Emerging Trends
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TALENT Emerging Trends
Skills Gaps Are Pushing Battery Manufacturers to Reorganise Around Blended Teams What we are seeing
Skill shortages span manufacturing, electrochemistry, battery management systems BMS) and product/system design.
Leading employers are building cross-functional teams that blend chemistry, engineering, software, automation and sustainability.
Research organizations find interdisciplinary work increasingly dominant and tending to achieve higher impact.
Chemistry & Materials
Software & Systems
Manufacturing & Automation
Cross-Functional Scale-up Team Cross-functional teams are becoming a competitive advantage, helping battery companies move faster from R&D to scaled production despite widening skills gaps.
Source: 1. CAR 2. CIC energigune 3. Nature 4. Smartsuite
Fewer handoffs, faster iterations, and improved problem-solving
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