Additional findings of high expected AI
adoption growth suggests data utilization is key to increasing
visibility
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a leading digital
solution provider enabling businesses to intelligently connect
data, assets, and people, today announced the findings of its 2024
Manufacturing Vision Study. The study showed that 61% of
manufacturers expect AI to drive growth by 2029, up from 41% in
2024. This surge in AI adoption, combined with 92% of survey
respondents prioritizing digital transformation, underscores
manufacturers’ intent to improve data management and leverage new
technologies that enhance visibility and quality throughout the
manufacturing process.
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While digital transformation is a priority for manufacturers,
achieving it is fraught with obstacles, including the cost and
availability of labor, scaling technology solutions, and the
convergence of information technology and operational technology
(IT/OT). Visibility is the first step to transformation and the
adoption of AI and other new technologies enables manufacturers to
leverage data more effectively to identify, react and prioritize
problems and projects so they can deliver incremental efficiencies
across the manufacturing process that can net the greatest impact
upfront.
“Manufacturers struggle with using their data effectively so
they recognize they must adopt AI and other digital technology
solutions to create an agile, efficient manufacturing environment,”
said Enrique Herrera, Industry Principal for Manufacturing, Zebra
Technologies. “Zebra helps manufacturers work with technology in
new ways to automate and augment workflows to achieve a
well-connected plant floor where people and technology collaborate
at scale.”
Zebra empowers manufacturers with strategic insights and
technologies to advance the connected factory by boosting
visibility, optimizing quality, and augmenting their workforces. To
learn more about the top digital and automation challenges from
Herrara and other experts, click here.
Focusing on Closing Visibility Gaps
Although manufacturers say digital transformation is a strategic
priority, achieving a fully connected factory remains elusive.
Visibility is key to optimizing efficiency, productivity, and
quality on the plant floor, yet a large visibility gap exists. Only
16% of manufacturing leaders globally report they have real-time,
work-in-progress (WIP) monitoring across the entire manufacturing
process.
While nearly six in 10 manufacturing leaders expect to increase
visibility across production and throughout the supply chain by
2029, one-third say getting IT and OT to agree on where to invest
is a key barrier to digital transformation. Adding to these
obstacles, 86% of manufacturing leaders agree they are struggling
to keep up with the pace of technological innovation and to
securely integrate devices, sensors, and technologies throughout
their facilities and supply chain. Enterprises can use Zebra
solutions to put their data to work, allowing for higher levels of
security and manageability as well as new analytics that can
elevate the performance of their business.
Augmenting the Workforce, Elevating Value and
Efficiency
Zebra’s study found manufacturers are shifting their growth
strategies by integrating and augmenting workers with AI and other
technologies to transform manufacturing and build a skilled
workforce over the next five years. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of
manufacturing leaders plan to reskill labor to enhance data and
technology usage skills, and seven in 10 expect to augment workers
with mobility-enabling technology. The technology tools being
implemented by manufacturing leaders include tablets (51%), mobile
computers (55%), and workforce management software (56%). In
addition, 61% of manufacturing leaders plan to leverage wearable
mobile computers to augment their evolving workforce.
Manufacturing leaders across the C-Suite, Information Technology
(IT), and Operational Technology (OT) understand how labor
initiatives must extend beyond improving worker efficiency and
productivity with technology. Six in 10 leaders rank ongoing
development, retraining/upskilling, and career path development to
attract future talent as a high priority for their
organizations.
Advancing Automation to Optimize Quality
The quest for quality has intensified as manufacturers across
segments must do more with fewer resources. According to the
survey, global manufacturing leaders say today’s most significant
quality management issues are real-time visibility (33%), keeping
up with new standards and regulations (29%), integrating data
(27%), and maintaining traceability (27%).
Manufacturing leaders’ technology implementation plans will
address these challenges. Over the next five years, many plan to
implement robotics (65%), machine vision (66%), radio frequency
identification (RFID) (66%), and fixed industrial scanners (57%).
Most manufacturing leaders agree these automation solutions are
driven by a variety of factors including the need to provide the
workforce with high-value tasks (70%), achieve service level
agreements (69%), and add more flexibility to the plant floor
(64%).
KEY REGIONAL FINDINGS
ASIA PACIFIC (APAC)
- While only 30% of manufacturing leaders use machine vision
across the plant floor in APAC, 67% are implementing or planning to
deploy this technology within the next five years.
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA (EMEA)
- In Europe, reskilling labor to enhance data and technology
usage skills is the top ranked workforce strategy for manufacturing
leaders to drive growth today (46%) and in five years (71%).
LATIN AMERICA (LATAM)
- While only 24% of manufacturing leaders rely on track and trace
technology in LATAM, 74% are implementing or plan to implement the
technology in the next five years.
NORTH AMERICA
- In North America, 68% of manufacturing leaders rank deploying
workforce development programs as their most important labor
initiative.
SURVEY BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY
Zebra commissioned Azure Knowledge Corporation to conduct 1,200
online surveys among C-Suite executives and IT and OT leaders
within various types of manufacturing sectors, including
automotive, electronics, food and beverage, and pharma and medical
devices. Respondents were surveyed in Asia, Europe, Latin America,
and North America.
ABOUT ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES
Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) helps organizations monitor, anticipate,
and accelerate workflows by empowering their frontline and ensuring
that everyone and everything is visible, connected and fully
optimized. Our award-winning portfolio spans software to
innovations in robotics, machine vision, automation, and digital
decisioning, all backed by a +50-year legacy in scanning,
track-and-trace and mobile computing solutions. With an ecosystem
of 10,000 partners across more than 100 countries, Zebra’s
customers include over 80% of the Fortune 500. Newsweek recently
recognized Zebra as one of America’s Most Loved Workplaces and
Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, and we are on Fast Company’s
list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators. Learn more at
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