[Booklet] Manufacturing at the Crossroads 2025: Real-World Lessons from Industrial Leaders
What does it take to make digital transformation stick—beyond pilots, platforms, and buzzwords?
At Hannover Messe 2025, the conversation around industrial transformation reached a new level of clarity—and urgency. From AI and agentic automation to modular MES platforms and resilient supply chains, one message was consistent: transformation is no longer a long-term goal. It’s a right-now imperative.
In this digital booklet, IIoT World brings together a selection of interviews with leaders shaping the future of manufacturing, supply chain, and industrial operations. While dozens of meaningful conversations took place during the event, this edition highlights five executives with a shared sense of urgency—and a clear vision for the road ahead. You’ll find in this booklet practical lessons on data architecture, MES evolution, cloud adoption, and the next leap in intelligent manufacturing: agentic AI.
Featured in the booklet:
- Neil Smith, Segment President, Consumer Packaged Goods, Schneider Electric
- Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO, Critical Manufacturing
- Evan Kaplan, CEO, InfluxData
- John Harrington, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, HighByte
- Ozgur Tohumcu, General Manager, Automotive & Manufacturing, AWS
They tackle questions like:
- Why is traceability becoming a strategic differentiator?
- What’s holding back industrial AI from scaling enterprise-wide?
- How should companies rethink and rebuild their data strategy?
- What’s blocking plug-and-play autonomy in smart factories?
This is not a hype deck—it’s a grounded look at what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next.
Who should read this?
If you’re responsible for operations, MES, data infrastructure, or digital transformation in manufacturing, energy, or logistics—this booklet offers a clear view of where the industry is going and how to get ahead.
What You’ll Take Away:
- Why architecture—not just AI—is often the true constraint
- How leaders are scaling real outcomes
- What agentic AI demands from your data strategy
- How traceability and observability fuel agility and resilience
- Clear examples of cloud-to-edge strategies enabling real-time decisions
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