On top of digital transformation and the rise of AI, the manufacturing industry faces wildly unpredictable global dynamics, supply chain disruption, workforce changes, and economic volatility. Many companies are being consumed by these uncertainties. Some are looking for ways to use them to advance over the competition. One important way they’re doing this is by embarking on what some have called a “quest for resilience”: a strategic approach that favors proactive change before a crisis instead of reactive repair later.