This article has excerpts from a virtual chat with Mr. Jagmeet Singh, CEO, Axestrack. Axestrack is an Indian logistics business with over 110,000 commercial vehicles and a presence in more than 100 cities. Jagmeet is an automobile engineer, a Stanford business graduate, a global leader, and a tech-enthusiast. He was a partner of Cognizant’s digital business consulting, R&D engineer with Reva-India’s first electric car, and a growth leader with Infosys Consulting.
COVID-19 has revealed the value of humans in manufacturing
For years, companies have been increasing the adoption of automation to reduce dependency on the workforce and realize the benefits of cost, speed, accuracy, agility, and safety. However, time and again it has been proven that humans will continue to remain important in the manufacturing sectors in different degrees for years ahead.
Workforce unavailability at the sites because of the precautionary measure of stay at home has brought material handling. Mostly, companies might be mulling over new technology. But the criticality of humans in the manufacturing value chain cannot be undermined. COVID-19 has revealed this truth.
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