SMART MANUFACTURING
infrastructure modernisation , expansion , and technology upgrades . Often , due to corporate acquisition and consolidation , manufacturers have several facilities , all with different types of equipment , including various sizes and ages . Companies therefore have no common process for gathering and analysing information , and no internal expertise to integrate systems .”
In addition to these challenges Gerstl also identified the widening talent gap . “ The new generation of workers are experienced with modern technologies such as
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