How Bluetooth is creating a more productive world
To combat rising costs, manufacturing industries strive to optimize efficiency and reduce downtime while improving operational visibility to increasingly complex supply chains. According to McKinsey, IoT manufacturing innovations have the potential to create an economic impact of up to $3.7 trillion per year by 2025.
Bluetooth® technology plays a pivotal role in industrial productivity, enabling industrial IoT solutions such as predictive maintenance and manufacturing automation. Industrial automation powered by Bluetooth connectivity enhances work quality, improves energy efficiency, reduces waste, and minimizes production disruptions.
These advancements demonstrate how Bluetooth is not only transforming industries but also contributing to cost savings and environmental benefits by enabling smarter, more efficient operations.
Source: IoT for all, 2024
Source: ABI Research, 2025
Condition monitoring
Bluetooth® sensors and diagnostic solutions continuously monitor machine health, detecting early signs of wear, overheating, and system failures before they lead to costly breakdowns. This enables predictive maintenance, reducing unplanned downtimes. Reflecting growing industry adoption, Bluetooth® condition monitoring and maintenance devices are projected to experience a 3x growth in the next five years.
connectivity by 2026Source: ABI Research, 2025
Source: ISM World, 2024
Source: Deloitte, 2025
Asset and material tracking
The growing demand for enterprises to prevent asset loss, comply with traceability regulations, improve staff/visitor safety, and enhance productivity is driving the increased adoption of Bluetooth® tags. Whether it’s tracking equipment around a warehouse or locating assets on the manufacturing floor, Bluetooth® trackers eliminate inefficiencies, minimize operational losses, and optimize production workflows.
In industries like pharmaceuticals and food, where waste can be extremely costly, Bluetooth® technology enables real-time visibility and condition monitoring for global customers, enhancing supply-chain efficiency and minimizing waste. As supply chains digitalize and the need for decarbonization becomes more urgent, Bluetooth connectivity can also support scalable, secure solutions that optimize production workflows and reduce CO2 emissions.
Mikko Savolainen, senior product line director, Silicon Labs
Source: ABI Research, 2025
Source: ABI Research, 2025
Worker safety
Bluetooth® connectivity is the leading technology solution for wireless human-machine interface (HMI). It helps workers wirelessly engage with machines, allowing them to control and manage equipment from a safe distance.
Bluetooth technology also plays a key role in supporting real-time worker location tracking across high-risk environments. Bluetooth tags can track personnel in hazardous locations like factory floors or mines, and monitoring/geo fencing workers reduces the need for physical contact in dangerous environments, helping to protect staff while they carry out their duties.
Source: OSHA, 2024
Bluetooth® Channel Sounding and Bluetooth® Direction Finding solutions enable precise, long-range asset tracking and ensure robust connectivity. This is particularly beneficial in high-risk environments like construction sites, oil rigs, and chemical plants where reducing physical contact with hazardous equipment is critical. The widespread adoption of Bluetooth® tags is a testament to their versatility and effectiveness across industries — from healthcare to logistics — where accurate tracking and safety are paramount.
Ross Sabolcik, senior VP and general manager, industrial and commercial BU, Silicon Labs
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