Page 13 - Packaging News magazine Jan-Feb 2022

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| INDUSTRY INSIGHT 13
Manufacturing companies are increasingly looking at ways to take more control of their end-to-end production.
sizes the capabilities to garner more infor- mation and deliver remote assistance like never before.
This isn’t new to the sector, however, it has now started to filter down the chain from the big players to the point that all manu- facturing companies will be able to get their hands on it.
SCADA will mean things can happen far quicker than they have before. It will allow us to deal with up to 60 per cent of the issues that are raised with us almost instantly through real-time information. If a customer has a problem with a machine, we can access
information about their machine and diag- nose it without being reliant on what they’re telling us.
SKILLS TRAINING
For years, attending University has been the route of choice. There are a lot of dif- ferent degrees – some useful, some not – but we are starting to see more focus on career opportunities and possibilities in the trade, construction, and manufactur- ing industries.
Thanks to education bodies, like STEM, schools are providing students with
more opportunities to get hands-on with engineering and with tools and drills – something that had been neglected for a long time, to the point that most people leave school without knowing how to use power tools and do basic DIY.
It’s a necessary extension to the core part of education; like Maths and English and Science. STEM is teaching students life skills, as well as preparing them early on for potential careers in a trade environment.
Given the issues faced during 2021, I sus- pect that initiatives like this will only grow in importance during 2022. ■