The manufacturing industry is always in a state of flux. As new technologies are introduced, the methods of production need to update to stay current. Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the need for digital transformation and on-demand manufacturing solutions robust enough to survive supply chain disruptions. Jean Olivieri, chief operating officer at Fictiv, an on-demand manufacturing cloud platform, discusses the company’s 2021 State of Manufacturing Report and how the events of 2020 have shaped the future of manufacturing.