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Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Discrete Manufacturing Technologies, 2025
The future of manufacturing is being shaped by intelligent systems, from product design to predictive maintenance and autonomous decision-making on the shop floor. AI is no longer experimental. It’s becoming embedded across the entire product life cycle.
The latest Hype Cycle for Discrete Manufacturing Technologies, offers a strategic look at the technologies that will define the next era of industrial innovation. From small language models (SLMs) and AI agents to manufacturing data spaces and polyfunctional robots, this report outlines what’s rising, what’s real, and what’s ready for investment.
What’s Inside
- AI for the Product Life Cycle: Explore how AI is transforming every phase of the product lifecycle—from generative design and BOM synchronization to real-time quality monitoring and compliance automation.
- Technology Prioritization: Identify which emerging technologies offer the most transformational value for your business—and which ones to watch, adopt, or skip.
- Operational Agility and ROI: See how manufacturing leaders are applying AI at the edge, on legacy systems, and within digital threads to improve agility, reduce downtime, and increase resilience.
- Expert Guidance: Read perspective on what’s accelerating, what’s plateauing, and how to evaluate technologies based on your organization’s digital maturity.
Gartner® mentions Sinequa under the “AI for Product Life Cycle” innovation. We believe this recognition underscores our commitment to helping manufacturers unify critical knowledge, accelerate product development, and support AI-powered decision-making at scale.
Gartner® Hype Cycle for Discrete Manufacturing Technologies, 2025. By: Alexander Hoeppe, Sudip Pattanayak, Marc Halpern, Kentaro Shikanai. 10 July 2025
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