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Proactive Technologies Report – April, 2025

Learning, Unfortunately, The Hard Way by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Employers are being tested these days on their ability to respond to a rapidly changing world and maintain operational continuity. While we should have been better prepared

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Proactive Technologies Report – March, 2025

The Learning “Cost“ Versus Training “Investment“ Paradox by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. This newsletter has written extensively about the inexplicable classification of the training a worker needs to succeed as a “cost“. It has never made much

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Proactive Technologies Report – February, 2025

Training The Skilled Labor You Need – An Investment That Keeps on Returning by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In a 2016 Manufacturing Institute-Deloitte survey, 82% of manufacturers surveyed reported encountering a moderate or serious shortage of skilled

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Proactive Technologies Report – January, 2025

So, You Don’t Have Time for Training. Really? 7 Myths Dispelled by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. When meeting with manufacturing leaders, I am often first surprised, then puzzled, by the old standby reactions to the discussion of

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Proactive Technologies Report – December, 2024

Seems Like Decades Pass and the Top Worker Development Topic Remains the Same by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In a recent article appearing in HR Dive by Carolyn Crist entitled, “Executives and Workers Alike Say Entry-level Workers

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Proactive Technologies Report – November, 2024

Lack of Immediate “Big Win” Puts Improvements in Worker Capacity on Chopping Block…For Short-Term Focused Management Cultures by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Let’s face it, discussing the desperate need for worker training to build consistent performance, increased worker

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Proactive Technologies Report – October, 2024

Economic Development Opportunities – An Important Incentive in Attracting Companies to Your Region by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. When organizations try to create new jobs in their area – working with companies that are considering moving to,

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Proactive Technologies Report – September, 2024

The Worker Development Puzzle… For Many by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. After many years of setting up and providing technical support for employer-based structured on the job training programs, I can say with confidence that most, if

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Proactive Technologies Report – August, 2024

Reluctant to Reshore Due to Apparent Shortage of Skilled Labor? Don’t Be by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. These are relatively uncertain times for some manufacturers with supply chains that transcend borders to countries subject to punitive tariffs,

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Proactive Technologies Report – July, 2024

Confusion Over What Constitutes “Training” is Stumbling Block to Effective Worker Development Strategies by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. For the anyone searching for information to help them choose a worker development strategy, a web search of “on-the-job

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    PTI1006 - Building a Regional Workforce Development Infrastructure: Employer-Specific for Maximum Effectiveness and Lowest Investment

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    2025-05-06

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more that just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training partnerships for employers across all industries one-by-one. How this can become a cost-effective, cost-efficient and highly credible workforce development strategy – easy scale up by just plugging each new employer into the system. When partnering with economic development agencies, and public and private career and technical colleges and universities for the related technical instruction, this provides the most productive use of available grant funds and gives employers-employees/trainees and the project partners the biggest win for all. This model provides the support sorely needed by employers who want to partner in the development of the workforce but too often feel the efforts will not improve the workforce they need. Approx. 45 minutes

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    PTI1004 - If You Can't Find Skilled Workers, Develop Your Own

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    (Mountain Time) This briefing explains the philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of human resource development in more than just the training area. This model provides the lacking support employers, who want to be able to easily and cost-effectively create the workers they require right now, need. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture, and process-based training and record keeping.  Approx 45 minutes.

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    PTI1005 - Adding Employer-Specific Structured On-The-Job Training to Your Apprenticeships

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more than just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training partnerships for employers across all industries and how it can become an cost-effective, cost-efficient and highly credible apprenticeship. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture, and process-based training and record keeping. When partnering with economic development agencies, public and private career and technical colleges and universities, this provides the most productive use of available grant funds and gives employers-employees/trainees and the project partners the biggest win for all. This model provides the lacking support needed to employers who want to easily and cost-effectively host an apprenticeship.  Approx. 45 minutes

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    PTI1007 - Structured On-the-Job Training Supports ISO/AS/IATF Process Training Requirement Compliance

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH® © system of managed human resource development in more that just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training programs and supporting them for employers across all industries. ISO/AS/IATF, Nadacp and similar quality programs have a requirement that: standardize work processes guide quality, auditable task performance; training matches the process; training is documented for each worker; and a system is in place to ensure all are up to date and in sync. This program supports ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture. In addition to hiring, structured on-the-job training and performance evaluation instruments, PROTECH produces reports such as Technical Document (best practice for each task), Qualification/ Certification Checklists and more. One-revision updates all materials! Efforts like Lean, Kaisen, continuous improvement strategies all can render a lesser model obsolete and non-compliant in a few months. This model provides the lacking support needed to employers who want to easily and cost-effectively establish and maintain compliance. Approx. 45 minutes

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    PTI1001 - MA, OH, PA and SC Former Client Employers - Restart Your Organization's PROTECH®© Training Infrastructure

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    2025-05-08

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    The Crash of 2008 and the Covid-19 Pandemic have caused disruptions to not just businesses, but the entire economy. Changes in company ownership can change in business strategy and training project support. During these disruptions, several Proactive Technologies projects were set-up for employers and ready to implement, or implementation started but paused temporarily, some indefinitely, as internal project knowledge and advocacy dissipated. Employee and management contacts were either laid-off, reassigned or retired. The significant value of what was established remains and Proactive Technologies saved each company’s data set up that point. Here is a chance to discover what was established, where we left off and what it would take to restart the program. The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; the many benefits from the PROTECH® © system of managed human resource development in more than just the training area; examples of projects with manufacturing and manufacturing support companies (aerospace, Tier-1 and 2 automobile suppliers, chemical companies, facilities maintenance companies, rubber/polymer manufacturers); compliance support provided by the system for ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap quality programs as well as OSHA safety requirements; and how many structured on-the-job training programs were, or can be, unregistered apprenticeships or registered as apprenticeships.

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