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Digital Transformation in Manufacturing. Realized.

Make digital transformation strategy your operational reality.
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Digital Transformation
  • Digital Workforce Productivity
  • Enterprise Operational Intelligence
  • Intelligent Asset Optimization
  • Scalable Production Management
  • MES, Analytics & IIoT

What is digital transformation in manufacturing?

Digital transformation is the process of integrating technological advances – new software capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI) and connected devices – with processes and people to deliver financial, operational, and environmental value at scale. It involves shifting from manual methods to more connected, data-driven systems.

What are the benefits of digital transformation? 

It increases business connectivity, enhances decision-making, and drives autonomous operations. By connecting data from disparate systems and contextualizing it, digital transformation enables actionable insights that empower optimal decisions and actions, enhancing competitive advantage and delivering better product quality and customer experience at reduced costs.  


Digital transformation in manufacturing requires more than isolated initiatives. It takes aligning business vision with operational excellence to build scalable capabilities through a series of incremental successes that drive sustainable value and competitive advantage. 

Realizing lasting impact at scale isn’t just about adopting new digital transformation technologies – it’s about solving the right problems, aligning processes, and driving change across the organization – each step building towards transformational value.

We combine digital expertise and industrial automation legacy to align top floor strategy with shop floor execution, integrating processes, technology, and culture to drive measurable results. 

Our digital transformation consulting team helps you realize the potential of digital transformation solutions:

Develop your strategy and digital transformation roadmap with our Digital Value Accelerator to position your organization for success.

Operationalize your digital transformation roadmap and IT/OT architecture with leading solutions from our portfolio and strategic partners like Microsoft, NVIDIA, Cisco, and others.

Achieve high adoption rates of digital transformation solutions through effective organizational change management.

Benefits of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

Top-line growth

  • Up to 30% increase in factory output through streamlined workflows and automation.
  • Up to 33% decrease in time to market. Digital transformation empowers manufacturers to reduce manual tasks and accelerate workflows through improved processes, greater connectivity, automation and a progression to increasingly autonomous operations.  

Operational excellence

  • Up to 12% reduction in operating costs. Digital transformation helps manufacturers optimize resource usage while minimizing waste and improving productivity.   
  • Up to 50% increase in OEE through real-time monitoring and analytics that improve quality control and consistency in production.
  • Up to 90% improvement in right-first time quality. Digital transformation empowers manufacturers to reduce variability and improve consistency through advanced analytics and process control.
  • Up to 50% reduction in unplanned downtime with predictive and condition-based maintenance.

Primary Digital Transformation Solutions

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Analytics & Data Management

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Production Design

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Manufacturing Execution (MES)

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Performance Monitoring and Optimization

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Maintenance

Results Achieved

Case studies on digital transformation in manufacturing

  1. Automotive
  2. CPG
  3. Life Sciences
  4. Mining
  5. Tire
  6. Water Wastewater
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Human-Centered Decision Enablement Drives Real-Time Operational Efficiency and Production Performance Improvements
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Human-Centered Decision Enablement Drives Real-Time Operational Efficiency and Production Performance Improvements

A leading global CDMO combined automation and human expertise to optimize their production processes and achieve real-time operational improvements.

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Model Predictive Control for More Efficient Mining
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Model Predictive Control for More Efficient Mining

How we helped Newcrest Mining maximize efficiency and profitability across processing plants with Model Predictive Control

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Building Better Tires with AI
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Building Better Tires with AI

How we helped a major tire manufacturer make half a million more tires each year

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Model Predictive Control for Energy and Water Conservation
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Model Predictive Control for Energy and Water Conservation

How we helped Melbourne Water save billions of liters of water each year with Model Predictive Control

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Digital Transformation Insights

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  • The Business Value of the Digital Thread
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    The Business Value of the Digital Thread

    Explore how the digital thread drives business growth through enhanced performance and workforce productivity.

  • Achieve Digital Transformation at Scale – Four Key Concepts
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    Achieve Digital Transformation at Scale – Four Key Concepts

    Our leaders share four core digital transformation concepts that companies must understand to drive business value, build resiliency, and scale into the future.

  • eBook: Mastering Change
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    eBook: Mastering Change

    Key Tactics for Digital Transformation Leaders to Successfully Implement Organizational Change

  • IT/OT Convergence for Sustainability in Manufacturing
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    IT/OT Convergence for Sustainability in Manufacturing

    Link OT data from the factory floor with IT data in the cloud to achieve critical sustainability goals and move closer to the factory of the future.

  • Practical Strategies for Using Generative AI Tools in Your Organization
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    Practical Strategies for Using Generative AI Tools in Your Organization

    While ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools carve the frontier of AI maturity, a common question is "How do I put these tools into practice for my organization?


Management Perspectives

Resources for executive industrial decision-makers

Discover Management Perspectives – our exclusive executive programme, designed to help accelerate your digital transformation initiatives. Here, we share insights and expertise from Rockwell Automation, our customers and our partners, helping you to unify your people, processes and technology and achieve better business outcomes.

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Industry Resources  

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Automotive

Closing the Digital Gaps in the Automotive Industry ​​Transforming Design for Automation
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Consumer Packaged Goods

Three Solutions to Drive Near-Term Production Cost Savings in CPG Technological Trends to Unlock Innovation
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Life Sciences

Solving Today’s Complex Pharma Manufacturing Challenges with Digital Navigating Medical Device Industry Trends by Adopting the Digital Thread
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Mining

Advanced Process Control Chats: Mining Industry Mining, Metals and Cement and Sustainability Q&A
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Warehousing

Re-imagining Warehousing Innovation & Resilience The Future of Supply Planning is Here
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