According to Industry Week, manufacturing employment increased almost 300,000 over the last year! This is after increasing around 200,000 the year prior which is more than a 40% increase.
If you are in manufacturing or relate to manufacturing, pay attention! There is plenty of opportunity to grow and thrive in today's business environment. What are you doing to take advantage of the vast potential?
Beyond talent, you had better protect your company from cyber security threats. It is as simple as "get an expert immediately if you aren't already working with one", no matter your organization's size. Small organizations are more likely to be attacked!
For the peak season, UPS has to hire a HUGE amount of temps and ensure efficiencies aren't harmed in the process, given the serious impact to the bottom line. If that situation doesn't require resiliency, I don't know what does!