The State of Manufacturing: Resilience in Uncertain Times with Willem Sundblad

<p>What is the current state of manufacturing? Who better to ask than Willem Sundblad, CEO and Co-Founder of Oden Technologies, who commissioned The State of Manufacturing 2022 report? </p><p>Surveying over 300 manufacturing leaders has highlighted some fascinating food for thought on topics like the labor market, inflation, demand changes, investing in sustainability, and more.</p><p>Willem joins Manufacturing Happy Hour again to talk more about the findings and his own personal take on why businesses are increasingly investing in sustainability post-pandemic. He also explores what sets the winners and losers apart in the manufacturing space and what trends he’s most excited to see more of in 2023.</p><p>In this episode, find out:</p><ul><li>What the State of Manufacturing report tells us </li><li>The importance of making investments in digitization </li><li>Why there’s a bigger gap between manufacturing “winners and losers”</li><li>Why companies that invest in tech and sustainability are leading the way</li><li>Why companies need to be agile and quick to make decisions in uncertain times</li><li>What global supply chain issues mean for manufacturers </li><li>The most interesting and surprising report findings </li><li>How manufacturers are dealing with COVID aftereffects </li><li>How manufacturers can approach the labor shortage problem</li></ul><br/><p><a href="http://manufacturinghappyhour.com/iTunes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoying the show? Please leave us a review here.</a> Even one sentence helps. It’s feedback from Manufacturing All-Stars like you that keeps us going!</p><p>Tweetable Quotes:</p><ul><li><em>“I talked to a lot of customers last year who are beating their sustainability targets. A lot of that was because of supply chain issues. It was so hard to get raw material that they had to increase the rate of recycled material in the product.”</em></li><li><em>“One of the biggest drivers of the digital investments in automation investments is the challenges in the labor market.”</e