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Train them so they can leave …
Dieter Adam – 15 November 2023 “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough, so they don’t want to” – David Branson (2014). As manufacturing technologies change, including the introduction of much more digital connectivity, manufacturers and workers will benefit from targeted training for the existing…
Going into overseas ownership – A good move?
Dieter Adam – 8 November 2023 We recently saw the news of the impending sale of another major Canterbury manufacturing group, MHM Automation, to an overseas (US-based) company, Bettcher Industries, Inc. Fun facts: (1) Bettcher Industries itself is about the same size as MHM Automation by number of employees, but…
Thoughts on Manufacturing
Dieter Adam 16 October 2023 ‘Manufacturing’ is derived from Latin and combines the words for ‘Hand’ and ‘Making’; it literally means ‘making (something, a product) by hand’. Manufacturing involves a mental process – creating an idea / concept / design – and a physical process, using one’s hands (more or…
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