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Our October Newsletter is now out! This month: ▪ Webinar – Unlocking the UK’s Regional Manufacturing Productivity ▪ Workshop - Creating an equitable manufacturing future with AI ▪ InterAct funded researchers offer Open Innovation insights Read the full edition here 👇

InterAct Storytelling PhD researcher Stephanie Guo discusses the importance of understanding new innovations to gaining widespread acceptance, and how that can benefit the push for a more sustainable world👇

Read our new report 'Future scenarios for attracting the next generation of young talent into digital manufacturing careers'👇

Listen to InterAct Co-director Janet Godsell in the Journal of Operations Management’s podcast on ‘Advancing Engaged Practice-Orientated Research’.

Watch our short video explaining the potential of shared ownership business models in the manufacturing sector👇

Did you miss our recent webinar with The Productivity Institute? Don't worry, you can catch the recording here👇

What is the future of flexible working in your organisation? The W20 UK Future of Flexible Work Report covers the current flexible working landscape, responding to new legislation, and gives recommendations to achieve a successful outcome for all with better work-life balance.

Loughborough Business School are hosting a special webinar as part of National Productivity Week, featuring InterAct Co-director Janet Godsell, among a panel of leading practitioners. ⏰ 30th January 2025, 10am-11am Book your space👇

InterAct funded researchers offer new Open Innovation insights, allowing manuacturers to use an Open Innovation approach to effectively partner with industrial digital technology experts to future-proof their business. Read the report👇

Are you running a UK manufacturing business and looking to embark on a digital transformation journey? If so, this free whitepaper is the perfect place to start. Aimed at ambitious SMEs, it explains digitisation, digitalisation, and digital transformation. Read the paper👇

The development of new digital technology needs extensive verification, validation and testing. An InterAct project has developed a free online tool to analyse the transition of requirements from risk analysis to prioritisation. Find out more and access the free online tool👇

The increasing deployment of mobile robots and collaborative robots is changing the manufacturing landscape with emerging technologies in Industry 4.0. InterAct have created a paper to support safe and efficient human-robot collaboration. Read the report👇

The future of manufacturing will be underpinned by digital technologies and collaboration. The industrial metaverse is the epitome of this. The InterAct funded team have conceptualised a prototype for an industrial metaverse implementation and created a report. Read the report👇

How can you make manufacturing 'charming' to future talent? This InterAct funded report provides insights into attitudes to manufacturing and industrial strategies, particularly in countries where digital technologies have been adopted. Read the report👇

CarbonVue is an innovative digital tool that enables businesses to increase efficiency whilst reducing costs and CO2 emissions from their supply chains. Find out more👇

The transition to sustainability coincides with an industrial digitalization. While this latest industrial revolution creates new challenges, it also revives historical ones encountered in previous transitions. Read more 'Insights from history'👇

InterAct study finds that the potential value co-working spaces bring to each level of community means they deserve to have greater attention from local and national policymakers as they grapple with how to stimulate local growth and prosperity across the UK. Read the report👇

The world of manufacturing is changing rapidly, perhaps faster than ever before. Our Future of Digital Manufacturing Ecosystems team has created a report, outlining potential future scenarios and the associated opportunities for the manufacturing world. Read the report👇

The 'Women in digital Manufacturing' policy brief offers practical recommendations for businesses, industry associations, and research and government organisations to promote gender diversity and inclusion within the UK manufacturing sector. Read the brief👇

The Future of Work team completed a survey to provide insights into perceptions of the manufacturing sector. This resulted in some interesting findings that we hope are useful to academics, employers, industry stakeholders and UK policy makers. Read the report👇

Find out about our recent research mission to Malaysia, as part of our global programme, in our latest news story 🌎 👉interact-hub.org/2024/12/09/int…