Manufacturing Associate Assessment (MAA™)

Linking Hourly Talent with Productivity and Teamwork

Many of the most successful manufacturing organizations have transitioned to a team-based structure to improve efficiencies and productivity. Rather than maintain an individual, task-focused style of manufacturing, companies are realizing the benefits of a dynamic team structure.

Often called "self-managed work teams" or "quality circles", this structure places a bigger demand on production associates and those on the factory floor to demonstrate stronger communication, teamwork, attention to detail, and organizational skills. In turn, hiring leaders need a tool to identify candidates who meet this unique profile. The MAA™ is your manufacturing organization's selection solution.

Creating Hourly Talent Through Selection Success

Based on an extensive research process, BHI developed the MAA™ to be a strategic hiring tool that tapped into the unique team-based profile. The MAA™ accurately predicts key aspects of non-exempt, manufacturing employee performance, including problem solving, planning, communication, team orientation, safety consciousness, and many others.

The MAA™ accomplishes this by measuring the following critical traits:

Work Style: Drive and Energy; Acceptance of Authority
Interpersonal Skills: Sociability; Friendliness
Adaptability: Stress Tolerance; Teamwork
Manufacturing Aptitudes: Ability to understand and interpret written materials; ability to perform mathematical procedures; ability to solve problems
Overall Job Fit

To ensure MAA™ is easy to use and flexibly integrated into hourly hiring systems, the following administration and scoring formats are available:

Paper-and-pencil
CD-ROM
Applicant Tracking System/Hiring Management Systems integrations

Realizing the Benefits of MAA™

Increasing quality of hourly manufacturing hires
Enhancing retention of hourly talent
Developing hourly talent
Raising the level of team effectiveness
Increasing consistency of hiring process
Improving confidence of hiring leaders

Read how the MAA™ was used to improve employee performance in this case study: Non-Exempt Manufacturing Employee Performance with MAA™ »

Why BHI Expertise Makes a Difference

Specialization in Talent Gauging™ — assessment & development of people to drive organizational results
Combination of psychological insights and real-world business experience
Recognition that each organization is different, requiring unique but efficient solutions
Extensive data base serves as a benchmark against which we validate ongoing client services