*NEW RESEARCH* Exclusive interview - Atos & UKI Manufacturing: Enabling growth

With 68% of UK manufacturing companies planning for growth but only 7% planning to increase headcount (Source: Manufacturing Momentum Report), the sector faces an unprecedented challenge that makes digital transformation essential for survival.

In an exclusive interview with Simon Culshaw, Atos UKI Head of Manufacturing Sales, we explore how technology is reshaping the manufacturing industry. Culshaw reveals how the most successful companies are overcoming persistent operational challenges through innovative approaches, from Atos's transformative work with Renault on industrial data at scale to a major UK aerospace company achieving dramatic capacity increases without expanding its workforce.

The wide-ranging conversation covers everything from cloud ERP adoption and blockchain for supply chain resilience to the practical implementation of artificial intelligence. Culshaw explains how client conversations around GenAI have fundamentally shifted from "I want to use AI in my business" to "I want to understand how AI can help my business", with manufacturers increasingly focused on data interrogation and worker assistance applications.

Perhaps most critically, the interview highlights the concerning decline of cybersecurity in manufacturing organisations’ priorities, despite a significant increase in attacks on the sector. In addition, Culshaw's insights into sustainability initiatives reveal how environmental objectives are becoming business imperatives rather than mere compliance exercises.

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Posted by Georgina O'Toole at '07:00' - Tagged: manufacturing   automation   digital   iot   data   Industry4.0   sustainability   IT+services