Keep up production through cross-training

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A growing number of companies are starting to cross-train their workers to perform related tasks to ensure that production will remain uninterrrupted even in the absence of key employees. Recognizing the potential benefits of cross-training, New York-based Graphic Controls Corp (GCC) has launched its 'designated trainee program.' The program was designed to make GCC workers versatile by equipping them with various skills that would allow them to work in areas where they would be needed. With this skills enhancement and job enrichment program, GCC also hopes to widen their workers' opportunities for growth and development. The company has yet to determine actual savings from its program, but it reports positive response from both management and employees. Employees see the program as a way of developing more skills, while managers view it as a means for lessening the need for temporary help.

Photographic equipment and supplies, Pens and mechanical pencils, Management, Training, Employee training, Graphic Controls Corp.

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Kinney Shoe steps into diversity

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Kinney Shoe Corp has set up a training program designed to ensure that its work force mirrors its diverse customer base. The company has set up an Office of Fair Employment Practice which aims to provide executives and store managers with the tools they need to implement an equal opportunity hiring program based on education rather than quotas. The Kinney program promotes the appreciation of ethnicity and emphasizes the need for managers to understand the differences in attitudes and social upbringing of new workers from different cultural backgrounds.

Shoe stores, Social aspects, Human resource management, Appreciation, Footwear industry, Employment, Ethnic relations, Minorities, Ethnicity, Minority employees, Kinney Shoe Corp.

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