Media Planet
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing, Photonics, Workforce

In our ever-changing world, technology is ushering in boundless opportunities. It’s our job to harness and shape innovation in ways that benefit our country.

Advanced manufacturing is not your grandparents’ technology — in fact, it’s the complete opposite. Smart machines, artificial intelligence, collaborative robotics, sensors built into fabrics...

ENGINEERING.com
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

Smart factories are a key aspect of the fourth industrial revolution, but a factory can’t evolve into a smart factory unless its workers evolve, too.

Perhaps the solution to the skills gap isn’t in filling old jobs, but creating new roles that maximize the effectiveness of digital technologies.

According to a recent report by research institute...

Automation World
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” family friend Mr. McGuire has one word of advice for young college grad Benjamin Braddock: “plastics.” That was then; 50 years on, the one word of advice today might be “data.”

Whether a young person plotting a future career or a well-established production worker trying to stay relevant, a job focused on the...

HRDive
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

UI LABS and ManpowerGroup have released a skills analysis identifying 165 tech-based jobs that will shape the manufacturing industry in the U.S. The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) of UI LABS and ManpowerGroup's Right Management and Experis brands conducted research for the report, which more than 30 business...

Crain's Chicago Business
Digital Manufacturing, Education, Manufacturing Jobs, Workforce

Manufacturing jobs today include machinist, welder and assembler. In the future, the list might add cybersecurity strategist, digital twin architect and collaborative robotics specialist.

That's according to a new report released by the Digital Manufacturing & Design Innovation Institute, a research consortium in Chicago that includes universities...