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Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security and Global Services Businesses Select Covalent to Provide Streamlined and Optimized Structured On-the-Job Training and Resource Management
Covalent, the leader in Workforce Operations software for complex discrete manufacturing, announced today that Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security and Global Services Businesses have selected Covalent’s Capability Management solution to enable Structured On-the-Job Training (“SOJT”) for mechanics and quality inspectors across dozens of manufacturing and aftermarket sites globally.
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Implementing New Technology on the Factory Floor
Implementing new technology on the factory floor can be a challenging task, but following best practices can increase the likelihood of success.
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Interview with Covalent's Customer Leader, Michael Wolczik
Michael Wolczik is the Vice President of Customer at Covalent, where he leads the success, support, and services organization to ensure that customers are receiving the full value of Covalent. With over a decade of customer success leadership experience in enterprise software, he has spent the past four years building partnerships with Fortune 500 industrial companies.
Meet Covalent’s Director of Product Strategy, Yogi Rana
We’re thrilled to introduce Yogi Rana, the latest addition to the Covalent team. In his role as Director of Product Strategy, he oversees the research and development of net new opportunities to expand our platform and add more value to customers.
New Feature: Delivering critical updates to the inbox
We’ve relaunched our email alert service to be more configurable, striking the right balance of information to communicate with frontline leaders and operators off the shop floor.
A Manufacturing Training Matrix: Best Practices
A well constructed manufacturing training matrix can provide benefits ranging from minimizing downtime to improving quality outcomes, but requires some important consideration during design, implementation and maintenance.
New Feature: My Actions
Take a look at our newest feature, My Actions, which helps users prioritize the most pressing training actions and accelerates time to productivity.
Cost Saving Opportunities in an Uncertain Market
Turmoil in the market and rising inflation have the potential to impact manufacturing unit economics across the board. It’s at times like these where understanding business operations and the efficient use of assets can make a big difference. As it relates to managing a manufacturing workforce, plant leaders can get leverage out of better quantifying and then maximizing skill coverage. In this blog post, we discuss coverage optimization as a source of cost-savings : improved overtime management and decreased costs of poor quality (COPQ).
Improved Data Visibility Results in Increased Coverage and Efficient Audits
Accurate data is crucial for workforce operations, but outdated systems can make it unreliable. Learn how this jet engine manufacturer improved data visibility, increased coverage, and streamlined audits for greater efficiency.
Q&A with Mandy Björkland, Former A&D Manufacturing Training Coordinator
Building a well-structured and comprehensive training program is a challenging yet critical component of achieving operational success on the shop floor. No role is more central to the construction and execution of these programs than a manufacturing training manager. We've recently sat down with Mandy Björkland Galaxia, current Customer Success Manager at Covalent, who has extensive experience as a manufacturing training coordinator . We discussed how vital the training process is and the steps organizations can take to improve it.
Work Experience is a Critical Input into Understanding Worker Proficiency
Work experience is a key metric to consider when determining worker proficiency. Unfortunately, it is often difficult to incorporate this data into today's systems, if it is even considered at all. This matters more now than before because many manufacturing sites have a shortage of qualified workers and are constantly moving workers around the floor based on demand and what skills are available for that shift. In this blog post we discuss how Covalent can help your organization leverage work experience into the qualification process at your organization.
How to Modernize Workforce Operations and Experience Its Benefits
Technological advances are happening faster than ever, resulting in workers having to learn new skills quickly and efficiently. Modernizing workforce operations is necessary to efficiently close skill gaps across your organization. In this blog, learn how your organization can begin modernizing their workforce operations and the benefits that can be achieved.
Leveraging Covalent to Support Pay for Skills Programs
In an era known as "The Great Resignation," the ability to attract and retain talented workers is paramount. In an effort to differentiate themselves, many manufacturers have begun to adopt Pay For Skills programs to identify top talent and ensure they are compensated as such. When structured correctly and driven by strategic workforce planning, these initiatives better align individual incentives with the current and future needs of the organization, while driving a merit-based culture and further motivating workers.
Managing Workforce Coverage and Filling Gaps
There is a proven correlation between increases in coverage and operational productivity in manufacturing. In our latest blog, learn about workforce coverage as a concept and how the Covalent platform has been designed to help manufacturers optimize it.
Implementation Best Practices with Jim Hamilton
Leading a software implementation project can seem like a daunting task, particularly within a complex manufacturing operation. We recently sat down with Jim Hamilton, an implementation manager and veteran project leader here at Covalent to hear his perspective on implementing enterprise software like Covalent and how he has seen clients do it really well.
Three Areas For Investment To Improve Quality Outcomes
While the importance of quality management in manufacturing is rarely lost on plant leaders, investments in bolstering quality processes can sometimes be viewed as diametrically opposed to meeting production goals. However, despite the costs, studies have shown that installing some best practices in quality management consistently pays off in overall productivity. In this post we will discuss three specific areas of quality where plant leaders can realize a significant return on investment.
Investing in Worker Health Drives Innovation During and Post-COVID
Through investments in managing employee health such as adopting new technologies and implementing new workflows, manufacturers can work through the recovery and help ensure long-term growth and success.
