WEBINAR

What Manufacturing Leaders Need to Know About Scaling Agentic AI

Manufacturing is experimenting aggressively with AI, but fragmented IT, OT, and IoT data is blocking scale. New Omdia research reveals what’s holding manufacturers back—and a four-stage roadmap to production agentic AI.
October 28, 2026
4:00 PM UTC
1 hour

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Summary

Manufacturing is further along the AI curve than most industries — but being further along doesn't mean being further ahead at scale. New primary research from Omdia/Informa TechTarget, commissioned by Snowflake, reveals a sector experimenting aggressively but converting inconsistently: 52% of manufacturers already have live AI in supply chain or operations, yet 43% cite fragmented data as the primary barrier to scale. IT, OT, and IoT data sit in separate systems, none unified for an agent to act across. 

The fix isn't a better model — it's a unified data foundation. This session unpacks what the research means for manufacturers and lays out the four-stage roadmap companies that have scaled have followed.

What you’ll learn:

  • What the research reveals about manufacturing’s AI reality
    • Adoption rates, where investment is flowing, and the structural barriers blocking scale
  • Why pilots succeed by scaling fails
    • The IT/OT/IoT fragmentation barrier and why agents can’t act on data they can’t see
  • The four-stage roadmap to production agentic AI
    • Data foundation first, agents second

 

Speaker

Tim Long

Tim Long

Global Head of Manufacturing

Snowflake

As the Global Head of Manufacturing at Snowflake, Tim’s role is to lead the strategic sales and marketing initiatives within the Manufacturing sector. He is responsible for driving the adoption of Snowflake's cloud data & AI platform, empowering manufacturers to harness the full potential of their data for digital transformation.

 

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