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Looking to Technology for Strategic Workforce Allocation and Skill Development

Brand owners are searching for ways to digitalize training and use technology to complement human skills.

CPG executives are considering technologies like tablets, app-based solutions, and video to help train workers.
CPG executives are considering technologies like tablets, app-based solutions, and video to help train workers.
PMMI Business Intelligence: 2024 Transforming Packaging and Processing Operations

Addressing workforce challenges in an industry full of advanced machinery will require advanced technology to match, according to executives at the 2024 Top to Top Summit.

PMMI Business Intelligence’s 2024 “Transforming Packaging and Processing Operations” report shares insights from the Summit. Discussions underscored the importance of strategically allocating the available workforce and focusing on skill development to address current and future challenges.

This includes identifying key areas where technology can complement human skills and designing programs to upskill workers in those areas.

Video training, providing tablets that can move around the factory floor, embedding training materials in machine HMIs, and using apps for troubleshooting were all discussed, with one table proposing a video game to make training more engaging.

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