Automation Alley contributes to white paper report on the impact of COVID-19 on advanced manufacturing – Canadian Metalworking

Troy, Mich.-based Automation Alley, the World Economic Forum's Advanced Manufacturing Hub (AMHUB) for North America and a nonprofit Industry 4.0 knowledge center, is a contributor to a new AMHUB global network white paper report about how the manufacturing industry can survive and thrive in the midst of supply chain disruptions and halts to production caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Capturing perspectives from seven worldwide regions the World Economic Forum has identified as advanced manufacturing or major industrial hubs, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Production: Insights from the World Economic Forums Global Network of Advanced Manufacturing Hubs addresses the global impact of COVID-19, provides examples of manufacturing and government responses, and offers best practices to get economies and citizens back to health as quickly and wisely as possible.

The World Economic Forum established the global network of AMHUBs to help small to midsized manufacturers keep pace with the rapidly transforming technological advances that could disrupt their industry, Automation Alley vice president and white paper contributing author Cynthia Hutchison said. The aggregate of voices in the white paper not only reports on the manufacturing impact of COVID-19 from regional angles throughout the globe, but also shares lessons learned and best practices to mitigate repercussions and improve manufacturers ability to be better prepared and come out stronger.

Input from the AMHUB responders highlights key findings:

In addition to input from Hutchison and Nicole Kampe, Automation Alleys manager of global content strategy and development, AMHUB members from Turkey, Copenhagen, Boston, South Korea, and Italy contributed to the white paper report.

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