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With the looming hiring and retention gap , training needs greater focus is one of the biggest challenges for today ’ s manufacturers ,” he says .
“ In addition to upskilling / reskilling , manufacturing organisations are also faced with attracting the next generation of talent among stereotypes of manufacturing plants and jobs of yesteryears .
“ Changing this perception to attract those new to the workforce will require investment and creative use of advanced technology like metaverse , AI , and more .”
These technologies – the key to attracting this new wave of talent – will also need to address the knowledge the manufacturing industry will lose due to what many call the ‘ silver tsunami ’.
“ The tribal knowledge of these workers leaves with them unless you can digitally capture their insights and daily work operations ,” says Douglas Bellin , Worldwide Head of Smart Manufacturing at Amazon Web Services .
The retirement wave is creating a more inexperienced workforce , according to Doug , with new workers needing guidance on how to improve quality , output and other key facility metrics that previous generations didn ’ t .
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