How is Augmented Reality going to shape the way that we work in manufacturing? On this week's episode of Workforce 4.0, our host Ann Wyatt sits down with Angela Ortiz to learn more about how work instructions are not only going digital, but impacting recruiting and retention strategies, addressing resource challenges and scaling and the impact that partnerships have on influencing career goals.

In This Episode:

-Angela shares how manufacturing companies are leveraging AI to assist in finding and capturing their triable knowledge repositories to revolutionize and define work instructions that will enable the next generation of the workforce (~timestamp 12:47)

-Angela talks more in depth about how HR is influencing and leading impactful conversations with their manufacturing teams in order to drive and champion digital change for the frontline workforce and how this technology can play a critical role in recruiting, training and development (~timestamp 16:34)

-Angela talks about the power of partnerships in manufacturing and how her own career journey in manufacturing has evolved from Business and Project Management into a successful CoFounder (~timestamp 19:36)

More About Angela Ortiz:

Angela is a strong heart-centered business professional with a passion for helping companies identify and solve their pressing challenges using AR and smart glass technology. Angela and Javier Ortiz created NewForge to be a comprehensive resource for onboarding, training, and implementing new processes and technology solutions for companies of all sizes. To learn more about Angela, connect with her here.

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AR and VR For Manufacturing: The TL:DR (with Angela Ortiz, NewForge)