Investment in training and the deployment of skills can lead to incremental productivity gains. But manufacturers need to ensure they have the right people with the right skills to make this happen.

Skills for productivity

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Key drivers, driving demand for skills

Manufacturers’ 2016 ambitions Skills requirements

Increased investment in technology and innovations

R&D technical skills, production-related and IT/software skills

Changes to organisational structure People management, line management and leadership skills

Selling into new markets and supply chains

Foreign languages, sales and marketing skills

Increased promotion of brand and marketing

Sales and marketing, design skills

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Workforce is key to improving productivity

• Employees are very much the lifeblood of businesses and play a key role in offering solutions to improving productivity in the manufacturing workplace

• More than a fifth of manufacturers point to their efforts on workforce skills development as having a significant and positive impact on productivity

• One in five cited management skills training as beneficial to productivity growth

Source: EEF Productivity Survey 2016

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Finding the right people with the right skills remains difficult

13%

59%

24%

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Very concerned Concerned Not at all concernedDon't know

Source: EEF Skills Survey 2015-16

72% of companies were concerned or very concerned about finding people with the right skills

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The risks if you don’t upskill?

What are the consequences of doing nothing?...

UK manufacturing will fall further behind the competition

Manufacturers need to;• Invest in developing there people and the right

skills to increase productivity • Close the productivity gap to compete effectively

with overseas competition

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Getting skills for growth

• Engage the whole workforce to strive for productivity gains. Encourage involvement. Develop incentive schemes to retain your talent

• Embed improvement across the whole supply chain to improve efficiency

• Increase investment in your people, developing leadership, teamwork, communications and technical skills

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develop a talent

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All within a continuous improvement environment

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Make great in manufacturing

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