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The impact of new technology on manufacturing education

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Every factory runs on the back of hundreds of specialized skills, some of which take a long time to master. New skills requirements in manufacturing Companies are investing in learning and on-the-job training as the most common workforce strategy to deliver business goals. If not, you should be.

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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

DIFFICULTY FINDING LABOR DIVERSIFYING WORKFORCE TECHNOLOGY IS TAKING OVER INCREASING CYBERSECURITY CARBON NEUTRALITY BUILDING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS DIFFICULTY FINDING LABOR Manufacturers are still struggling to find labor, with a recent Deloitte survey estimating that the manufacturing sector will be short 2.1 Industry 4.0

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Concerns over Human Rights in Supply Chains

Logistics Business Magazine

A survey, commissioned by procurement consultancy Proxima, surveyed 1,000 UK CEOs about their approach to supply chain issues. Concern is highest in the construction sector (77%), leisure and hospitality (77%), retail (72%), and the food and beverage manufacturing sector (70%), the survey found.

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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It does present a training requirement, the need for new skills for industry 4.0 Ongoing training initiatives. It goes without saying, that in order for the skills deficit to be reduced significantly, skills development needs to be central to a business digital strategy. Manager and even the Smart Factory Manager.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

Productivity in factories continues to improve, however, and are more efficient than ever, so the best jobs picture we can hope for is flat as we don’t believe that US Manufacturing jobs will ever be at the percentage they were at the peak in the late 70s. Also, the majority of factories that could leave may have already gone.

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How VR, 3D Printing & Predictive Analytics in the IOT are Currently Powering the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

In manufacturing, this means engineers, repair workers and factory employees will be able to use augmented reality to complete tasks faster than ever before. While this might seem minimal, it actually implies accuracy and training will be much more efficient. Well, that image of talking trains and cars is growing larger.

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Reverse Logistics: Who Does it Well?

Logistics Bureau

However, remember that products or subassemblies that never made it out of the factory may need to travel backwards one or more stages along the supply chain. A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies. Reverse Logistics Strategy 1: Don’t do it! Reverse Logistics Strategy 2: Make it Painless.