Availability of new manufacturing technologies (3D printing, automation, robotics)

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Description:

The deployment of innovative manufacturing technology is constantly rising, and workflows are constantly further optimized and automized.

Enablers:

Digitalization

Technological invention

More effective human-machine interfaces

The internet of things

Inhibitors:

Labor protection organizations

Supply chain scarcity for chips

Paradigms:

Increasing material diversity for 3D printing; constant rise in production efficiency;

Experts:

Technicians

Engineers

IT experts

Timing:

Since around 1990

Resources:

https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/future-of-work/trends/WCMS_555548/lang--en/index.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation