{"id":9284,"date":"2021-02-16T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/?p=9284"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T18:49:44","slug":"2021-manufacturing-trends-revealed-by-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/2021-manufacturing-trends-revealed-by-the-pandemic","title":{"rendered":"2021 Manufacturing Trends Revealed by the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9285&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the new year unfolds, manufacturers are continuing to learn lessons from 2020\u2019s pandemic and looking for 2021 manufacturing trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If 2020 taught manufacturers anything, it\u2019s to find nimble answers to make course corrections during an emergency, a nearly impossible feat. We saw standouts like automotive manufacturers producing ventilators and PPE, and distilleries pivoting to bottle hand sanitizer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also saw a disruption in certain supply chains as unexpected and staggering demand outstripped supply. Manufacturers are looking at better ways to mitigate future <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/4-supply-chain-areas-to-examine-disruption\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supply chain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pandemic similarly shone a spotlight on the need for greater automation \u2013 the sooner the better.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD\u2019s Senior Vice President, Consulting and Transformation Services Robin Riordan offered his initial predictions for 2021 manufacturing trends in a recent article for Industry Today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predicting 2021 Manufacturing Trends<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which trends can manufacturers expect in 2021? We envision six specific ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater automation in manufacturing to coincide with a sizable remote workforce. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/adaptive-manufacturing-enterprise\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptive manufacturing enterprises<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are finding ways to complete high value-added tasks remotely with greater automation and technology, especially adaptive ERP. At the same time, we\u2019re seeing \u201cbusiness travel\u201d redefined and scaled back. For services businesses, relationship building is still the goal, but accomplished with fewer in-person visits.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental sustainability as disruption. An unexpected byproduct of the pandemic has been the rise of environmentally friendly products. In food product packaging, for example, we\u2019re already seeing an uptick in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/sustainable-packaging-a-challenge-and-opportunity-for-food-manufacturers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sustainable packaging<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a reduced environmental impact. Companies are looking to reduce carbon footprints and emissions. The Biden administration will likewise bring more environmental policies as it rejoins the Paris Climate Accord and issue stronger <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/what-a-biden-presidency-could-mean-for-the-automotive-industry\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automotive emission standards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expectations for ROI in shorter time periods. No doubt about it, manufacturing took a hit during the pandemic and it is still recovering. COVID-19 has pushed manufacturers to invest in automation technology and cloud software to improve efficiency, accuracy and decision making. It follows that manufacturing will want a decidedly shortened wait time for ROI.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global trade challenges. The pandemic saw calls for fortifying domestic manufacturing and returning the production of certain essential products back to the U.S. China, Canada and Mexico are the largest U.S. trading partners, each with its own issues and conflicts. At the same time, Brexit changes that occurred in 2020 and early 2021 will have impacts on global trade. Manufacturers require tools to respond to global trade situations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD frequently publishes guides to international business by country, such as South Africa, Germany, India and many others; see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/doing-business-in-south-korea\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doing Business in South Korea<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And more disruption. Among all the words 2020 brought to the forefront of our vocabularies \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unprecedented, pandemic, social distancing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 the one most critical for manufacturers is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disruption<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We can expect more of the same. QAD has continuously promoted the means for manufacturers to prepare for and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/manufacturing-disruption-is-here-will-your-company-survive\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">survive disruption<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturers can optimize their business processes during disruption with agile and adaptive ERP.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of analytics. As each of these trends pressures manufacturers, they can find solutions in analytics. QAD adaptive ERP enhances business processes using analytics to face the challenges and disruptions of current trends in manufacturing. Among the many ways QAD offers analysis tools, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/actionable-insights-qad-action-centers-overview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QAD Action Centers<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use analytics to help managers and shop floor staff monitor metrics and KPIs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To read Robin\u2019s full article giving a deeper perspective on these topics, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/industrytoday.com\/six-manufacturing-trends-for-2021\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9285&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]As the new year unfolds, manufacturers are continuing to learn lessons from 2020\u2019s pandemic and looking for 2021 manufacturing trends. If 2020 taught manufacturers anything, it\u2019s to find nimble answers to make course corrections during an emergency, a nearly impossible feat. 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