Skills Gap in Manufacturing: from Problem to Opportunity

Summary

The US manufacturing sector faces a major challenge posed by rapid changes in technology, an aging workforce, and the shortage of skilled workers. In addition, younger generations of workers, from millennials to gen Z, seek to leverage their day-to-day digital experience also in their workplaces. How can such a challenge be turned into an opportunity?

Although there are a variety of complementary approaches to technical training, there is a growing body of evidence indicating that people enjoy and learn successfully from video. While many companies already understand its value, they struggle with a costly and time-consuming production process. This is where AI can help lower the barriers for content creation and enable a true scalable solution.

Together with Stanley Black and Decker, an early adopter of DeepHow, we will walk you through a digital transformation journey which led to a 25% performance improvement and a 40% reduction in training resources, towards the empowerment of a global workforce well beyond traditional training.

Speakers

In the past 15+ years, Fabrizio has worn several hats as business developer, venture manager, product manager, technical sales and R&D expert. Fabrizio is currently VP of Business Development at DeepHow, a startup addressing the big skills gap in manufacturing and field services with an AI powered video training platform. Previously, at Identify3D, a startup focused on digital right management for manufacturing data, he expanded the partners and customer base while driving both marketing and product strategy. Prior to that, at Siemens/next47, he created strong relationships with startups as a partner, customer and investor, in the area of industrial automation. Fabrizio holds a master degree in electrical engineering from the university of Pisa, Italy as well as an MBA in entrepreneurship and innovation from the Technical and Business Universities of Vienna, Austria.

Brianna has been with Stanley Black and Decker for 5+ years working in manufacturing operations, specializing in lean process improvement and Industry 4.0. She is responsible for developing and deploying scalable training initiatives across SBD Operations to support the growth of Industry 4.0 technology in the workforce. Her team creates the roadmap for the upskilling and reskilling of SBD manufacturing workforce in order to meet the workplace deliverables of tomorrow. Brianna holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Loyola University Maryland.