Navigating Digital Transformation: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Road Ahead for Manufacturers

Welcome to the Trend Detection podcast, brought to you by Senseye
Predictive Maintenance – the platform which enables predictive
maintenance at scale across all of your assets, across all of your
plants.This episode covers:Digital Transformation in
Manufacturing – Brian Holliday, Managing Director of Siemens
Digital Industries UK, shares insights on how digital technologies
are reshaping manufacturing, from SMEs to large
enterprises.Challenges Facing Manufacturers – Discussing key
industry challenges in 2025, including skills shortages,
under-adoption of technology, supply chain resilience, and
sustainability.The Role of AI and Predictive Maintenance –
Exploring how AI, including GenAI and predictive maintenance
solutions like Senseye, is driving efficiency, reducing downtime,
and making industrial data more accessible.The Power of
Collaboration – The impact of initiatives like Made Smarter
and the role of partnerships between government, industry, and
academia in accelerating digital adoption.The Future of Industry:
The Industrial Metaverse – A look at how digital twins and the
industrial metaverse will revolutionize manufacturing, enabling
real-time collaboration, simulation, and data-driven
decision-making.Quote of the episode: I think the analysts now are
all predicting that the the greatest use of that environment will
be in industry. It is the ultimate use of data at scale to to help
companies and countries make better decisions.