• Fortive unit Fluke survey of 600 manufacturing decision-makers in US, UK, Germany showed predictive maintenance adoption doubled to 18% from 9% within one year, while reactive maintenance held at 36%.
• Proactive maintenance share fell to 45% from 55%, signaling a shift away from preventive models toward data-driven execution.
• 72% of respondents now allocate 16%-30% of maintenance budgets to new technologies, with spending tilting toward cybersecurity at 37%, data management at 36%, generative AI at 36%.
• Skills-related issues made up about 78% of reported obstacles, led by lack of expertise at 23%.
• Near-term expectations for Industry 5.0 cooled, with 40% now targeting a one- to four-year timeline, while 49% plan to advance connected reliability initiatives within 12 months.

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