Performance Optimization

Performance Optimization

In The News
February 9 2023

3 strategies to support student well-being and SEL

Lincoln County School District, a Vector Customer, is featured in an eSchoolNews article on how to create well-rounded programs that support student well being.

Whitepapers & Guides
January 30 2023

OEE Calculator

OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness. This metric is the gold standard that maintenance managers use to assess how well equipment is performing. OEE is meant to answer three equipment performance-related questions: How often is equipment available to run? How…

In The News
January 19 2023

Vector’s Robbi King weighs in on first responder wellness…

Chief Todd LeDuc (Ret) and Dr. Donnie Hutchinson discuss Robbi King’s career journey, Vector Solutions’ learning management system, occupational health, behavioral wellness, and much more.

In The News
January 13 2023

Share a few hours for cancer awareness (and help…

This Wildfire Today article supports Vector’s initiative to give away two of Vector’s NFPA training courses for free this month, as well as donate to related firefighter wellness causes for every course completion.

Whitepapers & Guides
January 13 2023

Employee Onboarding: Ways to Shrink the Skills Gap and…

Onboarding employees is an essential step in the hiring process, and it also can be valuable to re-onboard current employees that have changed responsibilities within your organization. It’s an opportunity to close skill gaps due to retiring employees, the great resignation,…

In The News
January 6 2023

Washington, D.C.-Area district rebounds from the pandemic with a…

EdTech features Vector customer Prince George’s County Public Schools in an article on how their CIO is working to shape the classroom of the future.

In The News
January 2 2023

37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

eSchool News shared an article quoting Rob Buelow, Vector Head of Product for Education, on prioritizing student mental health and well-being.

In The News
December 23 2022

Harness the power of upskilling to maximize team performance

Training Industry Magazine features an article from Vector with tips on how to upskill your team.

In The News
December 23 2022

How to prevent hazing on college campuses

Vector’s VP of Education Strategy Holly Rider talks to Campus Safety Magazine about why there needs to be specific hazing training across all areas where hazing impacts student life.

In The News
December 20 2022

Expert safety advice for electric fireplaces

Vector’s Robbi King, a former 20-year veteran firefighter, provides safety tips when shopping for an electric fireplace.

In The News
December 19 2022

I’m a C-suite exec and this strategy works wonders…

Vector CHRO is featured in Fast Company discussing compartmentalizing for mental well-being.

Whitepapers & Guides
October 21 2022

White Paper: Manufacturing Downtime and the Bottom Line

A skilled workforce is essential to preventative maintenance and mitigating costly downtime. This white paper is a critical piece linking the investment of training and technology to shop floor operations and the bottom line for organizations.  In this white paper…

Whitepapers & Guides
April 13 2022

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Guide

Make the shift away from reactive/”breakdown” maintenance and toward a more proactive, preventive maintenance approach by implementing Total Productive Maintenance, or TPM, at your plant. TPM begins on the foundation of 5S from lean and empowers machine operators to do…

Blog
April 7 2022

8 Things to Keep in Mind about Employee Onboarding…

Although employee onboarding programs are known to provide great benefits for employees and the organization (see our Better Employee Onboarding recorded webinar to see some statistics and data on that), many organizations don’t offer a real employee onboarding program and…

Blog
April 5 2022

Using OEE as a KPI Metric for Your Maintenance

When performed poorly, maintenance can sometimes be viewed as a cost center by plant managers, but if it’s performed in a proactive, preventive manner that focuses on reliability and increasing machine uptime and production, it can instead be viewed as…