Showing posts with label industrial revolution. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The future of manufacturing: agility, digital factory and knowledge workers

by Pierfrancesco Manenti, Vice President, Research and MESA Member


Over the past 20 years globalisation has dramatically changed the face of manufacturing. The rise of offshoring opportunities enabled developed world manufacturers to use low-cost labour countries – notably China – as a workshop.