{"id":72876,"date":"2026-03-12T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonfiglioliconsulting.com\/?p=72876"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:23:40","slug":"technology-innovation-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonfiglioliconsulting.com\/en\/tecnologia-innovazione-marzo-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian industry is still too undigital: data from our study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"lindustria-italiana--ancora-troppo-poco-digitale-i\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Only the 48% of digital maturity.<\/strong> This is the merciless - but useful - snapshot that emerges from the Benchmarking Study <em>\u201cWhat's Next in Operations?\u201d<\/em> by Bonfiglioli Consulting, published by the magazine <strong>Technology &amp; Innovation<\/strong> In the March 2026 issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-year research analyzed <strong>more than 100 companies from 22 industries<\/strong> - for the 85% composed of C-level figures-measuring the level of maturity in five key areas: Operations, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Digitization and Human Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cosa-emerge-dallo-studio\"><strong>What emerges from the study<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The results show an Italian industry with <strong>Clear strengths but a structural digital lag<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sustainability: 89% of maturity<\/strong> - the most advanced area, with 74% of companies investing up to 5% of turnover in sustainable initiatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Operations: 71% of maturity<\/strong> - robust processes, with the 62% of companies equipped with an Operational Excellence program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HR: 58% of maturity<\/strong> - growing, but 92% of enterprises invest less than 5% of turnover in training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Digitization: only 48% of maturity<\/strong> - the tipping point, with 5% of companies having not yet initiated any digital investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"il-nodo-ai-met-delle-aziende-non-ha-ancora-cominci\"><strong>The AI node: half of the companies have not yet started<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Marco Brandalesi, Principal of Bonfiglioli Consulting, <strong>half of the companies in the sample have not initiated any artificial intelligence projects<\/strong> - Neither analytical, nor operational, nor generative. The main obstacles? Fear of exposing trade secrets, uncertainty about ROI, and difficulty in identifying concrete applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cEnterprises know they are falling behind, but they don't know exactly where they need to make more progress.\u201d<\/em> - Marco Brandalesi<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, those who have already introduced AI do so primarily on <strong>transactional processes<\/strong> - customer management, supply chain, supplier relations-with visible returns in terms of speed, flexibility and market reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"da-dove-si-riparte\"><strong>Where do we start from?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandalesi's response is stark: <strong>by managers and people<\/strong>. Before the technological revolution-robots, advanced hardware, electromechanical actuators-comes to factories, organizations must already be ready. Those who do not prepare now run the risk of being unprepared for very rapid change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Header:<\/strong> Technology &amp; Innovation - No. 1, March 2026<br><strong>Date of publication:<\/strong> March 10, 2026<br><strong>Author:<\/strong> Susanna Bagnoli, freelance journalist<br><strong>Interviewee:<\/strong> Marco Brandalesi, Principal of Bonfiglioli Consulting<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":72880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rassegna-stampa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Studio digitalizzazione industria italiana marzo 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Il nostro studio &quot;What&#039;s Next nelle Operations?&quot; pubblicato su Tecnologia &amp; Innovazione: solo il 48% di maturit\u00e0 digitale nell&#039;industria italiana. 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