ManufacturingNEXT Affinity Group (virtual)

To increase manufacturing employee retention, how do we train the next generation, multilingual workforce?

We’ll talk with Frances Bruischart of Gentex to hear about how they are training employees with English as a second language, employees who learn differently and turnover at a faster rate.

Frances Bruischart

Director of Industrial Engineering

Gentex Corporation

I’ve worked here for 22 years as an Industrial Engineer, Corporate CI Manager, Order Management Manager, IE Manager and now Director of IE.

My responsibilities cover leading the IE team, the Continuous Improvement team and Operations Training team.

My previous employment was with JSJ Corporation as a Lean Engineer and General Motors as an IE.

I have a BSIE (Industrial Engineering) and MSEM (Engineering Management) from Western Michigan University

Professional highlight - reducing Inventory Shrink at Gentex from $12 Million annually to less than $2 million annually

Personal highlight - completed 2 Full Ironman

Group Description

An extension of the ManufacturingNEXT industry group, this group will discuss industry matters, leadership development, technical subjects pertinent to manufacturing, along with building strategic industry relationships and offering manufacturing facility tours (COVID permitting). Join us to grow your manufacturing professional network and enhance your industry knowledge.

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ManufacturingNEXT Affinity Group

Group Leadership

Stacey Henkel

Anne Pardo-Betts

Heather Arnold

Stacey Fukui