Propelled by Industrie 4.0 and New Manufacturing initiatives, information technologies like Big Data, advanced analytics, and augmented reality are speeding products from idea to factory floor. Faster time to market, and ability to explore, make, and sell many more product variations offer huge strategic advantages to the manufacturers who can realize them. Manufacturing industries like aerospace, automotive, electronics, architecture, and medical devices are most affected by innovation in the digital and physical sides of manufacturing, and need to budget people and funds for research and development, partnerships, and acquisitions.
