Standardize Before You Scale: A CFO/COO Playbook for Best-of-Breed Without the Bloat
· Hybrid Manufacturing

Standardize Before You Scale: A CFO/COO Playbook for Best-of-Breed Without the Bloat

Every plant in a multi-site network ends up with its own stack: different sensors, dashboards, line apps, and even naming conventions. When you start planning for agentic AI—software that can coordinate and recommend actions across operations—the tempting move is a rip-and-replace. The smarter move is the opposite: standardize signals and require interoperability, then let agents work […]

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Building Trust in Autonomous AI for High-Stakes Manufacturing
· Artificial Intelligence

Building Trust in Autonomous AI for High-Stakes Manufacturing

When factories run on thin margins and even a few minutes of downtime can cost millions, the conversation about autonomous AI shifts from can we to should we. At the “Agentic AI in Manufacturing: From Copilots to Autonomous Systems” session during AI Frontiers 2025, organized by IIoT World, the audience put this challenge directly to the panel: In sectors where downtime […]

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Trust, Security, and Human Factors in Agentic AI
· Process Manufacturing

Trust, Security, and Human Factors in Agentic AI

Autonomous AI on the factory floor is not just a technical challenge — it’s a human one. Operators want to know they can trust the system. Executives need accountability. Security teams demand resilience. At the “Agentic AI in Manufacturing: From Copilots to Autonomous Systems” session during AI Frontiers 2025, organized by IIoT World, audience questions cut straight […]

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