The Results-Oriented Manufacturing Workplace

Manufacturing jobs, whether assembly, refining or welding, are involved in a lot of detail. When manufacturing people are so engrossed in the details of their jobs, it's easy for them, for anyone actually, to lose sight of the job's major contribution.

A Results-Oriented Manufacturing Job Description is different from a traditional job description because it focuses an employee on the several job results that answer the question: What results must this manufacturing affairs job accomplish for the organization?

Manufacturing Job Standards added to job expectations tighten management controls by clarifying how well and when results must be accomplished.

Manufacturing Job Objectives establish management and employee plans by highlighting important current and future results needed.

Job-specific Manufacturing Employee Management Forms maintain consistent and manufacturingly sound management actions by basing manager-employee interactions on job results.

The Purpose of Manufacturing Jobs

Stated in a results-oriented, three-line style, manufacturing affairs jobs--

MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS by

studying product requirements; planning and scheduling activities and employees; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; completing preventive maintenance requirements.

Types of Manufacturing Jobs

Some manufacturing jobs set-up and operate production equipment. Other jobs analyze product requirements in order to design manufacturing processes, while other jobs study operational results in order to improve them.

Still other jobs manufacturing support operations by maintaining supplies and materials. Somebody needs to verify that the products produced meet quality standards. And, of course, somebody has to manage and supervise the manufacturing people and processes.

Manufacturing Job Management Tools

Here are actual job examples of how manufacturing affairs job actions can be focused on results and kept on track using each of our job management tools:

Results-Oriented Manufacturing Job Descriptions form the foundation of all job management tools. Our uniquely structured job descriptions focus on the result to be accomplished first and prominently, followed by the duties performed in order to accomplish the result. For example,

RECOMMENDS MANUFACTURING ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

Manufacturing Job Standards sharpen employee attention and management control by defining and communicating how well the manufacturing affairs results must be accomplished and what benchmarks will be used to measure job results. For example, for the job result above, the job standards might be:

• Manufacturing situations are correctly understood.
• All options are identified and evaluated.
• Manufacturing recommendations are ready when needed.

Manufacturing Job Objectives point the direction for employee actions by focusing job efforts on current and future manufacturing affairs issues. Job objectives are written in the three-line, results-oriented structure. For example, for the job result above, a job objective might be:

SPEED-UP DECISION MAKING by

reducing time to deliver manufacturing affairs recommendations by 10% by (date).

Manufacturing Employee Management Forms tied specifically to each manufacturing affairs job description are more helpful (and manufacturing) than generic forms used for all different kinds of jobs. Job-specific forms are used to state job qualifications, guide job interview questions, orient new employees, plan job training, and appraise job performance.

Manufacturing Job Qualifications are stated in the same terms used in the job description. They are not translated into generic (typically behavioral) terms. For example:

RECOMMENDS MANUFACTURING ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

Manufacturing Job Interview guide questions are inserted directly below each job result in the job description: For example:

• "What specific job responsibilities have you had in this area?"
• "Where did you have these job responsibilities?"
• "When did you have these job responsibilities?"
• "How did you go about accomplishing these responsibilities?"
• "What accomplishment in this area gave you the most pride?"
• "In this area, what were some of your biggest challenges?"
• "How did you overcome the challenges?"

The Manufacturing Job Orientation guide reformats the job description sequence so that job explanations, policies, protocols, processes, and procedures are logical and complete and can easily be checked off. For example:

RECOMMENDS MANUFACTURING ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

The manager might say: "Here's the procedure and format we use to analyze and present manufacturing affairs recommendations."

The Manufacturing Job Training plan guides a thorough examination of actual job knowledge, skills, and abilities as described in the job description that need improvement or that might be enhanced. For example:

RECOMMENDS MANUFACTURING ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

The manager might say: "Analytical skills would be improved by enrolling in a statistical analysis class."

The Manufacturing Job Performance Appraisal guide is a job-specific form. It is not a universal form used for all jobs. The guide adds an appraisal scale below each job result in the job description so that attention can be drawn to each job requirement and expectation. For example:

RECOMMENDS MANUFACTURING ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

__ Great! Just want we wanted.
__ We have a problem.
__ Improvement is needed.
__ Much, much more than we asked for.

Comments: _________________

Manufacturing Résumé Template

Potential employers want to know what a job applicant has accomplished in his/her manufacturing affairs work career. They don't want to be bored with minor details. Our Résumé Template provides:

• an outline to help assemble personal background information.
• a Results-Oriented Job Description to provide the manufacturing affairs job language-focused on results-needed to write an effective résumé.
• Manufacturing Job Objectives to orient thinking in terms of accomplishments.
• instructions on how to use a Results-Oriented Manufacturing Job Description and Manufacturing Job Objectives to express job accomplishments.

Use the manufacturing affairs job description responsibility statement as a base:

RECOMMENDS MANUFACTURING ACTIONS by

analyzing system controls.

Select the manufacturing affairs job objective that fits your experience:

REDUCE COSTS 10% by

improving manufacturing affairs processes.

Combine the two into a résumé statement:

Reduced costs 10% by analyzing, identifying, and recommending new manufacturing affairs system controls.

Manufacturing Career Links

KHake.com, Vocational Information Center, Manufacturing Career Guide

Originated by Kathryn Hake from her experience with helping students in vocational programs research topics for their school projects.

State of Michigan, Careers in Manufacturing

Resources for learning about the types of manufacturing, exploring the careers that exist in manufacturing, and more references, resources and statistics.

National Association of Manufacturers, Careers in Manufacturing

Key documents, key links.

Career Voyages, Advanced Manufacturing

Collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education to provide information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain these jobs.

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Manufacturing

Learn about the training and education needed for manufacturing jobs, earnings, expected job prospects, what manufacturing workers do on the job, and working conditions.

State of California, Manufacturing Careers

Manufacturing occupations from all aspects of the industry-from the germ of an idea for a new or improved product to its design and testing processes, execution of production processes, quality control, and final delivery to the customer. Included are entry-level through more technical and professional manufacturing occupations.

eThemes, Manufacturing

Age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes for educators to use in their classrooms.