What Automation Trends Are Affecting Manufacturing?

March 14, 2025
Do you know what's hot and what's not in the industrial manufacturing sphere? Test yourself with this quiz.

In late 2024, a panel of system integrators spoke on the four most impactful automation trends impacting manufacturing at Inductive Automation’s Ignition Community Conference. After reading it about it in this article, take this quiz on the trends.

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