Earlier this year, BF published a cover story entitled Workforce Training is Job One, highlighting the locations who are ahead of the curve in addressing this most critical of economic development ...

There are articles every day in the trade magazines describing the new digital programs that will revolutionize manufacturing. They are all about bringing digital technology to the shop floor to ...

Shane Taylor at ECI Software Solutions discusses how ERP is helping to cure manufacturers of the skills crisis A lack of skills is the biggest barrier to growth, according to 75% of manufacturers in ...

Following 12 straight years of declines, U.S. manufacturers added 109,000 workers to their payrolls in 2010 and another 237,000 in 2011. And in January of this year, the number of manufacturing jobs ...

The world of the product designer is all about designing and developing goods or products. Meanwhile, the machinist’s world is all about converting designs into real parts, based on the available ...

A company's growth depends on its ability to fill the skills gap. With the help of skills management software, companies can easily find out where their employees need more training and help them ...

Love working in a hands-on environment? If so, manufacturing, which focuses on the creation of goods through making, building, and assembling, may be the industry for you. According to the Office of ...