It’s Time to Face Reality: We Can’t Fill 2.1M Manufacturing Jobs. Automation is the Only Way Out.

We all know that the labor shortage in manufacturing has been an ongoing challenge for years. I’ve been talking with many of UpKeep’s partners and customers over the past several weeks, and everyone is talking about how hiring is the biggest challenge on people's minds. The bottom line is that they are finding it’s near impossible to get people to want to work in a plant.

Ryan Chan

Published on June 8, 2023

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