This is a short excerpt from our executive audiobook entitled ‘The Science of Training’… Excerpt There are clearly some expenses associated with setting up and launching a well-planned training initiative. This is undeniable. But have you stopped to think about how much you’re spending by NOT training your employees? Or maybe you are trying to train […]
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“Want Good Products… Train Good Employees”
A. Routsis Associates, Inc. was recently featured in a great Modern Plastics article by Clare Goldsberry entitled ‘Want good products and processes? Train good employees’. In this article, she discusses how companies such as Molded Rubber & Plastics Corp. in Butler, WI improve their workforce through employee training at all levels from management to operator. In this article, Mike […]
Reading Materials are Not Training Materials
I was recently asked about the effectiveness of reading materials… Chris We receive several monthly periodicals at our plant, and my manager asked me why these cannot be used for training… I know this won’t work, but I don’t know how to explain this to him. Can you help me understand why this is so? […]
Interpreting Viscosity Curves
As a response to the Fill Time, Viscosity & Molding Economics blog I received this question… E-Mailer With respect to a in-mold rheology test, why should we choose to process on the right-hand side of the curve? My Response As the shear rate, or flow rate, of the polymer increases… the viscosity decreases. This rheological behavior is […]
The Pitfalls Of Classroom Training
I was recently asked this interesting question… Customer I see that you teach at a university, are you planning on providing classroom training? My Response Classroom training is not the most effective method available for training your production employees. Some seminars provide 4-8 hours of training a day… which is far too much information to absorb in one week…never […]