{"id":2308,"date":"2026-06-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:03:08","slug":"the-people-side-of-tech-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/the-people-side-of-tech-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"The People Side of Tech Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every manufacturer has opportunities to improve the way work moves from planning to production. Identifying unnecessary handoffs, duplicate data entry, and communication gaps creates a stronger foundation for future <strong>#TechInvestments<\/strong>. When processes are clearly defined, new systems can enhance visibility and decision making across the business. Operational excellence is built through continuous refinement, not just implementation. <strong>#ManufacturingLeadership<\/strong> <strong>#CIOinsights<\/strong> <strong>#SmartManufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ethankarp\/2026\/06\/09\/ai-wont-fix-manufacturing-until-manufacturers-fix-the-work\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ethankarp\/2026\/06\/09\/ai-wont-fix-manufacturing-until-manufacturers-fix-the-work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every manufacturer has opportunities to improve the way work moves from planning to production. Identifying unnecessary handoffs, duplicate data entry, and communication gaps creates a stronger foundation for future #TechInvestments. When processes are clearly defined, new systems can enhance visibility and decision making across the business. Operational excellence is built through continuous refinement, not just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-working-in-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/2309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernchilders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}