eBooks & Research
The Truth about Quiet Quitting and How to Prevent It
Quiet quitting is a new(ish) buzzword, but the root phenomenon – disengaged employees – is familiar. In the manufacturing industry, quiet quitting can have a devastating impact on safety and quality in the workplace. This eBook examines the root causes and what actionable steps you can take to prevent it from happening at your facility, in order to keep your workforce happy, engaged, and motivated.
Cross-training Tips & Techniques: Keys to Attract, Develop, & Retain Valuable Workers
An unprecedented labor shortage made worse by the pandemic and The Great Resignation is forcing manufacturers to re-examine how they support operations with constrained resources and compete for workers. This eBook shows how you can create a successful cross-training program that attracts and retains employees and improves the overall operational efficiency of your existing talent and resources.
Be OSHA-ready Every Day: A Guide to Compliance Readiness
OSHA standards are vast and complex. Whether you’re a seasoned safety manager or new to the responsibility, it can be difficult to navigate the several hundred pages of OSHA regulations and guidance. This easy-to-read Guide to OSHA Compliance will provide a greater understanding of how to meet OSHA standards and keep your personnel healthy and safe in the workplace.
Building a Mature Food Safety Culture: A Guide to Meeting GFSI Culture Audit Standards
Now that GFSI certification program owners (SQF, BRC, etc.) will include food safety culture as a part of their audits, most food manufacturing companies are asking: How will that be measured? How mature is our food safety culture? What must we put in place to pass the audit requirements? This guidebook from the foremost experts in the field answers these questions and more, with practical steps to take in your facility.
Building a Solid Training Program: Strategies for Success
Research shows businesses with high employee engagement significantly outperform those with low engagement. High turnover, product recalls, and safety incidents are often the result of ineffective training. Ready to learn how to build an effective training and engagement program?
Building a Successful On-the-Job Training Program for Cross Generational Workforces
On-the-job training (OJT) can the gold standard of training, as many workers learn better by doing. But OJT can be dangerous if an unqualified person is teaching others. Bad habits and non-standardized training can pass from person to person quickly. Download this eBook for an easy read on how to develop and deliver OJT that is always accurate, consistent, and how to maintain governance so it stays that way!
Best Practices for New Hire Orientation, Onboarding, & Training
Your training program sets the foundation for every member of your team. The first few days have a huge impact, but you need a strategy for the first year. This complimentary eBook combines best practices from nine industry experts, including training leaders at Sargento, High Liner Foods, Accord Carton, and more. Download for an outline how to provide effective new hire orientation that transitions into in-depth, role-specific.
Improve Your Audit Score: How to Prevent Major Audit Non-Conformances
Get inside the mind of veteran consultant, Jeff Chilton, as he shares valuable insights for improving your audit score with Intertek Alchemy's latest ebook. Learn how to prevent the most common non-conformances and tips for staying audit-ready, all the time.
Instructional Design: How to Develop Effective & Engaging Training
Instructional design is the practice of developing and delivering structured learning experiences. Comprehension is critical for safety in manufacturing, and instructional design can help ensure what is being trained is applied on the floor. Thankfully, you don’t need an education degree or advanced design skills. Download this guide to help you create dynamic training that positively impacts your workforce.
A Guide to HACCP Compliance from Food Safety Magazine and Intertek Alchemy Systems
HACCP compliance is a complex and sometimes confusing topic. Now you can get the answers you’ve been looking for in Food Safety Magazine’s Guide to HACCP Compliance. This eBook features highly trusted industry experts sharing their extensive knowledge about some of the most important aspects of HACCP compliance, and how to build the systems that drive successful food safety cultures.
Why Some Training Programs Succeed Where Others Fail – Data from the 2022 Global Food Safety Training Survey
The data from more than 2,000 companies was analyzed and cross tabulated to clearly identify the specific practices and characteristics that enable some organizations to drive better results from their food safety training efforts. Download this complimentary report to gain access to dozens of data points that map out a clear, proven blueprint to better food safety practices on the floor. Among the findings, you’ll learn the 6 key action items any facility can implement to improve food safety outcomes.
Evaluating On-the-Job Training Methods to Optimize Consistency & Effectiveness
OJT can be a powerful training method, specifically for job-specific instructions. Yet research shows it can also be a source for shortcuts and misinformation to spread from employee to employee. There are methods and best practices to ensure OJT sticks to the company script while increasing engagement among both trainees and trainers. This report highlights several OJT methods leading to greater job performance.
Report: The State of Workplace Safety Training, Insights and Action Items
This groundbreaking research on workplace safety training uncovers the root causes behind training challenges and how certain technologies are used to drive improvements. Download a complimentary copy for the report to learn from actionable best practices identified in the study.
Mind of the Food Worker: Behaviors and Perceptions that Impact Safety Operations
How do your frontline workers view their jobs, workplace safety, and relationships to their supervisors? Learn what the Center for Research and Public Policy uncovered in an Intertek Alchemy-commissioned online survey of more than 1,200 food workers and leaders.
The Positive Impact of Behavioral Change on Food Safety & Productivity
Learn how effective training, corrective observations, and coaching can dramatically improve safety and productivity. This white paper outlines results of a study conducted by training expert Robert Meyer regarding sustainably changing behaviors of frontline food workers.