Amerikaans fabriekswerk stagneert door gebrek aan kennisoverdracht

American manufacturing faces a critical challenge that extends beyond physical infrastructure: the lack of digitized knowledge systems. Unlike other industries transformed by software, manufacturing still relies heavily on individual worker expertise that is difficult to scale and transfer. While US policymakers push for reshoring and increased industrial capacity through tariffs, they overlook that factories need cognitive infrastructure—software systems that capture and distribute operational knowledge—as much as machines and buildings. Without digitizing the expertise currently locked in