In the Age of Automation, Where Will Workers Fit Into the Future of Manufacturing?

In the Age of Automation, Where Will Workers Fit Into the Future of Manufacturing?

Humans can’t execute simple tasks with the speed and consistency computers can. Humans can’t execute simple tasks with the speed and consistency computers can. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Humans can’t execute simple tasks with the speed and consistency computers can. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Just a few years ago, the prevailing strategy in labor-dependent industries was to move production offshore. Cheap overseas labor increased the competitiveness and profitability of a typical manufacturing business.But that strategy is becoming harder to justify. As automated machinery takes the place of human workers, the cost benefits of offshore production are diminishing quickly. Interestingly, today’s U.S. manufacturing output […]

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