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Two Labor Retention Solutions for Packagers and Processors

Packaging and processing professionals note the burden of labor retention issues and propose approaches to remedy them.

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Professionals note two approaches that move toward solving labor retention issues.
PMMI Business Intelligence: Technology & Workforce: Using Smart Technologies to Bridge the Skills Gap

High turnover and low labor retention rates remain prevalent across packaging and processing industries, which affect companies’ resiliency and disrupt their operations. Labor issues appear to be a worldwide problem for manufacturers. However, industry professionals have approaches that move toward solutions.

That’s according to PMMI Business Intelligence’s “Technology & Workforce: Using Smart Technologies to Bridge the Skills Gap,” a report that captures insight from packaging and processing end-users and OEMs on the role technology can play in addressing the increasing skills gap and the burden of costly training periods for new hires. The report stems from a Q&A session and roundtable discussions between expert panelists and industry participants at PACK EXPO International 2024.

A change in mindset and streamlining training

The excessive cost of repeatedly training new employees coupled with losing a generation of highly experienced, dependable operators and technicians is a notable burden. Yet, one industry professional believes a mindset shift in the hiring process is a step forward.

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