‘Additive manufacturing’ needs to embrace change, such as sustainability and materials flexibility, if it’s going to fulfil its true potential for industry.

Hugo Da Silva 16 Nov 2018

Advanced Manufacturing

People, not technology, shape the future of manufacturing

It's how people choose to use new technologies that will decide how the production jobs of the future evolve.

Torbjørn Netland and Lino Guzzella 01 Nov 2018

India

Here's how India can soar in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Manufacturing fuelled the economic miracles of Taiwan, Korea and Singapore. Here's how it could turn India into a global powerhouse for the robot age.

Suchi Kedia 18 Sep 2018

Advanced Manufacturing

Humans aren’t made for repetition – it’s time AI took over manufacturing

Empowering machine operators with AI analytics will help reduce waste and emissions, and increase profitability.

Humera Malik 11 Sep 2018

Inclusive Growth Framework

This is the link between manufacturing declines and house price volatility

Kuhn et al. (2018) recently explored the importance of asset prices for wealth inequality by reconstructing income and wealth survey data. They were able to show that the bottom 50% of in...

Isaiah Hull, Conny Olovsson, Karl Walentin, and Andreas Westermark · VoxEU 24 Aug 2018

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future

The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with McKinsey, has undertaken a global search and assessment for the most advanced sub-section of companies who are actively deploying 4IR techn...

Helena Leurent, Enno De Boer, and Diego Hernandez Diaz 10 Aug 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Why the bioeconomy could be the future of sustainable manufacturing

Instead of oil feedstock, as in conventional manufacturing, plastic can be made from fermentation, rather like brewing beer. Bio-based latex car tyres can be made from dandelions and carp...

James Philp · OECD Observer 02 Aug 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This robot has soft hands. It could be the future of sustainable production

A "soft robot" that can grasp items with the same dexterity as the human hand could revolutionize automation and help us to feed the world. Here's how.

Carl Vause 21 Jun 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

What a decline in manufacturing jobs means for developing economies

And will it hold them back?

Oya Celasun and Bertrand Gruss · VoxEU 30 May 2018

Advanced Manufacturing

How the United States can win back its manufacturing mojo

The US still produces most of the world's cutting-edge research – but not so many of its cutting-edge products. It needs to relearn the art of translating innovative ideas into reality.

Sadasivan Shankar 13 Apr 2018

Africa

Africa has a new free trade area. This is what you need to know

The African Continental Free Trade Area could create $6.7 trillion of consumer and business spending.

Landry Signé · The Conversation 03 Apr 2018

3D Printing

The way we make things is about to fundamentally change

"The best designs will be sent around the world digitally and printed on demand, circumventing the global tariffs that have taxed production since the last industrial revolution."

Ric Fulop 01 Mar 2018

Supply Chain and Transport

A glimpse into the future of digital transformation in production

In this week’s episode of “A Glimpse into the Future": how new technologies will affect global supply chains.

Rigas Hadzilacos and Jagjit Singh Srai 13 Feb 2018

Future of Consumption

Human, flexible, adaptable: key trends for the future of retail

The retailers of the future will likely sell a combination of the tangible and intangible – the product and an experience, writes an executive at Google.

Jamie Murray Wells 08 Jan 2018

ASEAN

ASEAN in the next 50 years: How the region can remake its future in manufacturing

ASEAN is growing faster than the US and Germany - but trailing behind China. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is rewriting the rules of manufacturing, and ASEAN needs to keep pace.

Shirley Santoso 05 Jan 2018

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