October 22 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

Closing the Gap: Workforce Trends & Solutions for Food Equipment Manufacturers

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This webinar will focus on the key findings of FPSA’s exclusive workforce research study conducted by Cypress Research

The employee skills shortage continues to trouble U.S. food processing OEMs, threatening to impede current industry growth. Workforce gaps are such a critical issue because the ripple effects of labor challenges extend far beyond the facility floor. Talent and skills deficiencies create significant disruptions across supply chains and ultimately affect the economy at large.

FPSA and Cypress Research have embarked on baseline survey research, exclusively with FPSA OEM members, to understand the extent of today’s skills shortage, challenges facing equipment manufacturers in recruitment, training and employee retention, and what measures equipment manufacturers can take to reduce today’s skills deficiencies while preparing their future workforce for success.

Attend this webinar of study highlights and walk away with a better understanding of:

  • The extent of today’s OEM skills shortage among:
    • Key hourly skilled production and maintenance positions
    • Key salaried positions
  • Deep-dive trends among these key, hourly skilled production and maintenance positions:
    • Skills deficiencies at hire or promotion
    • Employee recruitment challenges & current manufacturer recruitment strategies
    • Key training challenges & OEM training-related solutions being applied
    • OEM employee retention-related challenges & top business strategies applied to these issues

Speakers
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Marjorie Hellmer
President & Co-founder
Cypress Research

Marjorie Hellmer, President & co-founder of Cypress Research, is a research fanatic who uses her great passion to help organizations and industries grow by leveraging data-driven insights. Now in its 23rd year, Cypress Research translates insights into actionable strategies for food manufacturers and the supply chain organizations that support them, conducting quantitative and qualitative research with a focus on trends that drive industries, and benchmarking brand, customer and employee experiences with businesses. She is a skilled and creative research practitioner with expertise in a wide variety of methodologies including survey design and data analysis, focus group facilitation and executive depth-interviewing.
Ms. Hellmer holds a Master’s degree in psychology with a specialization in applied research methodology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
In her free time, Marjorie enjoys scuba diving and is an avid outdoor runner.