Digital platforms are a key enabler for the manufacturing industry to use innovations from IT to optimize the OT world. Platforms for industrial edge management, connected workers, and smart logistics services are good examples in this context.

We also see platforms on the horizon to address further innovative industrial use cases, around topics, such as the industrial metaverse, industrial data fabrics, and GenAI-based industrial copilots.

With this INNOVATION RADAR, PAC aims to uncover the reality behind the hype. This research will especially help innovation-oriented medium-sized companies – the hidden champions – to understand the value of newly emerging topics and find the right partner.