Innovation Action was created by a consortium of organisations that believe in the importance of connecting the dots, and that bringing people together can help to spark and grow innovations that make a real impact on the lives of people that live in less resource settings. The word manufacturing it's often associated with an image of multinational corporations shipping large amounts of materials, across continents, to big factories. In these factories, specialised heavy machines are operated by trained workers to produce small parts that are then assembled into finished products. Products are then packaged and shipped back to stores where consumers can get access to them. While many of the products that we use in our everyday lives are still made this way, innovators around the world have developed new and alternative models of manufacturing. Today, we'll look at some examples of how entrepreneurs in Nepal and Uganda have been able to harness the power of digital technologies and human creativity to create fair and resilient manufacturing systems that bring value to their community.