Companies of all sizes and in all industries face a future full of disruption, uncertainty, and challenge. Product complexity is growing rapidly due to increased demand for connectivity, customizability, and integrated intelligence. Sustainability is a primary concern for companies around the world as new regulations come into effect and companies seek to reduce their environmental impact.

These trends have implications across the product and production life cycle and will drive changes in how companies design, test, manufacture, and recycle products of the future.

So, how do companies overcome these challenges and prepare for the future of more agile, intelligent, and sustainable industries? The answer lies in digital transformation. Through digital transformation, companies can combine the real and digital worlds, managing the product and production life cycles in both realms.

By doing so, companies can become digital enterprises able to gather and exchange data and information quickly between product and production development, testing, maintenance, and operation.

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