Five ways to advance your product-as-a-service journey
Learn about five digital transformation scenarios that can help you deliver product as a service— including connected field service and intelligent supply chains.
Microsoft Industry Blogs: Manufacturing and mobility
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Manufacturing at the 2026 inflection point: How Frontier companies are entering the agentic era
Microsoft is powering manufacturing’s 2026 inflection point—turning AI from pilots into orchestrated, end‑to‑end intelligence.
CES 2019: The rise of AI in automotive
AI is redefining the experiences we have across our daily lives and the experiences we have in one of the places we spend a good portion of our time—the automobile.
Three keys to an intelligent supply chain
Advance your journey to product as a service with an intelligent supply chain. Learn three keys to getting there and how our partners can help.
IT security: How trust works in the automotive industry
Does my supplier or service provider have IT security under control? This is a justified question in the highly connected automotive industry. It is no longer possible to work without cloud and external access.
Toyota digital platform helps field service reach new heights
Toyota Materials Handling Europe’s connected field service capabilities provides technicians all they need to service and maintain equipment in optimal conditions.
Looking ahead: autonomous vehicles through 2030 and beyond
Over the next decade, the autonomous vehicle industry is poised to disrupt how we integrate vehicles into our lives.
Future workforce: Insights on disruption, transformation, and AI’s role
Digital transformation is upon us, and every industry and every business is part of it. Change is happening fast and many, if not all, industries are being redefined.
Why Services are the Future of Manufacturing
In today’s market full of feature-saturated products and super competitive prices, manufacturers are exploring new service-based business models that will allow them to expand margins and build stronger relationships with customers.
The 6 trends that will define intelligent manufacturing in 2019
As manufacturing companies of the past turn into the intelligent manufacturing businesses of the future, manufacturing leaders must leverage technology to help bridge the gap, improve safety and operations, provide greater transparency, and deliver better products and experiences.
Transforming the oil and gas downstream sector with data
Data—and the insights we can derive from data—is what will power the manufacturing industry to new levels of predictability and transformation.
The future of field service has arrived—for every manufacturer
Following the latest Microsoft Azure IoT Central and Dynamics 365 announcements, futuristic, connected field service is within the reach of every manufacturer.
Bringing cloud intelligence to the edge in connected factories
Microsoft’s Erich Barnstedt and Chipalo Street explain how Microsoft is leveraging cloud intelligence and edge computing to empower more manufacturers.