The Forrester Tech Tide: Smart Manufacturing, Q2 2020 presented an analysis of the maturity and business value of 20 technology categories that supported smart manufacturing back in 2020. Like other Forrester Tech Tides it offered a visual representation of the state of technologies in the space, plotting them against the two dimensions of business value and maturity.
A lot has changed since we completed this exercise in 2020, and it’s time to draw up a new list of the technology categories that are going to matter in 2025.
A survey will be sent out in January
We use a survey to validate our perspectives on the technologies that should be included, to confirm their position on the graphic, and to gather good examples of use cases and relevant vendors to highlight in the report. The research team is currently drawing up our list of (client and nonclient) vendors and other stakeholders to approach with the survey. If you’re a Forrester client and want to be sure you’ll receive a copy in January, please contact your account team and let them know that you’re interested.
