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AI Adoption Rates in Manufacturing vs. Distribution: The Makers are Winning

While adoption rates for both sides are relatively slow-going, this piece examines new data that shows the gap between them.

March 8, 2024

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Given that manufacturing and distribution is a symbiotic relationship (or should be) in the greater supply chain, I never want to pit one against the other.  That is, unless it’s for helpful context purposes, which is the purpose of this blog. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) released fresh data from its

2024 First Quarter Manufacturing Outlook Survey

on March 5, and one of the quantitative questions the survey polled its some 300 respondents about during February concerned their level of AI utilization. Given that this question essentially mirrored one asked in MDM’s 2Q23…

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