#76: How COVID, Reshoring & AI Reshaped U.S. Manufacturing in the 2020s

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Welcome to Factory of the Future, E76, How COVID, Reshoring & AI Reshaped U.S. Manufacturing in the 2020s

Join us as we discuss: 

- How COVID-19 exposed supply chain vulnerabilities and triggered a reshoring surge—roughly 360,000 jobs returned to the U.S. by 2022, a 53% jump 

- On-the-ground pandemic realities: safety protocols inside plants, plus the personal cost and professional growth that came with working through COVID

- AI's transformative pull on the factory floor—25% of manufacturers eyeing adoption, and the shift from generative to agentic AI

- The workforce question: which jobs AI disrupts (from low-skill service to white-collar legal work) and why partnering with AI is the path forward 

And so much more.

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