NAM 2030 Manufacturing Outlook
Everything in manufacturing is changing, driven by technologies capable of giving decision makers more information than ever before.
Edited by Margo Ellis
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At the recent Manufacturing in 2030: The Shape of Things to Come event hosted by the NAM’s Manufacturing Leadership Council, in-person and virtual attendees heard from experts, examined trends, explored technologies and discussed upcoming challenges. The goal: to look into the future of manufacturing.
“We can’t be certain about what tomorrow will bring, let alone what might be in 2030,” said MLC Co-Founder David Brousell in his opening remarks. However, “we can project or extrapolate based on current trends and conditions, with a reasonable amount of probability, what the shape of manufacturing will look like in 10 years’ time.”
Why manufacturing in 2030? Everything in industry is changing, driven by technologies capable of giving decision makers more information than ever before. Prior to the pandemic, companies were already making changes to their organizational structures, shifting from hierarchical models to more collaborative means of organizing people and processes. COVID-19 has only accelerated this change. Read here for the story.
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