Part of the reason that manufacturing continues to output product in quantity, despite the lack of skilled workers and despite the recession, has to do with the industries ability to adapt, rethinking the way they do business, and utilizing new tools as they become available.
So, one question that many ask is: what happens [to the people, and to manufacturing] when machines do the work? This question was addressed by on a recent broadcast of On Point, an NPR show hosted by Tom Ashbrook. If you’d like to read the introduction and listen to the show, then go to this link: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/11/02/when-machines-do-the-work
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