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16 HR Trends in the Manufacturing Industry in 2023

Darwinbox

Around 64% of manufacturing companies are still in the early stages of digital transformation, and an important part of this is digitizing the HR function. In the next few quarters, the manufacturing industry will see multiple changes in the way it operates, ranging from the creation of new roles to more efficient hiring practices.

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The Role of HR in the Manufacturing Sector: Issues and Solutions

Darwinbox

The manufacturing sector supports millions of jobs every year, and it is vital that companies stay compliant, improve employee experiences, and maximize productivity. That is why the role of HR in the manufacturing sector deserves more attention.

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Podcast: Northwood Hygiene Products focuses on staff wellbeing

Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits · Northwood Hygiene Products podcast Listen: Manufacturing, supply chain and transportation firm Northwood Hygiene Products has more than 800 employees working in various locations across the UK in diverse job roles. It has 873 employees with an average age of 43. The average length of service is seven years.

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How to Improve Employee Engagement in the Manufacturing Industry?

Empuls

At the moment, manufacturing companies are dealing with many challenges such as labor shortages, skill gaps, high turnover rates, and more. To soften these blows as much as possible, employee engagement in the manufacturing industry becomes critical. Manufacturing jobs can be physically demanding.

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Employers must act to offer more choices to people

Workplace Insight

To attract and retain this talent, Henley advises businesses to adopt ‘Demand Resourcing’ – a flexible response to a segmented workforce through tailored HR offerings. Rigid HR structures that restrict what can be offered to employees (e.g. A job tailored to attract one segment of the workforce will not tick the boxes of another.

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The unspoken privilege of wellbeing

Workplace Insight

A Head of HR at a large manufacturing company described the implementation of their wellbeing strategy over the last year. I have spent the majority of my career in safety-critical industries. This means that when something goes wrong, it really goes wrong (one of my roles was within the atomic weapons sector).

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The four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

When a pilot programme for a four day week was announced in the UK early in the New Year, #4dayweek trended for days on twitter, with jokey comments on how employees taking part in the trial should do everything not to ‘f it up for the rest of us.’ But behind the humour there’s a real issue with productivity in the UK. Global trials.