Reshoring Manufacturing To The US: The Role Of AI Automation And Digital Labor
Red Hat News, Thursday, December 21,2023
Reshoring manufacturing to the US has been a significant trend in recent years, driven by geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, proximity to customers and markets, eco-system synergies and the need for positive impact on the domestic economy. However, reshoring presents several challenges-mainly workforce, technical and economic issues.
AI, automation and digital labor can help tackle these challenges. For organizations willing to take these challenges head on and become Transformational Optimizers from the start, this is also an opportunity to skip ahead generations of manufacturing evolution and adopt technologies that will help outperform competition from the start.
Here are some concrete recommendations and examples from IBM for companies considering reshoring manufacturing: