Geopolitical, cultural, and technological changes are necessitating the need for manufacturers to digitize, built smart software. Manufacturing organizations are using low-code development software to create custom software solutions.

99% of manufacturing organizations are
using low-code

Low code helps manufacturing innovate quality control, customer experience, and digital transformation.

77% of manufacturing leaders think low code
is the only development option

The benefits of low code are far reaching in industrial manufacturing organizations.

Improves productivity in tech team (83%)

Enables dev teams to innovate at scale (75%)

Speeds up the innovation cycle (76%)

Reduces operational costs (77%)

Improves time to market (75%)

The 3 ways low code helps manufacturers

Forward-looking manufacturers are leveraging low code to unlock their existing technology infrastructures for future development opportunities. They can tap into the potential of agentic AI and generative AI, improve the handshake between IT and OT, and future-proof the workplace.

Embracing disruptive technologies

Better collaboration between IT and OT

Opportunity to educate and upskill the workforce

Organizations need to connect data from their various sources, modernize legacy systems, and digitize manual and paper processes.

The manufacturing sector is using low code for the following use cases:

56% Digital transformation

47% Novel technology integration (e.g. AI)

41% Application portfolio management

35% Workflow automation

27% Legacy modernization

84% of IT leaders in manufacturing say that AI and low code combined can help organizations innovate faster.

IT leaders want to invest in low code and AI, and strongly consider data governance when looking to invest.

Organizations must provide training for IT teams as well as fusion teams to make sure that they can unlock as much ROI as they can.

Training and upskilling developers and technically-savvy business users hould be top of mind for manufacturers.

86% Developer training for AI-assisted coding

82% Technical staff upskilling in low code

70% Fusion team upskilling for low code

86% Involvement of fusion teams to be more involved in software development

Siloed IT and OT systems present challenges to any attempts at innovation.

Missed information

Inefficient communication

Duplicated data or workloads

Low code and AI provide a layer on top of IT and OT systems so that the two departments work more harmoniously with better visibility, efficiency, and communication across the software development lifecycle.

This is vital. 75% of manufacturers say that low code is helping their org’s ability to innovate at scale.