Transforming HR in Manufacturing Industry
2025 Industry Benchmark Report
From 225 frontline HR practitioners and 8 senior-leadership interviews comes the most current picture of how factories are re-tooling their people strategy for Industry 4.0.
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What’s Inside ⬇️
- Data-driven HR, decoded – 51 % of manufacturers already use people-analytics dashboards, yet only 14 % push those insights into board-level decisions
- Predict, don’t react – predictive analytics is still a white-space play: just 17 % adoption today.
- Tech investment gaps – 1 in 4 firms made no new HR-tech spend last year, and 23 % track zero ROI on what they already have.
- Factory floor reality check – 74 % of roles remain fully on-site; only 21 % of companies have cracked a hybrid model that works.
- Generational flashpoints – workplace friction hits 83 % of Millennials and 49 % of Gen Z; work-life flexibility is the #1 pressure for 57 % of plants.
ESG moves into the toolkit – 34 % of manufacturers already weave sustainability goals into HR policy, signalling a fast-emerging mandate.
Why You’ll Want This Report
- Benchmark instantly – spot exactly where your analytics, tech spend, and inclusion efforts lag—or lead—the sector.
- Win the investment conversation – use fresh, peer-validated numbers to justify automation, upskilling, and well-being budgets.
- Act on day 1 – each chapter ends with checklists and maturity ladders you can lift straight into your next sprint review.
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