Evolving digital transformation demands are shaping the future of discrete manufacturers’ strategic priorities to generate new revenues and services, transform customer experiences, and automate processes. These digital transformation initiatives increasingly include mission-critical, end-to-end business processes and operations such as smart factories, new business models, digital supply chain, connected products, and customer experience. Forrester found that innovative* manufacturers are more interested than the rest to address digital demands with end-to-end processes in the cloud for greater speed and responsiveness, lower cost, increased flexibility and efficiency, and intelligence.