Could an acceleration in digital transformation be the one upside of the energy cost crisis?

Posted on 19 Apr 2023 by The Manufacturer

UK Plc has long grappled with the question of how to boost productivity. For our SME manufacturing base, part of the solution hinges on increasing the adoption of industry 4.0 technologies, but it has proven to be a hard sell.

With this in mind, energy price inflation is a major opportunity to illustrate just how effective digital transformation can be in having a positive impact on the bottom line for our small and medium sized manufacturers. The benefits of digitisation are clear. A 2019 report from Accenture found that digital technologies have the potential to…

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