Workforce and skills

A GE gas turbine under construction. Image courtesy of GE Power.

GE cuts 12,000 jobs as renewable energy hits business

The Smart Factory Podcast

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Innovation

Co-create or die? The future landscape of innovation

VR and AR demos have wowed attendees at the Smart Factory Expo. Image courtesy of The Manufacturer.

Digital Transformation

VR and Augmented Reality: A new frontier for manufacturing training?

Leadership & Strategy

The Manufacturer celebrates 20 years of industry-leading insight

Productivity - Digital technologies are enabling SMEs to play catch-up with their global counterparts – image courtesy of Cimlogic.

Digital Transformation

Productivity puzzle: finding the balance between people & tech

Smart factories are set to improve productivity and labor cost hugely over the next 5 years - image courtesy of APS

Smart Factory

Smart factories set to contribute up to £1.13 trillion to the global economy

A Sewbot robot autonomously sews a pair of jeans. Image courtesy of SoftWear Automation.

Robotics & Automation

Sewbots to replace humans at new US garment factory

Hannover Messe -Digitisation - Collaborative robots or ‘cobots’ are about to fundamentally transform the way humans work in factories - image courtesy of Deutsche-Messe.presse@messe.de

Robotics & Automation

Three main misconceptions about cobots and robots

A doctor implants an RFID chip into the hand of a researcher. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

Digital Transformation

Implanted employees become a reality

McLaren Automotive posts successive sales record 2015

Leadership & Strategy

McLaren Automotive: Driven to win