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This episode revisits manufacturing in the middle of the 2020 pandemic. It asks how manufacturers were coping with the disruption at that moment, what approaches they were adopting simply to stay in business, and what they would need to do to emerge stronger afterwards.
The discussion links these questions to Industry 4.0 thinking and connected production technology. One theme that stands out is the often overlooked matter of workplace health and safety, which the pandemic placed firmly on the agenda for companies that run factories and plants. The conversation follows an earlier discussion about how digital technology is transforming factory operations.