Prediction #1: Manufacturers will Ramp up Digital Initiatives as Remote Working Becomes the Norm
While some discrete manufacturers initially regarded remote working as a short-term reaction to the pandemic, this year it will become a more permanent shift. Having found a way to make distributed workforce structures succeed, and with it being impossible to ignore the risk of further social distancing measures being reintroduced at short notice. An increasing number of manufacturers will invest in new solutions to work this way in 2022.
