Smart Manufacturing
Smart manufacturing describes how Industry 4.0 technologies (industrial IoT, cloud computing, AI, and the like) are applied within manufacturing operations and production. Our research helps readers understand the current and future market landscape of smart manufacturing, including technologies and the vendors supplying them.
Smart manufacturing market reports and other insights
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Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing Market Report 2026–2030
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Digital & AI in Industrial Robotics Insights Report 2025
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Industry 4.0 Case Studies from Leading Manufacturers 2025
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Hannover Messe 2025—the latest Industrial IoT/Industry 4.0 Trends
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Industrial Automation Projects Report and Database 2025
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Latest smart manufacturing research articles
Predictive Maintenance initiatives saved organizations $17B in 2018, as the number of vendors surges
ANNOUNCEMENT: Hamburg, Germany - 20th June 2019 // IoT Analytics, a leading provider of market insights & competitive intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M, and Industry 4.0, today published a comprehensive 136-page market report on the current state of Predictive Maintenance (PdM), titled “Predictive Maintenance Report 2019-2024”. Some of the key findings include: Significant...
Industrial IoT Platforms for Manufacturing market to become a $12.4B opportunity by 2024, driven by deployments in discrete manufacturing environments
PRESS RELEASE: Hamburg, Germany - 30 April 2019 // IoT Analytics, a leading provider of market insights & competitive intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M, and Industry 4.0, today published a comprehensive 155-page market report on Industrial IoT Platforms for Manufacturing 2019-2024. The research uncovers that the Industrial IoT Platforms market is accelerating in 2019 as more...
The top 20 Industrial IoT trends – as showcased at Hannover Messe 2019
Hannover Messe (or Hannover Fair) has established itself as the #1 global industrial tradeshow (215,000 visitors and 6,500 exhibitors). The event that took place from April 1-5, 2019 in Hannover, Germany showcased once again the latest developments and industrial IoT trends. The fairgrounds were buzzing and filled with senior executives from most (if not almost all) of the leading industrial...
Industrial Blockchain Market Continues to grow at ~27% – despite global cryptocurrency collapse
New report finds $174M in Industrial & IoT Blockchain spending today and predicts the market will expand to $573M by 2023 – driven by encouraging pilot project results and ongoing corporate investments. Hamburg, Germany - January 31, 2019 // IoT Analytics, a leading provider of market insights and competitive intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M, and Industry 4.0, today...
The Leading Industry 4.0 Companies 2019
Vendor Map of leading Industry 4.0 companies While conducting research for the recently released Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing Market Report, IoT Analytics identified 300+ leading Industry 4.0 companies that supply cutting edge products and services that are driving the fourth industrial revolution. The leading Industry 4.0 companies were selected based on a number of criteria (case...
New market report uncovers 9 disruptive trends and ranks 12 key use cases transforming smart manufacturing
The Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing 2018-2023 report details the $310B market opportunity PRESS RELEASE: Hamburg, Germany - 14 November 2018 // IoT Analytics, a leading provider of market insights & competitive intelligence for the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M, and Industry 4.0, today published a comprehensive 375-page market report titled Industry 4.0 & Smart Manufacturing...
Our view on smart manufacturing
Smart manufacturing is the use of digital and automation technologies to improve manufacturing operations across the value chain. It comprises (A) core smart manufacturing technology stack elements, (B) supporting technologies, and typically results in solutions/use cases that make production environments more responsive, interoperable, and better suited to improving key operational KPIs such as OEE.
Our smart manufacturing research stream covers the core elements:
1. Connected industry building block
- Hardware, such as chips, sensors or gateways
- Connectivity protocols and services
- Hosting environments, IoT platforms, and data analytics & AI
- Applications that are built on top of the software layer
- Cyber security technologies and methods used throughout the stack
- Systems integration, connecting systems both vertically and horizontally
2. Disruptive trends
The technologies and standards which are being be altered or replaced by disruptive trends caused by I4.0 technologies.
3. Supporting technologies
Six technologies frequently deployed alongside the connected industry building blocks to support the I4.0 key use cases.
- Additive manufacturing (AM)
- Augmented and virtual reality
- Stationary, humanoid, and autonomous mobile robotics
- Machine vision
- Drones/UAVs
- Self-driving vehicles
4. Key use cases
Use cases implementing connected industry and/or supporting technologies, such as process automation and asset performance optimization.
5. Adoption strategies
OEMs, factories, and industrial automation suppliers are all leveraging I4.0 technologies to differentiate themselves in the market.
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