Industrial manufacturing embraces technology: 76% ready for change

KPMG’s global tech report looks at how interoperability, hybrid models, and artificial intelligence (AI) innovation are the battlegrounds for digital excellence in industrial manufacturing.

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the May 2025 print edition of Today's Medical Developments under the headline “Industrial manufacturing insights.”

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76% of industrial manufacturing firms say their workforce has an appetite to embrace cutting-edge technology

34% already achieving return on investment in several AI use cases

80% of respondents say in their leadership role they empower their organization to strategically innovate so they can capitalize on market trends with AI.

72% of industrial manufacturing execs say their organization is satisfied with the value generated by their tech investments, which is above the cross-sector average

Industrial manufacturing is ahead of the cross-sector average in terms of the proportion of organizations in the proactive stage.

TECHNOLOGYIndustrial ManufacturingAVG. ACROSS ALL SECTORS
XaaS technologies (including public cloud or multi-cloud)39%35%
Cybersecurity38%30%
AI & automation (including GenAI)37%31%
Data & analytics35%28%
Modern delivery (including low code/no code)31%26%
Edge computing30%25%
Web3 (including blockchain & tokenization)28%25%
Quantum computing26%22%
VR/AR/XR (including Metaverse) & spatial computing26%24%

Proportion of sectors at the highest stage of AI maturity

Industrial manufacturing 34%

Life sciences 34%

Healthcare 34%

Financial services 32%

Energy 30%

Retail & consumer packaged goods 29%

Tech 28%

Government 27%

NOTE: The research conducted by KPMG surveyed 2,450 executives from 26 countries, including 368 leaders from the industrial manufacturing sector. https://kpmg.com/xx/en/our-insights/transformation/kpmg-global-tech-report-industrial-manufacturing-insights.html

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