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department | tech horizons
An ongoing look into the
technologies and trends
that will shape your
manufacturing future
Engagement, I
Accountability
Produce
Results
Dr. Klaus M. Blache
Univ. of Tennessee Reliability
and Maintainability Center
(RMC)
'M NOT FOCUSING this article
on any specifi c technology, but rather
roadblocks/challenges that all technologies
are facing today to be successful.
In the time during and now following
the pandemic, many workers have
changed how they think about work,
have refl ected on what they really want
to do. Some shiſt ed to better work-life
balance and others completely changed
career direction. Th ere were layoff s, job
realignments, decreases in organizational
trust, and even many who went back to
work had already started a side-hustle
toward a self-owned business they could
migrate to when ready.
" More than half of employed adults
in the U.S. have considered leaving their
current jobs to work for themselves, with
44% saying they considered it within
the past year. " Th is is based on a newly
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released report conducted by business
tools provider HoneyBook (honeybook.
com) in partnership with Th e Harris Poll.
Th e current economic and employment
uncertainties were cited as the causes
for this shiſt in the attitudes of working
Americans. Th e report also found that
43% of self-employed people started their
business as a side hustle. (1 in 5 Americans
Have Considered Quitting, Working
for Th emselves, techrepublic.com)
Articles have been headlined as the
great reshuffl e, the big quit, striketober,
the great resignation, and many related
terms. Now, in a state of confusion, and
even chaos, companies must navigate
through high turnover; manufacturing,
service, productivity, and quality issues;
and logistics shortages/delays; and still
fi gure out how to recruit and retain
talent.
Key statistics from Pew Research
include:
 Some 53% of employed U.S. adults
who quit their job in 2021 changed their
occupation or fi eld of work at some
point in 2022.
 Younger workers were more prone
to make the leap. Of employed adults
ages 18 to 29 who said they quit a job in
2021, 61% shiſt ed their fi eld of work or
occupation, compared to 45% of those
ages 30 and older.
Select facts from a collection of
These improvement tools, used by companies that have attained notable reliability and maintenance
savings, have a very high (green) or high (blue) impact on continuous improvement.
information in 25 Astonishing Employee
Engagement Statistics for 2023 (techjury.
net) include:
 Only about 34% of the U.S. workforce
feel engaged.
 Nearly 66% of all employees are
disengaged.
 Only 37% of employees consider
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