Top manufacturing investment priorities:
- Sales and marketing
- Product development
- Technology
- Manufacturing process efficiency
- Supply chain
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79% of manufacturers say channel partners strengthen their brand — up from 63% in 2020
70% of manufacturers say channel partners drive significant market share
70% of manufacturers have field service operations
AI adoption among manufacturing organizations:
- 36%: Fully implemented
- 44%: Experimenting
- 15%: Evaluating
- 4%: No intentions to use
Small business owners lose an average of 96 minutes of productivity daily to tasks they deem unproductive.
17% of small business owners say context switching between multiple apps and tools leads to wasted time.
The average small business owner uses four different tools, apps, or programs throughout the workday.
59% of small business owners incorporated new technology into their workplace this year.
Top time-wasters for small business owners:
- Non-work-related distractions (57%)
- Procrastination (47%)
- Waiting for status updates from multiple tools and stakeholders (28%)
83% of tech decision makers don’t believe a closed ecosystem will still be the norm by June 2026.
Security challenges, interoperability issues, and resistance from major AI companies are the biggest issues for open ecosystem adoption, according to tech decision makers who have adopted AI.
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