Manufacturing is rapidly transforming through digitalization, sustainability pressures, workforce shortages, and IT/OT convergence. Companies face supply chain disruptions, cyber risk, rising costs, and a major skills gap. Connected manufacturing—built on automation, IIoT, real-time insights, and zero-trust security—enables efficiency, resilience, and smarter operations. Technology strengthens supply chains, supports human-machine collaboration, and reduces downtime. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise helps manufacturers with secure, autonomous networks, private 5G, IIoT-optimized connectivity, AI-driven management, and unified communications to improve safety, productivity, and agility across factories, warehouses, and logistics.

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