Even the small and mid-sized manufacturing operation is now part of a global network of loosely coupled entities that must collaborate and deliver real-time status information to customers, supply chain partners, organization leaders, and employees.
Forbes Investor editor Taesik Yoon believes that the best opportunity for out-sized returns can be found in small-cap value stocks, in part because studies show that small-caps outperform large-cap stocks over the long run.
Mr Ramsay said that with the removal of bureaucracy, small and medium-sized firms which make up 95% of the economy of Wales, could also play their part in taking on apprentices, and the whole image of apprentices would change.