Manufacturing Wellness Network: Helping Each Other In The Factory

Problem:

• The Manufacturing Industry isn't always safe, fulfilling, and concerned with wellness.

• Those who work in factories often struggle with an unsustainable lifestyle leading to high-turnover.

• Factory Workers have a variety of factors that make it difficult to be healthy in a variety of dimensions of life, but it doesn't have to be like that.

• The industry is changing and is already being taken over by more and more robots.

Solution:

• Create a network of factory owners, managers, and floorman who want to be well and help others be well.

Strategy (regional):

• Map factory owners, managers, and floorman who want to be well: Please Fill Out This Form

• Gather annually to celebrate, encourage, and connect each other for ongoing support

• Map and distribute wellness resources via this document to owners and drivers

• Connect wellness-oriented owners to each other via groups and gatherings

• Connect wellness-oriented drivers to each other regionally and within companies

• Help each owner and driver become more well in a community of wellness

Dimension	Problems	Solutions
Physical	Joints, nutrition, hydration, upper body exercise	Implement wellness solutions in community through corporate wellness programs
Financial	Difficult to be financially disciplined with short and long-term goals.	Create financial education resources specifically for factory workers. If allowed, podcasts to listen to and financial planning coaching sessions.
Occupational	Difficult to maintain as a long-term and sustainable career. Industry is threatened by technology.	Create a network of high-quality owners and managers to increase quality of life.
Environmental	Unkempt and unappealing work environment.	Increase access to beauty, clean air, etc.
Emotional	Isolation, previous trauma, and community of unwell folks only deteriorates emotional wellness and increases mental illness.	If allowed, listen to healing content and provoke depth conversations to increase well-being and become more emotionally and mentally healthy.
Intellectual	Non-intellectually stimulating environment atrophies intellect.	Provide space and jobs where someone could listen to content that they care about.
Relational	Relationships with family (spouse and kids) suffer due to hours, strain, isolation, and generally an industry that doesn't promote health. Isolation is the norm and friendships are few.	Increase relational connections through factory-specific content that teaches about healthy relationships with family and friends.
Spiritual	Due to layers of unhealth, spiritual connectedness is likely lacking and not reinforced within the industry.	Create a community of owners, managers, and workers with a shared spirituality and reinforce via factory-specific content, music, and friendships.
Sexual	Was applicable to Trucking Industry
Missional Purpose	Factory Work can often feel purposeless and lacking meaning.	Create a network of wellness-oriented factory workers and owners that feel their missional purpose is to help other drivers to be well and _____

Relevant Industry Data*:

• 13 million manufacturing employees in Sept. 2024.

• Taken alone, manufacturing in the United States would be the seventh-largest economy in the world.

• By 2034, 3.8 million manufacturing jobs will likely be needed, and 1.9 million are expected to be unfilled if we do not inspire more people to pursue modern manufacturing careers.

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