A survey of 508 industrial operators across 14 countries conducted by Researchscape and cloud ERP provider Rootstock Software found widespread enthusiasm for digital transformation and rapidly-growing implementation of artificial intelligence into their operations—but also worries that their peers are ahead on AI and about overall economic conditions.

The results of the research, released May 29 and contained in San Ramon, California-based Rootstock’s 2024 State of Manufacturing Technology Survey, assessed how manufacturers with revenues over $10 million a year in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the U.K., and the U.S. view their digital transformation journeys, where they are currently making tech investments, and where they see opportunities for technologies such as AI.