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Learn MoreThe US employs just under 12 million manufacturing workers; with frontline workers comprising nearly 80% of the global workforce, it's important to anticipate the bottom-line impact of disengagement. Learn the top five challenges manufacturing floors face when it comes to employee engagement and what HR leaders can do to keep their workforce connected.
Manufacturing workers are much more positive than average regarding social connections, yet have much lower than average scores in managing energy, work pressure, and wellbeing culture.
These insights are from Culture Amp; collected from employees in over 300 manufacturing organizations in the 12-month period to 31 December 2022.
The report highlighted some surprising findings. For example, while 75% of manufacturing employees claim to be engaged at work – in the top 45% relative to other industries – the average eNPS score for manufacturing organizations is in the bottom 17%.
Manufacturing workers (the US employs just under 12 million) quite literally keep the lights on, and the bottom-line impact of disengagement or even small dips in productivity and retention are significant.
So why does the disengagement problem exist, and what can HR leaders do to keep their frontline workforce connected?
Of course, while the nature of the work itself is something HR and Communications leaders have minimal control over; there are plenty of things in the People team’s remit that can improve employee experience.
On the manufacturing floor, workers are often ‘digitally detached’. They lack access to the laptops, company email accounts, intranets, and communication and collaboration apps knowledge workers typically enjoy, and/or personal digital devices on the clock.
Relying on noticeboards, posters/flyers, and managers to pass on the message is unscalable and time- and resource-intensive. So; how can you make sure your internal communications are reaching your frontline?
The screens, TVs or monitors on the walls of most factories, break rooms, cloak rooms and cafeterias are a powerful comms channel, able to communicate visually, dynamically and at scale.
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HR leaders can deploy digital signage with kiosk mode to share important information, such as safety alerts, business intelligence, or employee recognition, in real-time.
Enhancing employee engagement in manufacturing requires a holistic approach that addresses the unique challenges of the industry, prioritizes leveling the playing field between frontline and knowledge workers, and uses the right technology in the right way.
ScreenCloud helps teams in 9,000+ organizations around the world communicate with those who matter most, using the screens on their walls and the content in their systems.
ScreenCloud’s digital signage can inform employees on information like social media feeds, data visualizations, emergency alerts, and live broadcasts – or even simply the news, sport and weather.
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