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The lesson of the pandemic years was that companies need to invest in supply-chain security and build agility into their manufacturing...
Chandan Singh
Vice President (Performance Improvement), Alix Partners
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In Part 1, “Closing the maintenance gap: A back-to-basics approach” we explored the many causes of the equipment maintenance gap—and...
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Amid supply and demand volatility and worker shortages, the latest operational challenge facing manufacturing executives comes from the...
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Over the past few years, America’s factory talent pool has regularly made front-page news. These workers played a central role in...
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While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
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One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
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We recently argued that automation’s move from the experimental phase to necessity phase has accelerated amid the pandemic, supply chain...
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In the years leading to the pandemic, business leaders warmed up to the role automation could play in addressing challenges presented by...