The increasing reliance on technologies — from AI, IoT, augmented reality and robotics — in manufacturing means more companies need to update their training programs. While several higher education institutions have smart manufacturing as part of their industrial engineering programs, the current workforce must have the opportunity to implement new strategies into a company’s current manufacturing process.
Here is how you can develop a training program that familiarizes your workforce with the skills they need to advance the manufacturing process. There are three parts of program development: creation, implementation and reflection.