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Training: key to continued productivity

As the U.S. packaging business prepares for its upcoming biennial Pack Expo International 2000 exposition, Packaging World offers a special section on β€œTraining” for packaging personnel.

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This represents the third in a series of special sections that have been targeting the development of people in packaging.

In ’96, PW published β€œPackaging 2000,” a series of articles that reported on the skills that many packaging experts described as crucial for packaging people as manufacturers planned for the future. Two years ago, the magazine targeted the beginnings of the tight labor market and offered the collective wisdom of many industry experts on how to attract and retain good workers in β€œThe Staffing Struggle.” Out of that multi-part report came the concept for this year’s coverage of training.

By the way, PW’s coverage of training probably won’t end any time soon. That’s because it’s an industry issue whose importance will only continue to grow as our companies use ever more sophisticated equipment and as our leaner management structures require supervisory people who have more versatility in their skills.

That’s one reason we found the burgeoning training program at Nabisco’s Planters plant in Arkansas so interesting (see p. 106). Not only will it focus on machinery skills, but it also recognizes the importance of basic knowledge of math and reading. Finally, the Planters training also demonstrates how vital β€œpeople” skills will be to the valued workers of the future. Although not specifically articulated by the company, the program is geared to be self-perpetuating. As the program’s graduates are promoted to increasing responsibilities, their success β€œendorses” the value of the programs to those workers who follow them into the lower-level positions.

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