Schneider Electric Survey Finds Faster Industrial AI Adoption in US

Schneider Electric said in a press release that US consumer packaged goods and life sciences manufacturers are adopting industrial AI faster than their global peers. The company presented the survey findings at PACK EXPO International 2026 in Chicago.

Among surveyed executives, 29% of US consumer packaged goods manufacturers said AI was embedded throughout core operations and decision making, compared with 13% globally. Another 52% of US respondents had deployed AI across multiple sites or processes, versus 27% worldwide.

By 2030, 67% of US respondents expect AI to be central to operations, compared with 37% globally. US manufacturers estimated that downtime, waste, delays, rework and inefficient asset use currently cost 20% of potential manufacturing revenue, above the global estimate of 15%.

Censuswide surveyed 252 senior manufacturing decision makers for the US findings. The global comparisons draw on responses from more than 1,400 executives.