PEOPLE & SKILLS
HUMAN-MACHINE COLLABORATION
Across sectors, the most advanced manufacturers are not choosing between people and machines – they are redesigning work so that each amplifies the other.
Schneider Electric’ s Wuhan factory in China has been chosen as a Talent Lighthouse. After a 55 % rise in automation and a 239 % expansion of its product portfolio between 2024 and 2026, just 20 % of its employees were initially skilled in automation. Onboarding took 75 days and technician turnover reached 48 %. By deploying agentic AI to track skill gaps, partnering with 11 vocational schools and introducing pay-for-skills career paths, the factory raised workforce readiness from 20 % to 76 % while cutting turnover to 6 %.
Mourad Tamoud, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Schneider Electric, describes it as proof that“ AI and human potential working together” can build“ resilient, agile and future-ready workforces”.
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