The UK manufacturing industry faces two major challenges as it aims to produce high-quality products in a high-wage economy while competing with low-wage regions of the world.
Specifically, two of the most serious challenges facing UK manufacturers are: an ever present skills gap; and a poor uptake of efficiency improving automation systems. The size of the skills issue Research conducted by Semta, the sector skills council for science engineering and manufacturing technologies, indicates that the manufacturing industry needs to recruit and train 82,000 engineers,…
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