Growing factories without growing the workforce | ConTech Webinar

Harry Moser (Reshoring Initiative) and Pavan Kumar P. h. D. (Ultrahuman) join Chris Parjaszewski for a 60-minute roundtable on U.S. manufacturing's comeback. Zero PowerPoints. Real tactics. Key stats: → 244K jobs reshored in 2024 → 15% hidden factory capacity → 330K jobs coming home '26 Free audit for your factory → construction.mindpal.co/audit 0:00 - Introduction & The Headcount Trap 1:22 - Introducing Harry Moser (Reshoring Initiative) 2:12 - Introducing Dr. Pavan Kumar (Ultrahuman) 2:38 - Macro Numbers: 91% of construction projects delayed 3:20 - Q: What are the main challenges of reshoring to the US? 4:05 - The Skilled Workforce Shortage 5:12 - Why building a factory makes no sense without operators 6:18 - Manufacturing Cost Differential vs. China 7:37 - Short-term challenges: Politics & Interest Rates 9:04 - Practical Experience: Moving smart ring production to Texas 11:49 - Why 100% "lights out" automation fails for micro-products 12:16 - The 20% Yield Drop Nightmare (Manual Labor Costs) 13:14 - Supply Chain Constraints: Batteries and parts still in China 14:38 - Deloitte Report: The Integration Deficit 15:08 - Q: Experiencing manual data bottlenecks between PDF and ERP? 16:42 - Flying Blind: Lack of live data tracking on the shop floor 18:30 - The Automation Regret: 9 out of 10 wish they did it sooner 19:01 - Q: Best practices to connect office CRM to factory ERP? 20:35 - The Antiquated Quoting Process: Taking a week to quote a CAD print 21:26 - Automating CAD to CAM instructions 23:29 - 1-Week vs. 6-Week Delivery: Customers will pay 20% more for speed 24:24 - PwC Study: AI Leaders see 700% revenue and margin gains 26:18 - Q: Where should manufacturers start looking to bring AI? 27:03 - Example: Fully automated robotic apparel assembly 28:40 - McKinsey Study: $2 Trillion to fix supply chain gaps 30:39 - The Underinvestment Trap: US uses 50% fewer robots than competitors 32:58 - Garbage In, Garbage Out: The danger of AI with sloppy data 33:30 - Eliminating departmental silos 34:00 - The reality of AI and Machine Learning on the floor today 37:37 - Audience Q&A and Free Audit Survey 39:50 - The Free TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Estimator Tool 41:10 - Moving step-by-step (SKU by SKU) instead of all at once 42:25 - Webinar Wrap Up #Reshoring #USManufacturing #SmartManufacturing #IndustrialAI