FACTORY OF THE FUTURE
Some will happen through innovative ways of solving staffing shortages through re-skilling , digital and online training methods , and organisational excellence .”
AspenTech continues to maintain a substantial team conducting software testing and related work in its Shanghai location , where the company gave out food baskets to their employees during the lockdown . The company also has another office location in Beijing .
Over the past five-plus years , AspenTech has progressively expanded and added staff to its relatively new team in Mexico City .
“ Success has spawned success ,” says Beck . “ We have found that there is a strong talent pool of the right kind of motivated and creative technical people in the Mexico City area that meet the profile of the R & D , support and other skilled resources we have been adding over the past few years to support the company ’ s innovation in areas core to our company mission – in particular with respect to the use of digitalisation in support of operational excellence and sustainability .”
Partnership with Emerson for expansive manufacturing Last year , AspenTech teamed up with industrial machinery manufacturing company Emerson , which bought 55 % of AspenTech . Beck believes that the key to their work has been the strong synergies that have blossomed from their partnership , already beginning to bear fruit , as well as the almost completely complementary nature of the offerings of the two companies .
“ One key synergy area is in the area of electrification ,” says Beck . “ As the oil and gas , chemical , and mining industries work
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