Renewing the Case for Career & Technical Education
Over the past six months, manufacturers have been affected by significant supply chain disruptions and expediently transformed factory floors. If there’s a silver lining, it is that some analysts predict manufacturers will achieve five years of innovation in just 18 months.
The speed of innovation and technological change is forcing manufacturers' hands to invest in new ways to attract, retain, and train their workforce to keep their increasingly tech-savvy factories operating.
To empower workers with the appropriate technical skills, a 2019 MAPI study found a third of manufacturers are building relationships with local academic institutions, another quarter are adopting massively open online courses (MOOCs) and other forms of online education, and 20% are developing internal training courses.