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A Manufacturer's Guide to Edge Computing

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A Long-Term Strategy for Manufacturers...

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How manufacturing can create jobs

Graham Immerman Manufacturing News / June 15, 2018

• In a new report, researchers from the Century Foundation and the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute highlight the opportunity for manufacturers to address their talent needs by tapping into black and Latino communities experiencing high rates of joblessness.

• Many manufacturing jobs are not near the communities where there are high rates of joblessness.

• Yet more needs to be done to make manufacturing jobs accessible to communities with a lot of poverty and violence and few connections to the industry, said Joshua Brooks, a coordinator with the Young Manufacturers Association, an arm of Manufacturing Renaissance that provides a support network for people who have gone through the nonprofit’s programs.

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Making the transition to manufacturing COVID-related products

Some manufacturing businesses are making the decision to produce COVID-related items such as PPE. This is a great move for companies that are able to make the switch, but it all comes down to the tran...