News | October 15, 2014

PDP Solutions Manufacturers Employee Engagement Featured In Automation Publication

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PDP Solutions was featured in the current issue of Automation.com. The article authored by manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler was titled, “Beyond Manufacturing Automation: Employee Engagement.”

Cutler discussed how industrial leaders must increasingly rely on the skills, knowledge, and experience of season employees and internal communication. According to Cutler, “The path toward developing and maintaining positive working relationships is essential in the manufacturing sector because safety is at risk, quality products are at stake, and productivity is essential with pervasively thinning margins.”

Louise Dickmeyer, President of PDP Solutions, based in Mankato, Minnesota, and a team of industrial professionals, developed a new and novel approach that utilizes sophisticated technology including plant floor kiosks, offering optimism, an interest in co-workers, and genuine employee engagement.

Dickmeyer shared, "Manufacturers are hungry to move beyond mechanical automation processes, the lean plant has been created. The next automation process manufacturers are aggressively seeking is a solution for vastly improved internal communications."

Automation.com is the leading online content provider and the only pure electronic magazine in the automation industry. Attracting more than 100,000 unique automation professionals from around the globe each month.

For more information, visit http://www.automation.com/automation-news/beyond-manufacturing-automation-employee-engagement.

Source: PDP Solutions