Our CEO Randy Carr recently spoke with Manufacturing Dive about the manufacturing trends to watch for in 2025, including the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) to boost production speeds, cut costs, and fill labor gaps.

World Emblem is spending 25% of its technology budget on generative AI, with the goal of seeing a return on investment within 12 months.

“We just think that we should be able to ROI every single thing we do using generative AI really quick,” Randy said. However, “with change, you get some resistance. Clearly there is a situation where the better this technology improves, the likelihood that changes of employment could take place. We just have to be sensitive to that.”

Two of World Emblem’s primary uses for AI in 2025 are improving customer interactions and expediting the design production process, including automating taking hand-drawn designs and creating vector images. Our goal is for AI to lead to a 15% increase in output.

Read the full article here: 4 manufacturing trends to watch in 2025