With a tumultuous technology transformation underway, the manufacturing sector is gearing up for its digital revolution. And consultants could be the key to productivity and profits.
In a television and online ad campaign launched last year, an earnest college graduate named Owen told his friends and family that he's had accepted a programming job at the venerable conglomerate General Electric. Owen's puzzled pals and parents couldn't fathom why Owen was skipping a shot at a Silicon Valley gig to take a job that didn't quite compute: coding for a manufacturing company.
