Feature | Manufacturing Microsoft’s Alfonso Rodriguez Lepage discusses a new survey from ARC and how manufacturers can accelerate digitalisation efforts Manufacturers are facing a ‘digital transformation mid-life crisis’. That’s the view of Greg Gorbach of ARC Advisory Group, one of the authors of a new report on digital manufacturing commissioned by Microsoft. The industry has been “battered by the pandemic, conflicts in Europe, and economic instability; seen its supply chains slow down if not completely shut down; and confronted a labour shortage as one generation of workers retires and another generation has not yet filled the gap,” adds Alfonso Rodriguez Lepage, Microsoft’s director of product marketing for manufacturing. To build a greater understanding of manufacturing transformation, Microsoft commissioned ARC Advisory Group to conduct a factory digitalisation study. Released in December 2022, The Digital Manufacturing Journey – An ARC Global Analysis provides insights from a survey of 1,024 information technology, operational technology (OT) and engineering technology (ET) decision-makers from North America, Asia and Europe – all of whom have deep knowledge of their status and plans for factory digitalisation over the next three years. “The main takeaway is that most manufacturers are well on their journey to digitalisation, but continue […]
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