Manufacturing Industry

Build a workplace culture that helps manufacturing employees thrive

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Manufacturing can be challenging work—physically and mentally. And research from the O.C. Tanner Institute shows that 74% of manufacturing employees report high levels of burnout. This has significant implications when it comes to retention, production quality, and even safety at work. 

The recognition solution

When it comes to decreasing burnout and strengthening workplace culture, integrated recognition (recognition that's meaningful, specific, and frequent) works. In fact, over 75% of manufacturing workers say recognition is critical to building a sense of community—and to helping them feel like they belong.

When manufacturing employees experience integrated recognition, the odds of several positive outcomes increase dramatically.

Interest in staying 2+ years: 4x

Sense of belonging: 11x

Fulfillment at work: 15x

High engagement: 15x

Thriving at work: 11x

The Culture Cloud employee recognition platform provides the tools you need to support manufacturing workers, including:

Offline tools

Access a full suite of offline recognition features and integrations (with partners like Zebra) designed to make it easy for every team member to give and receive meaningful recognition.

O.C. Tanner's Culture Cloud offline recognition solutions including integrations with common tools, a physical Yearbook with personalized notes, physical reward cards, and gifts.
O.C. Tanner's Culture Cloud dashboards for tracking major career milestones like job transitions and work anniversaries

Skill building

Track and reward milestones in every employee's career development—from training certifications to safety benchmarks to job transitions—and highlight the value of each accomplishment.

Symbolism

Connect your workers to purpose with custom symbols of their work and your company story. We’ll help you craft beautiful, modern custom awards guaranteed to inspire your employees.

O.C. Tanner's custom designed, collectible employee awards
O.C. Tanner's Culture Cloud peer to peer recognition experiences including eCards, awards, and recognition reminders

Peer-to-peer recognition

On-the-job safety and efficiency depend on a workplace culture where people encourage and elevate one another. Culture Cloud promotes fun, easy, and frequent recognition between peers.

Personalization

39% of manufacturing workers say recognition at their organization feels inauthentic. Create tailored recognition moments for each employee and deliver them in personal and meaningful ways.

O.C. Tanner's personalized recognition experiences, including a Yearbook with comments from peers, gifts for celebrating life events, and hand-written cards

What our manufacturing clients say

“We worked hand-in-hand with O.C. Tanner to ensure
all employees had access to [recognition]. We want to keep our production employees engaged and let them know this program is for them.”

Total Rewards and Recognition Program Manager

3M

“[Recognition] has impacted the motivation of our people. In all of the company’s performance, financial metrics, and efficiency parameters, you can see it reflected.”

Senior Vice President of Manufacturing

CEAT

Employees at 3M shared nearly to 2 million recognition moments in one year.

More manufacturing recognition resources

White Paper

5 Recognition Best Practices for Manufacturing Organizations in 2025

See 5 employee recognition best practices for manufacturing organizations in 2025.

5 Recognition Best Practices for Manufacturing Organizations in 2025

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Recognition for All: Why Empathy, Access, and Enablement Matter

In this webinar, learn the dramatic impact of empathy, access, and enablement on the employee experience.

Recognition for All: Why Empathy, Access, and Enablement Matter

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Four Ways to Thank Employees on Manufacturing Day

Easy, meaningful ways to show appreciation to manufacturing employees.

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