Half of Manufacturers Plan to Adopt Wearable Technologies in 5 Years, Says Study
A study of future manufacturing trends released Monday said half of manufacturers expect to adopt wearable technologies by 2022 as part of Industry 4.0 and the smart factory. The study, commissioned by Zebra Technologies, which makes computer enterprise tracking and…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
printing technologies, said globalization, increased competition and customer demand for higher quality products are driving the rise of the “fully connected factory.” By 2022, 64 percent of manufacturers are expected to be fully connected, vs. 43 percent today, it said. Workers will use a combination of radio frequency identification, wearables, automated systems and other emerging technologies to allow companies to make “decentralized” decisions, it said. Fifty-one percent of companies are planning to expand the use of voice technology in the next five years, said the report.