The Maintenance Leader’s Survival Guide to the Skilled Labor Shortage

While the industrial world focuses on growth, it faces a labor shortage that endangers all its investments. The threat is especially glaring for maintenance operations with understaffing affecting more than 70% of teams.

So, what happens when there aren’t enough skilled workers to keep the industrial world running? We asked 211 maintenance and operations leaders to find out. The result is a snapshot of the skilled labor shortage, including:

• What’s causing the labor shortage: 55% of teams say they’re short-staffed because they can’t find qualified candidates to fill open roles.
• The impact of understaffed maintenance teams: 38% of maintenance leaders said downtime is increasing because of staffing shortages and 48% said costs are going up.
• How companies are navigating staffing gaps: 62% of respondents are protecting against labor gaps by boosting standardization and 57% are focusing on digitizing team knowledge.
• What you can do to protect your operation: Three recommendations for avoiding the worst consequences of staffing shortages, including practical, act-now frameworks.

Check out the full report for all the data, insights, and expert advice.

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