Can manufacturing harness available tech talent?

November was a tough month for the tech industry with many lay-offs. Can manufacturing harness available tech talent now in the market? Amazon shed a reported 11,000 jobs, Meta dropped 13% of its workforce—or another 11,000 jobs—and Twitter’s new owner is talking about a loyalty oath even as he looks to cut costs and slash …

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Manufacturing is cool again!

For much of the 20th century, manufacturing seemed like the industry most capable of grabbing the future with both hands, propelling itself forward, and bringing the rest of the world along for the ride. Innovations that mass-produced the Model-T were only separated from advances in robotics and automation by a few decades, all while manufacturers …

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Reshoring manufacturing: How digital transformation is bringing back jobs

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 …