Four years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic split the manufacturing workforce: while employees adopted remote work, the majority were unable to trade the factory floor for home offices.
Faced with a mounting labor shortage, manufacturers are increasingly embracing remote work as part of improving flexibility for their workforce.
With digital twins and smart glasses providing real-time factory insights and remote maintenance feeds, manufacturers are becoming better equipped to facilitate effective communication between remote and in-person employees.
Jif peanut butter manufacturer J.M. Smucker designed a particularly popular hybrid policy, which required corporate workers to be on-site only six days per month, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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