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Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development

How to Bridge the Skills Gap: Dassault Systèmes and Women in Manufacturing (WiM)

August 24, 2018

Via: Manufacturing Transformation

The manufacturing industry is facing tremendous growth over the next decade with close to 3.5 million new jobs opening up. It sounds like great news, but a skills gap—the inability for companies to find talented, skilled workers—will result in an […]


Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development

How to Inspire Our Next Generation of Manufacturing Leaders

August 8, 2018

Via: Industry Week

In early July I dropped by Cleveland State University to check out the Advanced Materials for 3D Printing conference presented by the Northeast Ohio Additive Manufacturing Cluster. Industry experts and materials technologists had come together to talk about advancements in […]


Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development

US Union Membership Rate Steady at Record Low, While Manufacturing Edges Up

January 22, 2018

Via: Industry Week

The share of American workers belonging to labor unions held steady in 2017, matching the historic low of 10.7% set in the prior year, according to a Labor Department report Friday. The membership rate for wage and salary employees is […]


Process, Production

Manufacturing in Growth and Transition

December 21, 2017

Via: Industry Week

In the decade since the beginning of the Great Recession industrial production (e.g. manufacturing, mining and electricity production) has been a political football of both the left and right. It’s time to stop playing that game, and a good way […]


Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development

Why Manufacturing Should Be Your Happy Place

October 10, 2017

Via: Industry Week

Why you should read it: With the labor market tightening and 27% of manufacturing workers over the age of 55, manufacturers face the twin dilemmas of skilled workers retiring at the same time it is increasingly difficult to find their […]