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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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The executives surveyed identified these positions as those they believe currently most affected and that they expect will present even more severe staffing difficulties by 2020. Averting this outcome depends upon business leaders and government policymakers to actually implement measures to reverse the present trend. Skills Shortages.

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The Future of Analytics in Integrated Business Planning

Supply Chain Trend

TomTom , a Dutch mapmaker and traffic company launched their first portable GPS system in 2002. TomTom has presented a 3D map of Germany and Michigan, in support of the German and US car industry. McKinsey recently predicted that 15 percent of new cars sold in 2030, could be fully autonomous. Multi-dimensional prescription.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

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China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. In Chapter 3, we presented three scenarios for a blockchain-backed sustainable REE system. The role of blockchain. Introduction to available tools. The role of the state.