The climate of our economy and how it impacts manufacturing is always one that piques our interest. To that end, we read KPMGs Global Manufacturing Outlook published in 2016 to see if we could get a reading on how manufacturing executives expect the year to go. Forbes, on behalf of KPMG, conducted a survey of 360 senior executives in six industries to get an overall picture of how the next two years will be approached in manufacturing. Respondents came from aerospace & defense, automotive, conglomerates, medical device, engineering & industrial products and metals industries.