Can AI Help Manufacturers Overcome the Skilled Trades Talent Shortage? (IndustryWeek)
Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast
- Published
- September 10, 2026
- Duration
- 5:50
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
Discusses ai.
Summary
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Anna Smith explores the growing skilled labor shortage facing U.S. manufacturing. She examines data on the 1.3 million-worker talent gap, an aging workforce and rising demand driven by reshoring and data centers. Smith also looks at how upskilling, education partnerships, apprenticeships and AI c…
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In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Anna Smith explores the growing skilled labor shortage facing U.S. manufacturing. She examines data on the 1.3 million-worker talent gap, an aging workforce and rising demand driven by reshoring and data centers. Smith also looks at how upskilling, education partnerships, apprenticeships and AI can help manufacturers expand their talent pools. The discussion highlights strategies for developing the skilled workforce needed to support co
Themes
- ai