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August 7, 2026 · Predictive Maintenance

AI Predictive Maintenance in 2026: What Manufacturing Leaders Need to Know

Somewhere right now, a bearing is failing. The vibration pattern shifted twelve days ago, and nobody noticed. By Thursday, that $800 bearing will trigger a shutdown costing $260,000 per hour (Aberdeen Research, cited in MachineMetrics). In 2026, there is no excuse for that.AI predictive maintenance uses machine learning and sensor data to predict equipment failures […]

July 27, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How to Prove AI Value in Manufacturing Operations

Between 80% and 95% of organizations report limited financial value from their AI investments, and only 11% of CFOs have been able to concretely measure return on investment from AI, according to Gartner’s 2025 and 2026 data. At the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Gartner analyst Frances Karamouzis presented a FinOps framework for […]