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Mike Bradford, Director of Strategic Business Development for the DELMIA brand at Dassault Systèmes, examines how AI may affect future manufacturing roles

The rapid evolution of AI in manufacturing has raised concerns across the board regarding how it will impact and reshape job roles. 

This is not unique to manufacturing. 

What is unique however is the industry's specific hiring challenges, struggling to identify and build a pipeline for digitally skilled labour. 

As Industry 4.0 reshapes the industry, this demand is only growing- necessitating broader strategic changes. 

In light of this Mike Bradford, Director of Strategic Business Development for the DELMIA brand at Dassault Systèmes, takes a closer look blow at just how AI may affect manufacturers’ roles in the coming years.

An era of unprecedented AI growth

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come on in leaps and bounds in the past couple of years, and we’re now at a point with the technology where it feels like people across all sectors are genuinely worried their jobs will be replaced by AI.

Is this something that those in the manufacturing industry should be genuinely concerned about? Or are those in the industry simply looking at things through the wrong lens?

While employees have every right to be sceptical about AI, it’s important to note that integrating AI into existing workflows is actually in place to enhance productivity and remove the need for time-consuming manual tasks.

AI and Robotics aren’t new to manufacturing

The first thing to consider, and something that is often overlooked, is the fact that robots and automation have long been an integral part of manufacturing operations for many businesses for a number of years now.

Robots have been taking on repetitive and dangerous roles within the industry to increase productivity and accuracy, while also making operations safer for employees who work within the organisation.

While there will be some level of AI and automation taking over jobs for certain tasks, it’s important to remember that this is the case for roles across pretty much every single industry, this isn’t just isolated to manufacturing.

There are a number of roles that have been replaced by AI and robotics in recent years, with the following roles being reduced massively in favour of AI technology:

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