Sweeping changes come to manufacturing businesses as result of disruptive technology. Top trends to look for later this year.

1. 2,000,000
SMAC
Stack
8.2%5.6%
Number of Science
and Engineering jobs
expected to rise
by 2022.
Top Manufacturing Trends of 2015
Number of jobs
needing filled
in manufacturing
industry
in 2015.
Percent of growth
in manufacturing
production in 2015.
Integration of
social,mobile,
analytic
and cloud
technologies
into production
management.
Increase in
operating capacity
for manufacturers.
Est. 83.7 percent.
Increase
of high-tech
manufacturing
in 2015.
1.4%
Net increase in
revenue for
manufacturing
industry
in 2015.
Increase
in industrial
equipment
expenditure.
7.6%
"Next
Shoring"
Production operations
closer to proximity to
demand and markets for
faster response to economic
changes.