Data study ·
90% of industrial companies improve output and reliability thanks to AI, according to the IFS Industrial Index 2026
Original title, in Spanish: “El 90% de las empresas industriales mejora su rendimiento y fiabilidad gracias a la IA, según el IFS Industrial Index 2026 - Industria Química”
- Publication
- Industria Química (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 15 October 2026 · read in the publisher's feed
Summary
The IFS Industrial Index 2026, a study of more than 2,200 executives in 14 countries, shows a growing gap between the adoption of AI by industrial operations teams and the governance put in place by management. According to the study, 90% of industrial companies have improved output and reliability thanks to AI, 93% have improved first-time process execution, and AI cuts the time spent on certain production and quality control tasks by more than 50%. 43% of operations teams have integrated agentic AI agents within a year. However, only 11% validate AI outputs on critical processes and 4% require human oversight of decisions, which creates risks according to IFS executives Cathie Hall and Gonzalo Valle.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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93 %
Organisations that improved correct first-time process execution
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 93% de las organizaciones ha mejorado la ejecución correcta de los procesos a la primera »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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90 %
Companies that improved output and reliability thanks to AI
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« El 90% de las empresas industriales mejora su rendimiento y fiabilidad gracias a la IA »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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90 %
Organisations that increased asset availability
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 90% ha incrementado la disponibilidad de sus activos »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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88 %
Organisations that improved on-time delivery
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 88% ha logrado un mayor cumplimiento de los plazos de entrega previstos »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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50 %
Reduction in time spent on certain tasks thanks to industrial AI
Production and quality control in particular, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« la adopción de la IA industrial permite ahorrar más del 50% del tiempo dedicado a determinadas tareas »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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43 %
Operations teams that trained and integrated agentic AI agents in the past 12 months
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 43% ha entrenado e incorporado agentes digitales basados en IA agéntica a sus operaciones diarias »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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37 %
Professionals who trained colleagues in using industrial AI tools
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 37% ha formado a otros compañeros en el uso de herramientas de IA industrial »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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36 %
Professionals who trained colleagues to work with digital agents
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 36% ha capacitado a profesionales para colaborar con agentes digitales »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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41 %
Senior management efforts focused on improving its own AI skills rather than on adoption by teams
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« el 41% de los esfuerzos de la alta dirección se ha centrado en mejorar sus propias competencias en IA, en lugar de facilitar su adopción entre los equipos operativos »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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70 %
Companies that trust their security and data management policies
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« más del 70% de las empresas confía en sus políticas de seguridad y gestión de datos »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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11 %
Companies that validate AI outputs in critical processes
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« solo el 11% valida los resultados de la IA en procesos críticos para la seguridad, la calidad o las operaciones »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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11 %
Companies with controls on the use of AI with sensitive data
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« otro 11% dispone de controles para su uso con datos sensibles o sujetos a restricciones de exportación »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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4 %
Companies requiring human oversight of AI-assisted decisions
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« apenas el 4% exige supervisión o aprobación humana en las decisiones respaldadas por IA »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
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20 %
Companies that have integrated industrial AI into the supply chain or maintenance planning
2,200+ executives, 14 countries, IFS Industrial Index 2026
« solo el 20% ha integrado la IA industrial en la gestión de la cadena de suministro o la planificación del mantenimiento »
Source: IFS Industrial Index 2026
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Industry and manufacturing
- Companies
- IFS (study author)
- Keywords
- industrial ai, agentic ai, data governance, ai security, adoption by operations teams, predictive maintenance
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Industria Química. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.