Experts cite various challenges for businesses to overcome in the face of the digitalisation of manufacturing (or Industry 4.0), such as the skills gap, cyber security and data format conflicts. Yet there is another potential barrier that nobody is mentioning: supply chains.
For Industry 4.0 to work requires connecting the entire supply chain from one end to the other. Are UK supply chains, in their current state of health, capable of supporting Industry 4.0? The latest edition of YouGov’s Supply Chain Funding index (SCFi) suggests not – in only six months the index has fallen…
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