expect more control and flexibility in their work—including when, where and for whom they work.
But how do these overall trends fit into the manufacturing workplace, where things are made on site all over the world, knowledge is becoming more specialized, and overtime can be essential to meeting a deadline?
