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

GlobalTranz

The skills gap is a dense compound of pervasive problems in education, employment market demographic shifts, social currents, and in the national economy. Inadequate education of youth — Per PISA test scores , U.S. Improving relevant education — The U.S. Increase in manufacturing — Modest expansion of the U.S. Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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Material Handling Institute US Roadmap for 2015: Can’t Wait for 2025!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Our NC State student research recent met with Dan Stanton, Vice President of Education and Professional Development at the Material Handling Institute. The roadmap predicts 2025 as the date when standards emerge… as well as appropriate forms of data sharing across boundaries to ensure real-time data.

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Supply chain considerations when taking back a PFI

Proxima

With many PFIs set to expire, we take a look at the steps to tackle this shift According to government data, there are over 700 Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs), and the majority will expire in 2025. Although many PFI expiries are imminent, the peak is between 2025 and 2038 (see chart below). Why should this be big news?

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How Do We Know National Network for Manufacturing Innovation is Working? Because China is Copying It.

GlobalTranz

In this post, Adam discusses the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation or NNMI and how it relates to the Made in China 2025 initiative. . In addition, Made in China 2025 contains provisions for creating 40 Manufacturing Innovation Centers by 2025. Several parts of the program imitate the German Industry 4.0

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work

Enterra Insights

Journalist Rebecca Stewart ( @BereccaStewart ) reports, “According to a World Economic Forum forecast, in a shift likely to worsen inequality, half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025. ” Many pundits argue we are not doing as much as we can to educate and train workers during this ante-post-work world.

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How to prepare for a transparent supply chain in 2021

SupplyShift

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made). Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.

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How to prepare for a transparent supply chain in 2021

SupplyShift

To reuse the Kraft Heinz example, something like: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made). Make 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.