Industrial companies everywhere, from manufacturing and energy to transportation and smart cities, are being pushed to “do something with AI.” Predictive maintenance, digital twins, edge AI, and even agentic operations are now showing up on roadmaps and board slides.But here’s the reality: AI ambition is accelerating faster than AI readiness.That’s why IIoT World, in collaboration with HiveMQ, released […]
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The manufacturing sector is currently facing an existential challenge: the “brain drain.” With approximately 30% of the workforce nearing retirement, the industry is losing decades of unwritten “tribal knowledge.” In an environment of tightening margins and increasing complexity, the traditional approach of simple monitoring is not sufficient. To survive this transition, the industry is shifting toward prescriptive autonomy, […]
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A fundamental change in expectations is reshaping how manufacturers evaluate artificial intelligence systems. The long-standing benchmark of 80% accuracy in document processing is no longer acceptable. In the context of AI-driven product and supply-chain decisions, this level of performance constitutes failure. When two out of every ten data points extracted from a critical document—such as […]
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We are getting the conversation about data infrastructure backwards.The chatter online is saturated with debates on cloud versus edge, the merits of one database over another, and the magical promise of AI algorithms. These are implementation details. The fundamental, unglamorous, and decisive battleground for predictive operations lies elsewhere. It’s in the cultural and mechanical translation […]
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Why access to machine data is becoming a strategic issueFor years, many manufacturers operated with limited access to the data generated by their own machines. Interfaces were proprietary, extraction was restricted, and meaningful reuse often required additional contracts or fees. This shaped how digital initiatives evolved—and, in many cases, why they stalled.EU data regulation is […]
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Why Many Projects Stall and What Moves Them ForwardEndurance athletes talk about the “40% wall.” It is the point where the body feels spent, even though much more capacity remains. David Goggins uses it to describe the moment when discomfort is mistaken for a hard limit.Industrial AI projects hit a similar wall.Manufacturers deploy analytics, connect […]
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February 2026 brings together a strong lineup of global events focused on Industrial AI/IoT, Operational Technology (OT), and ICS cybersecurity. From smart manufacturing and utility modernization to AI-driven connectivity and critical infrastructure security, these conferences and expos provide essential platforms for industry leaders, technology providers, and practitioners to exchange insights and address emerging challenges across connected […]
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A decisive shift is underway for manufacturers implementing artificial intelligence. The focus is moving from the selection of large language models to the systems that prepare data for them. The accuracy and trustworthiness of any AI-driven decision—from supply chain logistics to predictive maintenance—are determined long before a query reaches an LLM. They are determined by […]
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The hidden line between convenience and dependencyManufacturers are adopting more cloud services, partner integrations, and data-driven applications every year. That shift creates a simple but decisive test for data sovereignty: does production continue if a major external service has an outage? If the answer is no, the problem is bigger than data ownership. It becomes an operational […]
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When people talk about AI in manufacturing, the conversation often jumps straight to results. But in a recent interview with Alec Glenn of JSW Steel USA and Karthikeyan Natarajan of Infinite Uptime, we decided to get a different approach, so the conversation felt different —more grounded, and closer to what actually happens when AI enters […]
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In 2025, many manufacturers implemented artificial intelligence across forecasting, logistics, and supplier risk scoring, expecting breakthroughs. By year-end, though, a pattern had emerged: AI improved awareness and decision support, but it did not eliminate uncertainty or deliver automatic resilience. AI doesn’t replace judgment — it augments it Procter & Gamble’s Jamie McIntyre Horstman explained that machine […]
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One of the most persistent barriers to supply chain resilience is not a lack of analytics tools, but reluctance to share data.During IIoT World Manufacturing & Supply Chain Day in December, speakers discussed how AI is being applied across demand forecasting, supplier risk, and logistics. While AI depends on data, several panelists emphasized that effective […]
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