About: Katie Whalen

Why Plant Controllers Should Care: The Cost of Language Barriers in Manufacturing

The cost of language barriers in manufacturing rarely appears under its own budget code. Instead, it hides within cost of goods sold, safety incident reports, training hours, and employee retention metrics. Investing in language training is a...

When a floor worker cannot read a lockout/tagout instruction or a floor supervisor struggles to explain a changeover, the consequences ripple across every metric a production manager and operations manager track. For the manufacturing industry, communication is not just English - it is an imperative skill that determines whether a company can perform...