Connected worker technologies are tablet based tools that frontline workers use on factory floors at manufacturing companies. These software platforms help teams develop work instructions, manage critical process information, and organize employee training programs.

They’re also useful in eliminating production errors, reducing machine downtime, and ensuring the overnight shift isn’t completely screwed when 57-year-old Roger calls in sick, since he was the only worker who could operate the 16-foot, 200-ton ring rolling machine without losing a limb.
How the heck should I know how to troubleshoot a coil condenser heat exchanger? It’s my first day at this plant, and my last job was at Shoe Carnival. Doesn’t this dungeon have one of those Connected Worker thingies?

Just a few hours after giving Connected Worker tech to one of my direct reports, I started reporting to her. Is that Moore’s Law? Pretty sure it’s Moore’s Law.

Theo, a worker at a pumpkin processing plant, told the Operations Manager that since 85 deaths happen per year from forklift related accidents, their company should still consider using Connected Worker Technology.

My last job didn’t have a Connected Worker platform and I was stuck training with Joe Bob who smelled like stale cigarettes and regret.

Your honor, at our heavy machine manufacturing facility, making an error of three one thousandths of an inch can be the difference between a happy customer and thirteen 13-vehicle pileup on Interstate 81. That’s why we bought Connected Worker tablets.

My new job gave everyone on the floor Connected Worker tablets, and now I’m certified on turning human generated fecal sludge into commercially valuable byproducts.
by Dirty_Dark_Dangerous May 4, 2023
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