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Reshoring manufacturing: How digital transformation is bringing back jobs

by Nick LeederACCELERATEit!, CHANGEit!, Thought LeadershipPosted on Comments are Disabled

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 …

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The National Dilemma of the UK Steel Industry

by Nick LeederFriday Inspiration, ManufacturingPosted on Comments are Disabled

Our founder, Nick Leeder’s grandfather-in-law was the General Secretary of the Nation Union of Blastfurancemen (NUB) in the UK in the 1970’s.  He was a Welshman through and through and proud of the steel making industry in the country.  At the start of the 1980’s he led the Union workers in industrial action against the then Conservative …

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