Workforce Strategies That Drive Manufacturing Success
Cut Turnover, Grow Leaders, & Align Your Plant for Growth.
Manufacturing Talent Challenges Require More Than One Solution
Today’s manufacturers are navigating tight labor markets, aging workforces, and growing pressure to strengthen leadership pipelines, often without the resources or time to fix it. From high turnover on the floor to poor communication across departments, workforce issues are costing productivity and pushing teams to their limit.
The Top Workforce Challenges in Manufacturing
High
Turnover
Constant churn drives up training costs and drains productivity
Unprepared
Promotions
Individual contributors move into leadership without support
Communication
Breakdowns
Silos between departments and shifts slow execution
Hiring
Missteps
Rushed or biased decisions lead to poor job fit
Cultural
Misalignment
Hard to attract candidates who reflect plant values and expectations
You can’t afford to guess when it comes to hiring, promotion, or leadership readiness.
Take the Guesswork Out of Hiring and Promotions
In manufacturing, the cost of a bad hire, or a misaligned promotion, ripples across teams, productivity, and retention. PRADCO’s behavior-based assessments help you predict how candidates and internal talent will perform on the floor, in your culture, and under pressure.
In manufacturing, the cost of a bad hire, or a misaligned promotion, ripples across teams, productivity, and retention. PRADCO’s behavior-based assessments help you predict how candidates and internal talent will perform on the floor, in your culture, and under pressure.
Tools to Hire and Promote with Confidence:
- Pre-Hire Behavioral Assessments for production, skilled trades, and shift-based roles
- Promotion Readiness Evaluations
- Custom Success Profiles built from your best performers
- Structured Interview Guides to reduce bias and improve consistency
- Culture Fit Evaluation tailored to plant values and expectations
- 360-Degree Feedback Tools for Current Staff
Results You’ll See:
- Reduce hourly and skilled labor turnover, increased retention
- Improve quality of hire through behavioral assessments
- Build a scalable, consistent hiring and promotion process
- More successful internal promotions with fewer early-stage failures
- Faster, more confident hiring cycles and better team alignment
Equip Frontline Leaders to Manage People, Not Just Production
In manufacturing, many leaders rise from the line, but without the training to lead people, performance can stall. PRADCO helps you turn strong individual contributors into confident supervisors through development programs built for the realities of plant leadership.
Build Stronger Leaders at Every Level:
- Build 40+ core leadership behaviors with Manager Development.
- Support supervisors and leads with one-on-one coaching.
- Train new managers with practical leadership workshops.
- Prepare future leaders with succession planning tools.
Results You’ll See:
- Supervisors who lead with confidence, not just manage tasks
- Higher retention of frontline leaders and shift managers
- Increased cross-department collaboration
- Stronger team communication and shared accountability
- Clear paths for internal promotion and advancement
The PRADCO Advantage for Manufacturing
You need a partner who understands your industry, from production goals and shift operations to plant floor dynamics and beyond.
Why Manufacturers Choose PRADCO
More than 70 years of experience working with manufacturing plants of all sizes
Tools and coaching built for real-world plant operations
Assessments that evaluate job fit and leadership for real-world conditions
Custom benchmarks and training tailored to your goals, teams, operations, and culture
Proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining talent across shifts, roles, and levels
The Results You’ll See on the Floor and in the Front Office
With PRADCO, You Can:
- Reduce turnover and build consistency in hourly roles
- Prepare first-time supervisors before the promotion
- Make hiring and promotion decisions that hold up to scrutiny
- Improve shift-to-shift communication and decision-making
- Build retention through leadership development and onboarding
Trusted by Manufacturing Leaders Nationwide
Let’s Talk About Your Plant’s Workforce Goals
Facing a skills gap? Preparing for retirements? Want to reduce turnover? PRADCO can help. We’ve helped hundreds of manufacturing companies build stronger teams without disrupting plant operations.
No pressure. No commitment. Just a conversation about what’s possible.
Client Success Story: Reducing Turnover by Hiring for Fit
The Challenge
A 400-employee manufacturing plant faced annual turnover over 75%. New hires had technical skill, but failed to thrive in the company’s culture and pace.
The Solution
PRADCO deployed Quick View™ assessments tailored to plant expectations and trained hiring managers on structured interview tools.
The Results
- Hourly employee turnover dropped by 23%
- $74,322 saved in onboarding and training costs
- More confident hiring decisions with less manager time required
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