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Could ageing workforce affect quality and operations management?

24 January 2012
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Could ageing workforce affect quality and operations management?Operations management in the manufacturing sector could be affected by the ageing male workforce.

According to JAM Recruitment, three-quarters of quality engineers are men and a third of these have more than 21 years of experience, reports Works Management.

While JAM claimed this bias is not currently harmful to the sector, it warned a "retirement time bomb" will be faced unless steps are taken to address the issue.

Lee Cartney, manager of the quality and manufacturing team at JAM, said the existing workforce is ageing without being sufficiently replenished.

He added: "As our economy moves towards recovery, quality engineering professionals will become increasingly important to the UK's manufacturing sector, but the question is, will there be enough talent to go round?"

Earlier this month, manufacturing organisation EEF revealed 49 per cent of executives in the sector believe economic conditions in the UK will be worse this year than in 2011, while just 21 per cent think they will be better.ADNFCR-3058-ID-801273144-ADNFCR
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