U.S, April 1 -- In a survey titled 'Digital Illiteracy in the Factory: Providing Workers with Low-Code Tools', Mendix - a Siemens business - discovered that 83 per cent of manufacturing workers (8 in 10) are interested in learning new digital skills.
"The prevailing wisdom for years has been that factory and industrial workers would resist digitalisation of their workplaces for fear of being replaced," said Mendix. "But the survey, titled 'Digital Illiteracy in the Factory: Providing Workers with Low-Code Tools', revealed that workers now see acquiring technology as a strength."
Commissioned by Mendix, and conducted between January 29 and February 11, 2021, the report looked at 250 full time workers in the US and 250 in Germany.
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