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It ’ s perhaps unsurprising , therefore , that manufacturers have been turning to the latest advances in digital technology to help turn the odds in their favour . Indeed , three quarters of the respondents to a recent survey by PwC accepted they would need to adopt digital technologies in order to prosper .
This need hasn ’ t gone unrecognised by the UK Government . Its Industrial Strategy , published in late 2017 , focuses heavily on technology as an enabler to productivity in the manufacturing sector , for example . To help facilitate this , it launched “ Made Smarter ”, aimed
at encouraging the widespread adoption of cutting-edge Industry 4.0 technologies across the entire UK manufacturing industry . Former UK Business Secretary , Greg Clark , said of the initiative , “ We want to support companies of all sizes who want to develop new digital capabilities […] we are committed to making sure manufacturers are best placed to take advantage of the opportunities being created by industrial digitalisation .”
Digital is clearly seen as the future of manufacturing . But it brings with it a host of threats to the security of the industry .
JANUARY 2020