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Reshoring manufacturing: How digital transformation is bringing back jobs

by Nick Leederin ACCELERATEit!, CHANGEit!, Thought Leadershipon Posted on

An interesting read from Ericsson on how reshoring manufacturing is helping to bring back jobs. A thoughtful reflection is the impact of automation in manufacturing and how this is affecting growth:

“The fact is that automation is affecting jobs globally. For example, over the last 10 years, Chinese manufacturing has seen a 6% growth compared to a .4% increase in the US. That’s being driven at least partly by automation technology, which China is adopting much faster than other regions. So to some extent, adopting more automation in places like the US and Europe is necessary just to keep pace with the rest of the world. It’s an efficiency gap that needs to be closed if manufacturers are to successfully bring plants and jobs closer to their home markets.”

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Awesome to see how AR can create a 10 percent decrease in plant maintenance labor and a 5 percent decrease in equipment downtime because of more efficient troubleshooting

Digitalization brings back jobs by reshoring manufacturing

Digitalization, driven by advances in cellular connectivity, is coming to the manufacturing industry. It’s helping drive leaps in productivity, flexible operations, worker safety and even sustainability. But as the industry adjusts to new realities coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, another benefit of digitalization being explored is how technological advances like automation and the Industry 4.0 movement are helping reshore manufacturing jobs and increase competitiveness.

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