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As our world becomes increasingly influenced by digital innovation, the rise of connected worker technology marks a significant turning point in our approach to industrial operations. Connected worker technology is [...]

Byline: Tom Henderson A long-delayed project is getting back on track in St. Clair County, bringing relief, a sense of optimism and, more importantly, hundreds of jobs to an area [...]

Today's HR professional must be ready for anything and skilled at many things. Cross-training can provide needed experience. Jennifer Pristera has a hard job. As senior vice president of human [...]

Byline: KEN WYSOCKY Automakers constantly seek to fill the 'white space' in their lineups with niche vehicles aimed at specific market segments. The Matrix Trade Institute applies the same concept [...]

Byline: Rick Popely Here is what some automakers are doing in their technician education programs to address the switch to electrification. Ford Motor Co. In 2021, Ford will add web-based [...]

Byline: RICK POPELY As auto companies ramp up plans for more electric vehicles, the schools training the technicians who will work on these vehicles are shifting gears to prepare them [...]

Byline: RICHARD TRUETT For most dealers, running an express service lane generally makes more sense than cents. That's because the financial aspect of offering fast oil changes is often not [...]

General Motors said it is actively training employees at the company's Kokomo plant in the extensive screening, cleaning and other CDC-recommended procedures that will be in place when volume production [...]

Byline: Pete Bigelow Derrick Niello got a glimpse at the electric-vehicle future earlier than most of his counterparts. As controller at Niello Co. in Sacramento, Calif., he has watched the [...]

Byline: Jim Henry Amid a chronic shortage of dealership service technicians, record new-vehicle sales could make Subaru the neediest brand of all. In response, the automaker is stepping up its [...]

Byline: Vince Bond Jr. Imagine a family with triplets who all have the same name but different dietary preferences. And they have to give lunch instructions to the new baby [...]

THIRTY YEARS AGO, following a succession of headline-grabbing rollover incidents, three trailer makers thought they'd found the all-elusive 'Holy Grail' of tanker manufacturing, namely to build one with the greatest [...]

Byline: Marcus AmickThe 3D development company Unity Technologies, known for its widely used virtual and augmented reality gaming platforms, has spent the past three years working with automakers to help [...]

General Motors Canada committed to provide financial support to help its employees with retraining and other assistance that will help them be prepared for more than 2,400 'good, available new [...]

AutoNation Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram Spring Spring, Texas * General manager: Bill Suessman * Dealership group: AutoNation * Full-time employees: 152 * 2017 new-vehicle sales: 4,296, up 1.8% * 2017 used-vehicle sales: 2,370, [...]

Byline: Alex Kwanten BMW/MINI: BMW of North America launched an expansion of its Service Technician Education Program last year. 'We graduate about 360 students a year through STEP,' says Gary [...]

Byline: ALEX KWANTEN Warren DeBardelaben, Nissan North America's director of dealer support, has overseen the automaker's service technician training program since 2006. In that time, he says, more than 5,000 [...]

Byline: Alysha Webb This year, JM Family Enterprises Inc., the parent company of Southeast Toyota Distributors, surveyed the 177 dealerships to which Southeast supplies vehicles and parts. The company wanted [...]

The SME shares the stories of 30 young men and women those who were nominated by educators, managers and enterprise owners based on their contributions. These young persons are exploring [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) said it had taken a further step to improve customer service and satisfaction with the opening of a new training centre in Vietnam. [...]

What can dealerships do to make the industry one that young people believe is worth joining? We asked our dealer panel ROAD TRANSPORT PLAYS a huge role in everyday life; [...]

Byline: Alysha Webb The end-of-class bell has rung, but three boys still are tinkering with a car on a lift in the auto shop of the charter school run by [...]

Byline: ALYSHA WEBB American Honda Motor Co. works with community colleges nationwide to train service technicians to work on its Honda and Acura vehicles. It spends tens of thousands of [...]

Byline: Jamie LaReau Most car dealers pay outsiders to train their staffs. Not Aaron Zeigler. Instead, he sells his in-house training to other industries, including college sports teams. 'We've always [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Shop floor supervisors from Nissan Motor's South African assembly plant in Rosslyn now undergo training at the automaker's flagship Sunderland plant in the UK, and over 40 [...]

Byline: Claude Solnik Suffolk County Community College is adding training for Fiat Chrysler to its automotive technology program. The school said students in the program can acquire a Chrysler-Fiat training [...]

Byline: Amy Wilson Exciting customers is about to become more than a mission statement at Porsche Cars North America. The theme will govern a new program to train 5,200 people [...]