Reshoring hits snags, automation and smart factory adoption lags: Machinery Minutes

Key points in this episode of the Machinery Minutes podcast:  There are significant stumbling blocks to reshoring, including our labor shortage, lack of manufacturing capacity and failure to invest in artificial intelligence, according to the annual Kearney Reshoring Index.  China is eating our lunch when it comes to investing in automation and industrial robotics. Can plastics processors help?  Smart technology is a smart investment. A new study from Deloitte shows improvements of up to 20 percent in production output, 20 percent in employee productivity and 15 percent in unlocked capacity.