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  Smart factories: The future of manufacturing

  supplychaindive.com - By Barry Hochfelder

  Smart factories are here to stay. Often called Industry 4.0, they are going far beyond mere automation: they are changing the manufacturing landscape. …

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  The Fourth Industrial Revolution could smash gender inequality – or deepen it

  World Economic Forum - Valerie Cliff

  The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) almost never fails to incite contrasting predictions about the future. Critics see deepening inequality and …

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  How Dark Factories Are Changing Manufacturing (and How to Profit)

  investmentu.com - By Matthew Carr

  There’s an unstoppable trend underway. Automation has been replacing factory jobs for years. But now it’s picking up speed. Many manufacturers are …

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  The epic mistake about manufacturing that’s cost Americans millions of jobs

  Quartz - Gwynn Guilford

  Looking back, there were two kinds of people who lived in America in 2016: people who believed Donald Trump, and people who believed data. Trump claimed on the campaign trail that globalization had destroyed US manufacturing—and in the process, the American economy—by letting China and other …

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  Li & Fung Enlists Sewbot Technologies in Drive for Digital Supply Chain

  Sourcing Journal - Tara Donaldson

  The next step in Li & Fung’s supply chain digitization endeavors will involve robots sewing its T-shirts. The supply chain solutions company announced …

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  Addressing Sustainability with Industry 4.0 Advancements

  reliableplant.com - Paige Marie Morse

  Today companies in the industrial space have started to place increasing emphasis on improving sustainability performance. Apart from industries …