MESA Smart Manufacturing Community: Smart Connected Supply Chain - Streamlining the Supply Chain Workforce and Skills Needs

Description

Come share your experiences, stories, questions, and what you have learned in a safe, non-commercial environment. We seek to understand the state-of-the market, understand what companies have done that has or has not worked, documenting questions that MESA and the community can help answer. Overall, the goal is to accelerate each participant’s learning and progress toward Smart Manufacturing. 

Topic: Streamlining the Supply Chain Workforce and Skills Needs

We have seen how difficult it is to recruit, train, and retain employees. What are manufacturers doing to streamline the need for people and for specific skill sets to counteract that challenge?

• How are you approaching training employees as more experienced supply chain staff approach or reach retirement?
• How do robots, cobots, AIVs, AGVs, and materials handling automation play? How do you plan, model, and schedule interactions with changing materials and people?
• What role does autonomous decision-making or robotic process automation (RPA) play, if any? What are the pros and cons you have seen of automating simpler tasks?
• Where can AI and ML be most beneficial in supporting the remaining staff? 
• As suppliers, materials, and conditions for supply chain success change, how can people and systems keep up?

Join the conversation

Agenda: 

• Thanks to our Sponsor(s) 
• Facilitator introduction 
• Community & Group overview – why participate and what to expect 
• Smart Manufacturing Paradigm 
• Thanks to our Sponsor(s) 
• Summary of last meeting 
• Today's subject 
• Wrap up 
• Next meeting 
• How to keep the conversation going 
• Thanks

Not registered for MESA's Smart Manufacturing Community? Register here!  (Open for members and nonmembers) Once you are registered, you will be sent a calendar invite with the call-in information. Learn more about MESA's Smart Manufacturing Community Groups: