Xerox and EFI Sponsorship of SkillsUSA Helps Train the Future Workforce
Editor's Comments: Skilled press operators are yet another industry segment affected by the skills gap. SkillsUSA has been going since 1967 and it is great to see Xerox step-up and sponsor the competition. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — July 10, 2017 — As a generation of skilled press operators retires, many managers at leading graphic communications firms and in-plant departments struggle to find qualified replacements. To help fill that void, Xerox and Electronics for Imaging (EFI) on
Closing the Skills Gap with ‘Brilliant Learning’
Editor's Comments: It is great to see GE taking the lead and proactively closing the skills gap in manufacturing. It is exciting to read about an organization that is not talking about old-time manufacturing struggling to survive but embracing the digital future of robotics, artificial intelligence and additive technologies. I don't think for a moment that this is easy: for GE or for any other manufacturing organization. The skills gap has proven to be highly complex and d
Training Students for New Opportunities and New Lives
This article originally appeared on the Department of Commerce’s blog, Commerce.gov. Guest blog post by John Killam, Director of the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP). A U.S. Air National Guard veteran, a high school dropout, a person with a background in sales and a family man who hadn’t been in a classroom for twenty years; four men on very different paths that ultimately led to one destination…the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership’
