Manufacturing Magazine March 2025 | Page 25

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

“ The ability to digitise the entire product lifecycle and factory floor setup increases efficiency like never before ”

PAUL BALDASSARI , PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING
AND SERVICES , FLEX
Manufacturers need to protect the success they have accomplished to date .
Teams must ensure there are no single points of failure that an external invader could use to shut down operations completely .
Q . WHAT ARE YOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THESE DEVELOPMENTS ?

» The main takeaway for me is the power of connections .

Restrictions have limited travel for our teams across the globe . However , just because they aren ’ t physically next to me doesn ’ t mean we can dismiss them . We learned that everyone needs to be an equal partner out of necessity . manufacturingdigital . com 25