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Gap or Opportunity? Manufacturing Skills for a Supply-Chain Disrupted World

It’s time to lean in to smart technology to help close the skills gap

Ray Hein
Thu, 03/09/2023 - 12:03
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The manufacturing industry is at a make-or-break point. An underqualified workforce coupled with a disruptive pandemic has made it difficult for companies to attract top talent. Manufacturers are having trouble filling open roles with employees who possess necessary skills to carry out the desired work. Often referred to as the “skills gap,” it’s a significant problem.

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A study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute found that the skills gap could result in 2.1 million unfilled manufacturing jobs by 2030. This could have a substantial negative effect on the U.S. economy, and the absence of workers could be setting the manufacturing field back by decades.

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Submitted by Grace Duffy on Fri, 03/10/2023 - 08:05

Increase in graduate students in industrial and manuf. engineeri

Ray, good article. I have noticed, however, that many of the graduate industrial and manufacturing engineering students are from foreign countries taking advantage of U. S. university educations. They will take these degrees and skills back to their own countries. This will not help the U. S. economy or workforce. How do we incent our own youth to enter these hard skill trades when our education system is encouraging soft skills or cultural patterns that discourage full time employment? 

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