What if your maintenance tech could pick up shifts like an Uber driver, but with the right skills and certifications guaranteed? In this game-changing episode, Ed and Alvaro speak with Rahil Siddiqui (Founder of Wilya) and Arianna Flores (former Maintenance Manager, now at Augury) to tackle manufacturing's most pressing challenge: creating flexibility for frontline workers while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Key takeaways:

• Why the "quantity equals quality" mindset is killing retention – and what actually works

• The 3-part flexibility framework: When, How Much, and What workers want control over

• How digitizing your skills matrix can eliminate 2 am panic calls and grievances

• Real success story: How one manufacturer went from zero to 100 part-time workers across six plants

• Why your best PLC tech needs more than training – they need ownership, metrics, and recognition

Mentioned in this episode: Wilya

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