The Industry Digest: 3 challenges facing supply chains
The internet is a vast space that is filled with rabbit holes, endless search results, and adorable cat videos that will consume your entire day in a flash. Finding the information and insights you need to improve productivity and efficiency at your facility can be daunting. Luckily, Plant Services is here to help. We search the web and curate the industry perspectives, trends, and topics that will affect you and your industry. Here are a few of our favorite stories from this week.
5 Workforce Factors to Consider in Site Selection [Site Selection]
There are many factors to consider when selecting the site for your next manufacturing facility. While factors like access to suppliers and customers, tax incentives, and environmental constraints can all contribute to the final decision, the most important consideration is availability of well-qualified workers.
Two Ways That Manufacturers Can Lead Sustainable Charge [Forbes]
Sustainability has evolved from a buzzword to an essential business practice, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the manufacturing industry. This article outlines two ways manufacturers can drive the sustainability conversation through facility operations and education opportunities.
Predictions for Manufacturing in 2023 – Part I [Manufacturing.net]
With the new year just around the corner, it’s time to make predictions and resolutions about what lies ahead in 2023. In a recent article, Manufacturing.net gathered a group of industry leaders and complied their thoughts on the trends and technologies that will be affecting the manufacturing industry next year.
Driving Agility In Manufacturing Through Ecosystem [Forbes]
No one is sure what 2023 has in store for the manufacturing industry, and that’s a big problem. Uncertainty and potential disruptions on the horizon might spell trouble for the supply chains that we all rely on. This article highlights three challenges facing supply chains in 2023 and how they will affect your business.
About the Author
Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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