November 20, 2023 How Can the Manufacturing Industry Attract and Retain Gen Z? The labor shortage is not unique to the manufacturing industry – it extends to almost every field, as multiple employers struggle to pull talent, and retain talent, from the...
October 23, 2023 People Come First: How Husco Advanced its Organizational Culture and Turned the Tide on Talent Retention By Mike Schmidt, AEM Director of Industry Communications —“You can’t take your eye off the ball. Success comes down to doing the right thing, day in and day out.” – Husco’s...
October 9, 2023 Digital Operations Platform: A New Approach to Manufacturing Employee Retention and Operational Success By Harold Ford, Employee Experience Practice Director, Net at Work —Retaining key talent is a top business challenge for the nation’s manufacturing companies, according to...
October 5, 2023 This Manufacturing Day, Let’s Remember Our Work is Just Getting Started By Megan Tanel, AEM President —If there’s one thing you can say about the equipment manufacturing industry, it’s that it’s always evolving and finding ways to do things faster...
October 4, 2023 There’s Hope: How 5 Construction Firms are Attracting and Keeping Workforce The numbers are brutal.The construction industry had an estimated 494,000 job openings at the end of April 2022, the highest ever.The median age of a construction worker is now...
September 25, 2023 Terex, Cummins and CNH Industrial Discuss Moving the Needle on the Technician Shortage Technicians are critical to the success of the equipment manufacturing industry, and yet, they represent one of its most long-standing workforce challenges.When it comes to...
September 21, 2023 Why Knowledge Transfer Is So Important – And How to Encourage It Manufacturing has an older-than-average workforce, and those employees who have been in the field for decades are retiring rapidly – taking their wealth of knowledge with them...
September 18, 2023 Terex Equipment Services Showcases its Highly Skilled Workforce With Inaugural Nationwide Tech Competition “We can have all the cutting-edge technology and equipment in the world, but at the end of the day, we still need people to make it come to life and who know how to work on it...
August 31, 2023 AEM Women Leaders Discuss the Path to Success, Advice for the Next Generation Everyone has their own unique leadership style informed by past experience, business goals and personal ideals. Leadership is a constant work in progress, but all leaders strive...
August 28, 2023 Explore Solutions to the Technician Shortage with AEMs Q3 Member Education Webinar Workforce Panel As Q3 progresses, AEM is pleased to offer a new live Member Education Webinar – Workforce Panel: Technicians. Join AEM’s Julie Davis on Sept. 14, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT...
January 26, 2023 Leadership Pitfalls to Avoid at All Costs Not everyone is born to be a leader. The good news, however, is that leadership skills can be developed and refined over time, opening the door to career advancement and higher...
January 5, 2023 5 Equipment Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2023 With 2022 firmly in the rearview mirror and the new year now underway, it’s clear many of the opportunities and challenges impacting equipment manufacturers today are poised to...
July 5, 2023 The Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture Quantified Agriculture and environmental sustainability have been closely linked for many years. It’s just that there has been little data to quantify the benefits.That, however, is no...
July 17, 2023 AEM Welcomes Latest Member Companies All AEM members work together through the association to build momentum for the equipment manufacturing industry, as well as the ag and construction markets it serves. AEM...
August 10, 2023 How Agriculture Can Capture the Carbon Market Opportunity As the trend toward carbon emissions reduction continues, American farmers are being presented with a new opportunity. By adopting certain climate-smart agriculture practices...
May 11, 2023 Three Days Until Celebration of Construction on the National Mall In three short days, AEM, in partnership with over 40 member companies and industry partners, will be in Washington, D.C. to host the Celebration of Construction on the National...
June 1, 2023 5 Modern Dairy Industry Benefits to Acknowledge and Celebrate By Austin Gellings, AEM Director of Agricultural Services — Dairy plays a vital part in the diets of millions of Americans. The average person in the United States consumes...
June 26, 2023 AEM Ag Sector Board Chair Testifies Before U.S. House Ag Committee Rural broadband connectivity and precision agriculture go hand in hand, and that is the message that AEM Ag Sector Board Chair Bill Hurley delivered during the U.S. House...
October 12, 2023 AEM Discusses Dairy Precision Agriculture at Wisconsin Lobby Day Last week, AEM members took a break from showcasing the latest dairy advancements at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin to join the AEM State Affairs Team for a lobby...
January 19, 2023 Ongoing Supply Chain Woes Threaten Economic Recovery By Kip Eideberg, AEM Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations —Editor’s Note: This was originally published by The Hill, a top U.S. political website read by...