January Seminar

Prof Jill MacBryde on how we can ensure we are thinking about people, as we build a strong manufacturing future in a digital environment

January 05, 2023

People as a route to competitive advantage in a digital manufacturing future

Jill is Professor of Innovation and Operations Management and also Co-director of the InterAct project. The seminar focus on how we can ensure that we are thinking about people as we build a strong manufacturing future in a digital environment and it will touch on important questions such as:

  • What will a digital manufacturing workplace look like?

  • How can the manufacturing sector prepare people to work alongside new technologies, robots, and co-bots?

  • What are the essential skills for future manufacturing workplaces and how can we enable these through training and education?

  • How can advanced technologies help generate and embed new ways of working by opening up career opportunities for otherwise hard-to-reach groups such as women, minorities, older workers and disabled people?