When people hear “digital transformation,” many picture massive factories with endless budgets and global IT teams. But the reality is that the future of U.S. manufacturing depends on much smaller companies. According to the SBA, nearly 98% of all manufacturers fall into the “small business” category. For them, transformation isn’t about getting ahead—it’s about staying […]
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Answering an AI Frontiers 2025 audience questionContext. During AI Frontiers 2025, an attendee asked: Who should be the business owner and senior stakeholder for an AI proof of concept—and how should it be structured for quick wins and long-term scale? This article distills the panel’s answer from “Building Data Accuracy and AI Trust in Smart Manufacturing.” Want to check the on-demand […]
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Walk into many sheet metal shops today, and you’ll still find one of the most critical workflows running on a surprisingly fragile medium: paper. Job travellers, or the packets of instructions that follow a part from cutting to bending to finishing, remain the backbone of production in thousands of fabrication plants worldwide.But as manufacturers across […]
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Small and mid-size manufacturers often ask: Is agentic AI truly within our reach, or is it a luxury only global plants can afford? At the “Agentic AI in Manufacturing: From Copilots to Autonomous Systems” session during AI Frontiers 2025, organized by IIoT World, panelists from AstraZeneca, Cybus, Infinite Uptime, and Frost & Sullivan shared practical guidance. Their […]
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How a coordinated team of AI agents tackles everyday pain points across planning, scheduling, reliability, and feedback AI in maintenance isn’t always about robots taking decisions or futuristic predictions. AI can also take on a very practical role in maintenance: acting as a full maintenance team of AI agents that quietly handles the everyday points […]
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Answering the audience’s questions At the AI Frontiers 2025 event, one audience member posed a question that goes to the heart of modern manufacturing challenges: “When introducing agentic AI into domain-specific workflows, what best practices help manufacturers improve product quality and decision-making speed while minimizing operational risk, especially in highly regulated or safety-critical industries?” A panel of […]
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Answering the AI Frontiers Audience’s Question“Generative AI isn’t just about documents. Factories generate huge amounts of sensor data, but turning that into real value with AI is challenging. What should companies tackle first—improving data quality, linking older systems, training teams, or meeting regulatory requirements? And how can they set priorities to get quick results while […]
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Midnight on a production line isn’t the time for a generic alert. When a critical asset starts drifting, teams don’t want a chatbot—they need a specific diagnosis and a plan they can run safely, with the parts and people they actually have on hand. That’s the gap between “detect” and “do,” and it’s where the […]
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For manufacturers, predictive maintenance powered by IIoT and AI is no longer just about advanced analytics in the cloud. The real breakthrough comes when frontline workers can act on those insights in real time. At the IIoT World Manufacturing Day 2023, experts emphasized that the success of predictive maintenance depends not only on algorithms but […]
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For many industrial and energy companies, the idea of deploying a full-scale digital twin across every asset can feel overwhelming. The reality, as highlighted during IIoT World Energy Day 2024, is that successful adoption doesn’t happen all at once—it happens incrementally. Start Small, Scale with Success A common message from industry leaders is: don’t try to do everything […]
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When we talk about smart manufacturing, the spotlight often falls on technologies—Industrial IoT, machine learning, and generative AI. But behind every breakthrough, there are people making decisions, solving problems, and shaping how these tools are applied. At IIoT World Manufacturing Day, the session “Accelerating Innovation and Agility in Manufacturing with IIoT and Machine Learning” highlighted […]
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In complex industrial and energy environments, clarity is often the hardest thing to achieve. Data flows in from thousands of sensors, but without context, it risks turning into a data swamp—volumes of information that overwhelm rather than guide. At the IIoT World Energy Day 2024, industry experts highlighted how digital twins are becoming essential tools […]
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