Manufacturers Rushed Into AI. The Returns Aren’t Showing Up
The post Manufacturers Rushed Into AI. The Returns Aren’t Showing Up appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Manufacturers are deploying AI across operations, but the harder question is whether those tools are producing measurable gains in cost, throughput and efficiency. getty Manufacturers are adopting AI aggressively, especially in operations. But the returns are harder to prove, and the way factories buy AI may be part of the problem. In Grant Thornton’s 2026 AI Impact Survey, none of the 100 manufacturing leaders surveyed reported a significant revenue increase from AI. None reported significant cost savings either. Across the other industries in the same study, 12% of respondents reported each. A zero inside a sample that size isn’t a rounding error. It’s a warning. On paper, manufacturing should be easy ground for AI. Factories already run on sensor data, repetitive processes and decades of automation. Yet the sector shows one of the widest gaps between AI activity and AI results a