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We’ve arrived at this year’s trends through both primary research and lived experience, interviewing both industry and public sector leaders who have developed innovations in everything from resilient manufacturing and data repatriation to digital and biometric credentialing. Their input helped us shape the six trends chronicled in Tech Trends 2023.
As we prepare for launch, I’d encourage a moment of perspective-cum-humility. Futurists are secretly historians. And as Mark Twain reportedly said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”3 Having worked in all things newfangled for 25 years, I’ve seen literally thousands of self-styled “world-changing technologies,” but none that have marked “the end of history.” It’s a sobering thought to realize that today’s white-hot innovations will indeed become tomorrow’s legacy applications—that our pioneering advances might one day be dismissed by the new generation as “the old way.” This is not meant to depress, but to embolden. It might be said that success for us as makers is building something significant and sustainable enough that our successors take notice and flag it for further modernization. Our job, dear reader and fellow leader, is not to hubristically chase “future-proof,” but to humbly target “future-friendly.” Onward, Mike Bechtel Chief futurist Deloitte Consulting LLP FORBES:
Dave Evans. Co-Founder of Fictiv. Stanford MechE. Ford Alum. It’s an understatement to say our world has faced (and continues to face) significant challenges recently, and I’ve been thinking a lot about those challenges and what they may mean for the future of the manufacturing industry. Here are my three key predictions about supply chain disruptions, outsourced manufacturing, and digital manufacturing in 2023: 1. Agile Supply Chains FTW: Firstly, supply chain disruptions aren’t going anywhere. 2. Outsourcing On the Rise: Secondly, more companies will turn to outsourced manufacturing. 3. The Future of Manufacturing is Digital: 2023 will be a digital manufacturing tipping point. Don’t Just Get Ready, Stay Ready This year my motto is: Don’t just get ready, stay ready. If you haven’t started planning for next year, now’s the time — then you’ll be ready to tackle 12 months of come-what-may. |
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