Advanced Manufacturing Outlook is a survey that measures the degree of Industry 4.0 penetration in Canadian manufacturing companies and the attitudes of industry executives toward smart technologies.
For the second consecutive year, Toronto-based research firm R.K. Insights conducted the survey between June and July 2020 through June and July, on behalf of industry publications Canadian Manufacturing and PLANT. Partners in the initiative included Machines Italia and ICE Agency Canada, Lapp Group North America and Alps Welding Ltd.
185 manufacturers participated in Advanced Manufacturing Outlook 2021 and the survey results are representative of the industry with a margin of error of +/- 6 percent - 19 times out of 20.

The focus of this year's research, as usual, was precisely Industry 4.0 in all its aspects and dimensions such as automation, interconnectivity, machine learning and real-time data analytics, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud services and platforms, and artificial intelligence.

The survey and its results were discussed during a virtual roundtable hosted by Canadianmanufacturing.com and Plant on August 19, 2020.
Industry experts, media, and associations were invited to attend the event and provide their opinions, which were then used to compile the Advanced Manufacturing Outlook 2021 report. Along with Machines Italia - ICE Agency Canada, other roundtable participants included Electronic Product & Technology (media), Plant (media), Canadianmanufacturing.com (media), Alps Welding (industry), NGEN (industry), EMC Canada ((ndustry), RK Insight (consultant), Clestica (industry) Myant (consultant), Lapp Group North America (industry), MTech Hub (industry), Innovative Automation (industry), Illuminate (consulting), CCRM, (industry).

The Advanced Manufacturing Outlook 2021 report (print and digital versions) was distributed through the magazines of Annex Business Media Group, Canada's largest publisher of industrial publications-and is currently available on the Machines Italia website at the following link.

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