Contextualize key findings related to the industrial Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) from ABI Research’s Manufacturers’ Technology Adoption & Attitudes Survey.
Understand the drivers behind industrial WLAN’s adoption by manufacturing facilities in the United States.
Gain insight into the deployment levels of industrial WLAN within industrial organizations of different sizes.
Grasp how network infrastructure challenges are impacting industrial organizations.
Gauge attitudes toward private 5G within manufacturing.
Critical Questions Answered
Why does the United States have the highest level of industrial WLAN adoption, and what are the main drivers of the technology’s growth going forward?
Where does industrial WLAN rank among the most deployed technologies in industrial manufacturing facilities?
How does the implementation of industrial WLAN differ between large international manufacturing organizations and those that are small and medium-sized?
What are the most pressing networking challenges industrial organizations face today?
To what extent do industrial organizations view private 5G as a viable replacement for Wi-Fi?
Research Highlights
Detailed analysis of the Wi-Fi-related takeaways from ABI Research’s Manufacturers’ Technology Adoption & Attitude Survey.
Analyst insight providing context to the significance of the results, and recommendations for how WLAN vendors targeting industrial markets should respond.
Who Should Read This?
Industrial 802.11 equipment vendors that want to understand current adoption rates and attitudes toward Wi-Fi within industrial markets.
Managers or engineers within system integrators who need to keep their fingers on the pulse of the latest industry developments.
Table of Contents
Survey Overview
Industrial WLAN Has the Highest Deployment Level in the United States
Drivers of Industrial WLAN’s Penetration and Growth in the United States
IT Professionals Identify Industrial WLAN as the Most Deployed Technology
Large Organizations Have Implemented Industrial WLAN Company Wide
The Performance of Network Infrastructure Consistently Selected as the Most Pressing Challenge across All Segments
The Majority of Respondents Still Have Strong Faith in Private Wireless
WLAN Access Point Vendors Targeting Industrial Markets
