Manufacturing Day celebrates modern manufacturing and is intended to inspire the next generation of manufacturers. However, the American manufacturing industry is facing an identity crisis that is hurting its ability to reinvigorate its ranks. A combination of factors are at play, including the need for newer skills created by the digitized manufacturing landscape, as well as the shift from a Baby Boomer economy to younger generations.
Although new technologies have significantly improved manufacturing processes, younger workers often associate manufacturing jobs with pollution, repetition and potentially dangerous work.
