Lean Manufacturing and Meaningful Work

Lean Manufacturing and Meaningful Work

The trend to implement lean manufacturing has been in motion for decades. Lean manufacturing seeks to optimize material flow through factories by reducing wastes associated with non-value-added tasks, variability, and overburden. However, lean manufacturing principles...
Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise

Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise

Two decades ago, companies began adding degree requirements to job descriptions, even though the jobs themselves hadn’t changed. After the Great Recession, many organizations began trying to back away from those requirements. To learn how the effort is going, the...