Industries Go to Extension for Aid
The Central Kansas Manufacturing Association has problems. They asked University Extension for help.And they're going to get it.
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Not only must the workers be trained to do their jobs efficiently, but the companies must be trained to cope with teaching inexperienced workers. The companies must make improvements in their manufacturing and management techniques in order to keep pace with rising sales and expansion, Avison said. Here is where University Extension enters the picture.
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What does University Extension have to do with the problems involved in industry? E. S. Avison, a statewide representative for the Extension program, provided the answer.
"INDUSTRY AND industry-related concerns are experiencing a phenomenal rate of growth. For example, five years ago one firm had a payroll of less than 200." Avison said. "Today they have nearly 1000 employees and have opened a branch office in Denmark.
Another company which makes farm implements has in four years increased their net sales from $11,000 to $1,027,000." he continued. "These statistics and all the others we have on record mean economic growth in proportions that are tremendously important to the state."
The Central Kansas Manufacturing Association's request for assistance last year triggered a series of conferences and visitations. As a result, on Saturday the Extension program is offering an eight-hour institute in Hutchinson on material and inventory control. Twenty-five central Kansas firms, making everything from airplanes to lawn sprinklers, are enrolled.
AVISON ALSO pointed out that this huge growth means problems for the industries. They are forced to hire many new workers, most of whom have no experience at all.
THE "STUDENTS" at the institute will include executive directors, shipping clerks and people from all points in between. The instructor will be Hugh C. Tucker, general supervisor of production control for General Motors — Chevrolet in Kansas City.
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"Avison noted this is essentially a "test flight." Other courses have been proposed, and it is hoped that the current plan will be expanded into a long-range project with the Central Kansas Manufacturing Association, covering production control, time and motion studies, sales, and the other problems industries are facing. A similar University Extension program in Kansas City on industrial management is in its 15th year.
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