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Published on: 11/1/2008
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By Robert M. Williamson
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By Robert M. Williamson, Strategic Work Systems, Inc.
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1. "Warning: Vocational Classes Falling Out of Favor," Robert M. Williamson, Viewpoint column, Maintenance Technology, March 2005.
2. "The Biggest Threat to Equipment Reliability: Skills Shortage," Robert M. Williamson, Viewpoint column, Maintenance Technology, June 2005.
3. "Lessons Learned from the Busted Knuckle Garage."
Robert M. Williamson, Viewpoint column, Maintenance Technology, September 2005.
4. "2005 Skills Gap Report - A Survey of the American Manufacturing Workforce."
National Association of Manufacturers, Manufacturing Institute, DeLoitte Consulting LLP, November 22, 2005.
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Robert M. Williamson, proceedings of MARCON, May 4-6, 2005, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Robert (Bob) Williamson is a workplace educator with more than 35 years or experience helping companies and workgroups improve the performance of their equipment and work processes through applied education and training.
His background in maintenance mechanics, special machine and tooling design and leading vocational/technical courses has prepared him for a career that has taken him into well over 400 plant and company locations developing operations and maintenance training, Total Productive Maintenance, multi-skill maintenance job design, pay-for-applied skills design, and "Lean Equipment Management."
After 24 years in post-secondary technical education and plant engineering/construction he formed Strategic Work Systems, Inc. in 1993 to focus on the people-side of world-class manufacturing and maintenance.
For nearly 10 years, he also has been studying and teaching "team-based reliability" principles from NASCAR Racing.
Telephone: (828) 894-5338; e-mail: RobertMW2@cs.com