Guide
Building a next-gen workforce in Australia and New Zealand
Manufacturing’s challenge: an aging workforce, skilled labour shortages, and adapting to digital transformation
Get the guide to learn how to:
Optimise workforce efficiency to meet rising demand and control labour costs
Reskill the workforce for the future
Engage and retain a multi-generational workforce
Recruit more efficiently and effectively in a competitive labour market
The effects of decades of globalisation on manufacturing – more competition, increased demand for production, and complex global supply chains – have led the industry down the path of digital transformation. To keep pace with the competition, manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand are making significant investments in advanced technology to improve operational efficiency. The result is a complete overhaul of the production line.
Yet, despite this intense focus on transforming production for the future, the human workforce is often overlooked. This creates significant risk for manufacturers as over half the workforce is nearing retirement age and demand shows no sign of slowing. At the same time, a positive return on investment from adopting advanced technologies requires skills that aren’t well represented in the existing manufacturing workforce, creating a troubling skills gap.