Around the globe, new ways of working, coupled with rapidly changing technologies, are disrupting the manufacturing industry and skills needed. Up-skilling and re-skilling of manufacturing employees will be crucial to building operating-model resilience. In Istanbul, MESS—a leading employers’ association representing the most important manufacturing companies in Turkey—is addressing this challenge by establishing a distinctive technology center called MEXT. Today on the blog, Barış Arıkan, Head of Ecosystem & Partnership Development for MESS, joins us to explain how this digital transformation center will help create the next generation of workers.