1、KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HANNOVER MESSE 2023HANNOVER MESSE 2023:KEY TAKEAWAYS2Hannover Messe 2023 was a refreshing and invigorating experience.Although not quite back to the heyday of B.C.(Before COVID-19),it was vibrant and 2/3 back to normal at an educated guess.Although not all of the halls were full a

2、nd the footfall wasnt equitable to 2018/2019,the market development,pace of innovation,implementation velocity,and race to digitization was a marked and significant upshift compared to previous years.It is difficult to highlight all the trendsI will leave that to my colleagues in the rest of this pa

3、perbut some major themes and trends stood out as game changing and transformational.The cloudification of the manufacturing process gathers pace and the development in ecosystems surrounding concepts like the Amazon Web Services(AWS)Manufacturing Reference Architecture indicate that this is still ea

4、rly days for this process,and we will continue to see aggressive expansions of ecosystems and solution capabilities.The second trend that was evident in many discussions was that of decomposable apps,app ecosystems and communities co-developing hyper personalized,flexible,and affordable solutions.Al

5、though powerful tools extend the reach of digitization into all market verticals and,importantly,Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs),there are many challenges to making this work.Adapting to new as-a-Service(aaS)business models,discoverability,version control,customization,innovation sharing,and secu

6、rity were all top of mind.Sustainability permeated every discussion,presentation,and most booths.Pending European Union(EU)and U.S.legislation,sustainability reporting is proving to be both a potential unmanageable overhead for many manufacturers and suppliers(especially in the medium to small end o