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Vice President, Smartforce Development Greg Jones leads Smartforce Development, AMT鈥檚 effort to build a better-educated and trained workforce for the advanced manufacturing industry. To accomplish this, he forges relationships with industry, education, and governmental organizations to develop and promote workforce programs. Greg is a member of the NIMS Board of Directors and a member of the NIMS Executive Committee. Greg is also a member of the Board of Directors for the American Precision Museum in Windsor, VT and sits on the Education Committee. Greg was part of the team that launched ToolingU, the manufacturing technology industry鈥檚 leading e-learning platform.
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Greg Jones leads Smartforce Development, AMT鈥檚 effort to build a better-educated and trained workforce for the advanced manufacturing industry. To accomplish this, he forges relationships with industry, education, and governmental organizations to develop and promote workforce programs. Greg is a member of the NIMS Board of Directors and a member of the NIMS Executive Committee. Greg is also a member of the Board of Directors for the American Precision Museum in Windsor, VT and sits on the Education Committee. Greg was part of the team that launched ToolingU, the manufacturing technology industry鈥檚 leading e-learning platform.
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Posts by Greg Jones
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By Greg JonesJun 05, 2023
Emerging Technologies Require Continuous Life-Learning and More
During our lifetimes, technologies evolve or change completely, and they are changing evermore rapidly these days as smart, digital manufacturing technologies become more widely adopted. As a result, it is now more important than ever that humans ...
Smartforce
By Greg JonesOct 27, 2022
Promoting Awareness of Advanced Manufacturing Careers
The updated National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing's objectives include developing and implementing advanced manufacturing technologies, growing the advanced manufacturing workforce, and building resilience into the manufacturing supply chain.
Smartforce
By Greg JonesOct 02, 2022
Workforce: Keeping Pace With a Changing Economy and Emerging Technologies
The need for smarter in-house training solutions is now more vitally important than ever to U.S. manufacturing companies.
Smartforce
By Greg JonesMay 10, 2022
Re-thinking Your Industry Advisory Council Model
A working model for IT advisory councils has been developed that can easily be adopted to manufacturing: The Business and Industry Leadership Teams initiative prescribes seven common-sense tactics for a successful partnership between industry and academia.
Smartforce
By Greg JonesDec 13, 2021
The Workforce Link
The impact of the disruption in the supply chain across nearly all industries shows up in shortages and even empty shelves of the day-to-day consumer products that we use and that add convenience to our lives. These supply chain challenges exacerbate...
Smartforce
By Greg JonesOct 14, 2021
Pathways to a Globally Competitive Sales Team
For sales leaders, the CMTSE program provides a ready solution to management by objectives (MBOs) and a useful key performance indicator (KPI) for each of your salespeople.
Smartforce
By Greg JonesAug 18, 2021
Where Do You Find Your Emerging Workforce?
SkillsUSA and its industry Career Cluster sponsors support 100 skilled trades. For our industry, there are programs and competitions in CNC machining, welding, mechatronics, additive manufacturing, cybersecurity, and robotics and automation technology.
Smartforce
By Greg JonesAug 13, 2021
Join in the American Precision Museum Fundraiser Raffle
Thanks to a generous donation from the L.S. Starrett Company, the American Precision Museum (APM) is pleased to announce a fundraising raffle of a limited edition, 0-4 inch OD micrometer set in the 鈥淎merican Pride鈥� color scheme.
Smartforce
By Greg JonesJul 15, 2021
Please Join Us in a Workforce Survey
The survey focuses on the advanced manufacturing technician job function, defined as those 鈥渢echnicians who run and maintain factory equipment and assembly processes, monitor and check the product quality, and document results."
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By Greg JonesJun 21, 2021
Transforming the Foundational Frameworks of CTE
As transformational technologies take hold and impact the ways that we manufacture things, and as a Manufacturing Career Cluster Sponsor of SkillsUSA, AMT will continue to advocate for new CTE programs at schools.
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