“Technology can’t deliver if you haven’t addressed change management, if you haven’t talked to people about how their job is going to be different, and if you haven’t trained people on how to use and adapt to technology. You’ve kind of thrown it to the wall and hope it sticks.”
Manufacturers are asking the right questions about digital transformation, but the data tells a sobering story: technology is not the bottleneck. Insights from more than 1,900 CESMII current state surveys across 160+ companies reveal that vision, strategy, and organizational alignment remain the most persistent barriers standing between manufacturers and realizing the full productivity and competitive value of Smart Manufacturing.
Abstract
Where do I start? What is my AI strategy? How can I transform my operations while I am spending all of my time just running them? Am I on the bleeding edge, leading edge or falling behind? Manufacturers are all facing these challenges. We often think that the answers to these questions lie in the technology choices and solutions that are in the marketplace, but the data from CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute is showing another story…
About CESMII
CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute – has a total current investment commitment of $201M from Department of Energy funding and public/private partnership contributions, with a mandate to create a more competitive manufacturing environment in the US through advanced sensing, analytics, modeling, control, and platforms. CESMII is one of 17 Manufacturing USA institutes on this mission to increase manufacturing productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment by increasing energy productivity, improving economic performance and raising workforce capacity. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is the program and administrative home of CESMII. For more information about CESMII, its history and Smart Manufacturing, visit cesmii.org.