This episode considers how the pandemic and Industry 4.0 technologies are shaping manufacturing once the crisis eases. Companies had to rethink what their business would look like, for example moving from mostly bulk commercial deliveries towards a large share of residential ones, which forced changes to processes.
The discussion notes that many plants stopped in 2020 because materials could not be obtained rather than because staff were unavailable. Single-threaded supply chains are giving way to network-style ones with more routes. It also touches on distancing measures inside factories, including sensors to alert workers who come too close, and on the resilience manufacturers showed.