Tag: Special Interest

As global industries dive deeper into Industry 4.0, it is becoming increasingly clear that understanding and utilizing data and artificial intelligence is not just a technological advancement. It is a fundamental prerequisite for maintaining market competence and securing long-term success. 

Among a great number of critical problems exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past three years, Australia is also looking at a future plagued by the lack of enough skilled workers across various industries, such as manufacturing. 

Manufacturers all over the world are on a constant mission to adapt to the ever-changing business landscape, continuously revamping operations and innovating new solutions that would enable them to efficiently mitigate major operational issues, such as supply chain disruptions. 

The importance of having a resilient supply chain has been heavily emphasised as skyrocketing costs of essential items are showing no signs of slowing down in Australia and across the globe. 

Chief executive officers around the world are expecting a bleak future, with nearly three-quarters of them believing that global economic growth will decline over the next 12 months. 

A wide array of opportunities have been opened for materials manufacturers as the additive manufacturing metals market matured and scaled over the last decade. What are the factors that push this market’s progress and what does the future hold in the next 10 years?