7 Design/Production Digitization: Big
Jump Slated in Future
Q: How integrated electronically are your company’s
design and production processes today and what do you
anticipate will be the extent in 5 years’ time?
• Extensively
• Partially
• Just getting started
• No plans
• Don’t know
Today 5 Years
7%
5%
29%
53
7
3
41%
17%
31
3
5 Years
8 Customer Integration: Extensive
Digitization Foreseen
Q: To what extent has your company electronically integrated with its customers and suppliers today and what do
you anticipate will be the extent in 5 years’ time?
• Extensively
• Partially
• Just getting started
• No plans
• Don’t know
Today
7%
5%
38%
59
7
5
21%
9%
26
2
Part 3:
M4.0 TECHNOLOGY USAGE
9 Sizable Number Sees 3D Printing
as M4.0 Driver
Q: Do you think that 3D printing has the potential to
speed up your company’s digital transformation?
No 22%
Yes 43%
Don't know
19%
0 Machine Learning, Cognitive
Will Have Powerful Roles in Factory
Operations
Q: Do you think that machine learning and cognitive computing technologies have the potential to enable factories
to operate more autonomously and heal themselves?
No 7%
Yes 90%
Don't know
3%
Q Strong Interest in AI, AR, and Machine
Learning Technologies
Q: Where does your company stand with regard to the following technologies?
• Cloud-based computing platforms
• Cloud-based software applications
• Collaborative robots
• Product lifecycle management software (PLM)
• Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
• Advanced analytics and big data platforms
• Sensor networks
• Modeling and simulation tools
• Machine learning technologies
• Blockchain technologies for secure transactions
• Augmented reality and virtual reality technologies
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
In Use Planned for Use in Next 2 Years
59%
72 %
21%
40%
9%
66
81
36
57
19
72
45%
29%
48%
53%
10%
9%
78
66
60
60
59
43
38
