Break through to success with training and teamwork

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Iron and steel foundry firm Vermont American Auburn Div was able to successfully improve the profitability, inventory turnover rate and customer service levels of its manufacturing plant and distribution facility through the implementation of training and teamwork at both operations. The team activities achieved included improvement projects, offering training in statistical process control and establishing cross-training programs. Among the areas emphasized in team training were interaction skills, project selection, team selection, data gathering and analysis techniques.

Steel investment foundries, Steel Investment Castings, Human resource management, Occupational training, Investment castings, Foundries, Steel castings, Vermont American Corp. Auburn Div.

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Level-headed about empowerment

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Employee empowerment is an innovative management concept that has to be carefully planned and applied to make full use of the advantages it provides. The concept involves seven degrees of employment involvement, ranging from decisionmaking made solely by management without consultation with employees to a level where work groups form to decide on a need and break up voluntarily. This last stage represents the ideal application of the concept where employees are fully committed to the decisionmaking process.

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Teams in the workplace: the way to power them to productivity

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The keys to success for a work team in an organization as well as basic skills that team members need to acquire are discussed. The keys include a shared corporate vision, the manager-as-coach strategy and an effective learning technique. The skills are those involving team participation, meetings, process thinking, problem solving and business presentation. The measurement of performance is also important to enable the granting of rewards for exemplary performance.

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