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MANUFACTURING’ S AI AMBITION GAP

Source: McKinsey 2025, How COOs can scale AI in manufacturing

Just 2 % say AI is now fully embedded across all operations

Nearly 60 % of manufacturers lack clear targets to measure the value of AI implementations

80 %

93 %

70 %
60 %

of manufacturing COOs plan to spend more on AI in the next five years

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