Question #1 - Issues of Concern *

Which workforce issues are creating the most concern for your organization right now?

Finding skilled machine operators or setup personnel

Finding technical talent such as maintenance, tooling, quality, engineering, or metallurgy

Retaining hourly production employees

Retirement of experienced employees / loss of technical know-how

Developing backups for key roles

Preparing supervisors or team leads to lead people effectively

Attracting younger workers into manufacturing

Competition with other employers for talent

Growth plans that may be limited by workforce availability

Question #2 - Skills Problems *

Think about one role, skill, or area of knowledge that would create a real problem if you lost it tomorrow. What is it?  

Short answer. Examples might include cold heading setup, tooling, heat treat troubleshooting, quality/PPAP knowledge, maintenance, estimating, or a key supervisor.

Question #3 - Impact *

If that role or knowledge became unavailable, where would you feel the impact first?

Select all that apply.

Safety

Quality

Scrap / rework

Machine setup or downtime

Overtime

Delivery / lead time

Customer support

Production capacity

Ability to grow

Training of newer employees

Question #4 - Are You Prepared? *

How well prepared are you today if a critical employee retires, resigns, is promoted, or is unexpectedly unavailable?

Choose one.

Very prepared - we have capable backups and documented knowledge

Somewhat prepared - we have potential backups, but there are gaps

Not very prepared - we depend heavily on certain individuals

Not prepared at all - losing the wrong person would create a major disruption

I am not sure

Question #5 - Does This Sound Like You? *

Which statement sounds most like your organization?

Choose one.

We know our biggest workforce risks and have plans in place

We know where many of the risks are, but actions are inconsistent

We usually respond once a vacancy or problem happens

We are so focused on daily staffing issues that it is difficult to look ahead

Not sure

Question #6 - What Are You Dealing With?

What is one workforce situation your organization is dealing with right now that you would value hearing how other IFI companies are handling?

Optional open response. This could relate to hiring, retention, retirements, knowledge transfer, supervisor capability, cross-training, growth, or preparing future talent.

Question #7 - Can We Use Your Examples? *

May we use your response as an anonymous example during the webinar?

We will not identify you, your company, or individual employees.

Enter required value Yes No

Question #8 - Let's Hear From You *

What would make this webinar especially useful to you?

Select up to 2.

Practical ways to identify our biggest workforce risks

Examples from other fastener manufacturers

Ideas for protecting critical technical knowledge

Ways to build backups and cross-train employees

Approaches for getting operations leaders involved

Simple tools we can use immediately

Time to compare practices with peers

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