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State of Smart Manufacturing Report 2025: Life Sciences Edition

Explore what’s trending in smart manufacturing for the Life Sciences industry.

Key Insights from the 2025 Report

Managing Inflation

Knowing how and when to spend is integral to getting through turbulent times. Life Sciences manufacturers are feeling the weight of this situation as they try to position their technological investments.

Adapting to Supply Chain Disruption

To manage the continuing shift in global trade policies and tariffs, many Life Sciences manufacturers are forced to rethink how they do business. Sourcing, nearshoring, and regional hubs are a few ways they are trying to minimize disruption.

Advancing Cybersecurity Technology

Despite managing the variability of inflation and supply chain disruption, Cybersecurity continues to be an area of investment for Life Sciences manufacturers - with 94% budgeting for, or already adopting, new technology.

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Hear from Life Sciences manufacturers
across the globe

Explore how the Life Sciences industry is harnessing emergent technology to reduce risk, generate growth and maximize workforce potential.

51%

plan to adopt smart manufacturing technology within the next five years

50%

intend to increase automation in their manufacturing facilities in the coming years

45%

project they will increase the use of AI/ML to future-proof their operations

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These insights are designed to guide your decisions in the evolving landscape—and help us all realize the vision of a world where synergy between humans and technology allows both to reach their highest potential.

Blake Moret - CEO of Rockwell Automation

State of Smart Manufacturing Report 2025: Life Sciences Edition

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