Changing the perception of our sector will be key to winning the hearts and minds of this talent pool, and creating a positive employee experience is critical.

To mitigate the risk, manufacturers have started to invest heavily to attract younger workers, particularly millennial and Generation Z talent with hard-to-recruit technology skills.

Yet, these efforts are seriously hindered. Manufacturing is not deemed a viable career path. Only 49% of millennials said they believe manufacturing offers fulfilling careers, according to the 2018 Leading2Lean survey.

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