The solutions to these problems are not going to come from sipping latte's in San Francisco while asking why manufacturing can't be more like software development.
That's misguided Silicon Valley hubris. It's an echo chamber that funds and produces tons of bullshit startups and sometimes gets lucky. When it comes to hardware they almost always seem to be getting it wrong.
This is probably because they insist on rejecting experience and filling their ranks with fresh grads who know nothing about nothing and can, within their version of reality, conclude that software will solve all problems.
Here's a hint: Want to make products that truly serve humanity (whether it's manufacturing or something else) rather than better and more clever ways to get people to click on buttons, get addicted to stupid games or social platforms?
Simple. Hire or fund people older than, say, 40 years of age who come armed with experience and common sense. Yes, give them a team of young hot-shots with the crazy ideas to try and find some of out-of-the-box stuff. Just don't setup startup after startup that looks more like a remake of Lord of the Flies rather than a real business.
You have companies like Google and Facebook who brilliantly showcase how horrible these young, socially untrained, ethically inept and often maladjusted people can be. They think it's OK to do such things as to use an algorithm to completely shutdown someone's business (Google AdSense and FB Ads) and, at the same time, provide exactly zero customer service or the ability to have a business-like conversation to try to rectify whatever might have triggered the issue. This is deranged lunatic territory and it seems to permeate some of the culture coming out of these startups. They know everything and they don't want to hear from anyone who might actually know something. What a waste of human talent.