Lead the Curve: Make manufacturing disruption a competitive advantage
From global trade uncertainty to demand for customized products, manufacturing leaders are seizing the moment to transition to smart manufacturing
Find your competitive advantage and lead the curve
Welcome to The Opportunity Curve
Global trade tensions, evolving regulations, increasing cyber threats, and demand for customized products are transforming the manufacturing landscape. Instead of being daunted by these disruptions, leading manufacturing firms are seizing the opportunity to reimagine themselves as “smart industrials.” Advanced technologies such as AI, IoT, and robotics can elevate processes, improve efficiency, and futureproof operations. This pivotal moment—the Opportunity Curve—is when uncertainty is reengineered into unprecedented innovation, allowing manufacturers to build resilience, boost agility, and capture new value.
In our Intelligent Manufacturing report, industry experts reveal how AI can enhance product quality and innovation, streamline operations by reducing downtime, and drive sustainable revenue growth. Further findings include:
Manufacturers that act now can align their AI strategies with core capabilities, modernize legacy systems, and realize new revenue streams – even in the face of global disruption. Already, AI is driving a 4-18% EBITDA improvement in labor productivity alone, according to our research. Those that are paralyzed by uncertainty will be standing on the sidelines while bolder competitors pass them by.
The time to lead the curve is now. Embrace a smart, AI-powered manufacturing ecosystem by seizing opportunities to reboot, retool, and reshore.
Source: Intelligent Manufacturing: A blueprint for creating value through AI-driven transformation
Intelligent Manufacturing: A blueprint for creating value through AI-driven transformation
Real-world results
Disruption doesn’t happen to industries—it happens within them. Across the industrial manufacturing sector, KPMG LLP helps leaders navigate The Opportunity Curve and push through risk and uncertainty to develop sector-specific strategies designed to transform disruption into opportunity.
Driving compliance for a global manufacturer
A large manufacturer lacked a compliance program that addressed regulations across all its global jurisdictions. The KPMG Forensics Practice created a global standardized, technology-enabled compliance program for the client that addressed regulatory mandates across multiple countries, empowered employees through a global “Speak Up” program, and increased trust among all of its stakeholders.
It’s time to get “smart”
In this up-to-the-moment video series, KPMG industrial manufacturing leaders share their insights on the fundamental changes and challenges of transitioning from traditional methods to smarter, more connected ways of working.
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KPMG professionals apply advanced technologies and data-driven analytics to help companies across the industrial manufacturing sector make sense of a multitude of market and industry signals to help them adapt and thrive in the new era of smart manufacturing.
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