Each new year brings and reenforces trends for the industry sector. Start preparing your business for 2022 (and beyond) with tips from Balanças Marques!
The constant technological evolution, the increasing market level of demand and even the COVID-19 pandemic have been transforming more and more the industrial paradigm. Today it’s urgent to take a huge step towards the Industry 4.0. More than ever, the businesses in this sector must adapt and find new strategies to maintaining themselves relevant.
For this reason, and because we’re always by your side, we’ve made a list with some trends that you should be aware of to boost your industrial business in 2022 (and the following years).
• Automation
In a global market increasingly fast, the industry must streamline its processes and turn them more effective and profitable to deal with the employment, economic and competitive contexts.
And the investment on automation contributes to that. According to a McKinsey Global Institute’ study, the automation processes can really increase a company’s productivity on 0,8 to 1,4% annually.
So, your industry can benefit a lot by betting on equipment that automate the production, packaging, logistics and other systems. With a huge variety of solutions available on the market, you can reduce the time spent on some proceedings and, this way, release the employees to other tasks.
• Storage and data analysis
With the increasing digitalization on our daily lives, today it’s easier to store and analyze data related to the production and billing of any company, which came to prove the value that this information can have in the management of a business.
In fact, according to an inquiry from Deloitte, entitled “The Analytics Advantages”, 49% of the interviewees say that the data analysis is a key-factor to make better decisions in an administrative level.
As such, your industrial business can also take advantage of storing data from the production and sales processes, for example. The analysis tools allow you to optimize systems, make predictions about the performance of your industry and even develop products customized for your clients.
• Sustainability
The environmental concerns are one of the big themes of the last years and are going to continue to be a central matter on the political, media and social agenda and, consequently, should be on the company plans in any sector.
An investigation from Cargill, which inquired 7000 consumers in 10 European countries, has revealed that 70% of the Europeans already look to the sustainability as a factor to consider on shopping decisions.
Which means that, on the following years, you should rethink the way of working and your industry products, betting, for example, on renewable energy sources and more ecologic materials. This way, you can meet your clients’ expectations and contribute to the preservation of the environment.
Are you ready to answer to all these trends in 2022 (and beyond)? Start preparing your business for the Industry 4.0 – for the future – with the tips we left you and, if you have any doubts, don’t think twice and contact us. At Balanças Marques, we are always aware of the industrial sector needs and, of course, ready to help you face each one of these changes with our weighing equipment and software.
