From Complexity to Capability, published by PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in May 2026, examines how packaging and processing leaders are integrating systems, people, and partnerships to improve productivity and resilience. Drawing on summit polling, executive roundtables, and installed-base review, the analysis indicates a shift from peak automation to integrated focus areas—workforce enablement and retention, lifecycle and obsolescence planning, and collaboration and data-sharing—that generally yield faster startup stabilization and lower changeover loss. Charts highlight comparative 2025–2026 priority shifts and benchmarking of scaling practices, and emerging patterns show that staged scaling, digital work guidance, and standardization tend to drive durable performance gains. The report reveals where engineering teams are prioritizing investments to strengthen operational resilience.
Published by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies in May 2026. Based on summit transcripts and qualitative coding, live polls and surveys of Top to Top packaging and processing executives, and secondary analysis collected in 2025–2026.
