Mold Shop Cures the “Curse of Knowledge”
How do you transfer knowledge from skilled employees to apprentices? Here’s how one shop did it using a Facebook-like sharing system.
Learn much more from Ms. Wlosek and Mr. Housel by listening to their presentation here.
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