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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Manufacturing plants face a persistent challenge: bridging the gap between monitoring equipment and improving production outcomes. While sensors and dashboards flood facilities with data, most solutions stop at detection, leaving operators to figure out what happens next.Beyond Monitoring: The Prescriptive AdvantageThe evolution from reactive to proactive plant operations requires more than hardware installations. True transformation […]
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AI, prescriptive maintenance, and edge analytics are reshaping how process plants run. Yet the gap between a successful pilot and full-scale impact rarely closes on technology alone. The differentiators are culture, operating model, and data foundations.Build versus partner: keep the core, rent the niche Keep in-house: architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, product ownership, and integration with […]
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At Infinite Uptime’s CXO Circle in Bangkok, the discussion around industrial AI felt different. The room was filled with people who run plants. They weren’t asking whether AI belongs in manufacturing anymore. They were asking how to make it work reliably, across complex environments where every process, every asset, and every operator matters.The consensus was […]
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In most industrial operations, digital reliability still means one thing: predicting failures before they happen. But as systems mature, that’s no longer enough. The next evolution is about using machine data to drive performance, not just prevention.Seeing What Limits the SystemThe future of reliability depends on two capabilities: understanding residual life and identifying bottlenecks.Residual life assessment estimates how long a […]
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Standard operating procedures and interlocks are the backbone of safe, reliable plant operations. They codify best practices, enforce safeguards, and prevent known mistakes from cascading into incidents. Yet some failure modes still hide in plain sight—especially where human actions and manual configurations intersect with automated protections. A recent near-miss on a critical gear pump shows […]
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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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The manufacturing sector faces a persistent tension: should organizations build all digital capabilities in-house or leverage external partners? The answer, increasingly, is neither—it’s both, strategically combined.The Cost of Doing Everything YourselfMany industrial leaders assume that maintaining complete control over digital transformation requires building every capability internally. This approach creates hidden costs that compound over time. […]
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