How digital is digital manufacturing in 2025?

Computer-aided manufacturing has been around in one form or another since the 1960s, but the ability to program CNC equipment was only the beginning. Today, manufacturers are expected to aggregate, integrate and act on vast amounts of data generated on the shop floor, as well as from multiple departments within the organization, and on down the supply chain. Low-cost general-purpose robotics is widely regarded as Step in the evolution of the digital factory, but there will be risks and challenges along the way. And in the new era of US tariffs, the stakes have never been higher.

Mastercam president Russ Bukowski discusses these issues in conversation with engineering.com’s Jim Anderton.

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