Manufacturers worldwide are under pressure to modernize their factory workforces, but 57 percent of manufacturing leaders report that their company lacks the trained staff necessary to support digitization plans, according to a Gartner, Inc. survey.
The survey found that manufacturers are currently experiencing a challenging phase in their digitization journey towards more intelligent manufacturing.
Connected factory workers rely on a variety of digital resources and data management strategies to enhance and incorporate their experiences with their physical and virtual environments, increasing decision precision, spreading information, and reducing uncertainty.
1. Change Management is the Most Difficult Task
Complexity in the organization, integration, and process reengineering are the most common barriers to implementing smart manufacturing initiatives. When taken together, these issues represent the most significant change management roadblocks.
83 percent of respondents believe that their leadership recognizes and supports the need for smart manufacturing investment. It does not, however, reflect whether the majority of leaders grasp the scale of change ahead of them – both in terms of technology and talent.
2. Intelligent Manufacturing Needs Technology
Businesses are beginning to recognize the importance and potential of smart manufacturing. However, implementing new innovations alone is insufficient. The most critical action is for businesses to recognize that this is about more than digitization, as it entails coordinating activities for capability growth, capability enablement, and human empowerment.
3. Human capital needed for Smart manufacturing
Factory staff must adapt in lockstep with technology and be prepared for future changes. In the long run, it is critical to embed a data-driven culture in manufacturing operations through governance and training – without choking employee innovation and imagination.
Makoro™’s Dynamic Learning technologies help retain tribal knowledge. This assists in onboarding new employees and provides them with the augmentation necessary to make them better at their jobs immediately,
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