How is AI being used in manufacturing?

AI is being leveraged in a variety of ways across the manufacturing industry. Organizations are seeing the benefits of implementing AI from predictive maintenance to mitigating supply chain issues. One key area that AI is powering the future of manufacturing is by improving the production of goods and services—ultimately decreasing operational costs, while increasing product quality.

How will AI change manufacturing?

AI will help companies across the manufacturing industry maximize efficiency by providing the tools for stronger production and supply chain planning, better quality control, maximized energy efficiency, and higher plant reliability and availability. An important challenge that AI can help tackle is driving sustainability by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint.

How is AI impacting organizations across the manufacturing industry?

AI is reshaping industries across the board. With the power of AI, organizations are optimizing human decision-making processes to maximize business efficiency and deliver stronger business outcomes.

How will AI transform the manufacturing industry and its workforce?

There are three key areas that AI will transform the manufacturing industry: Safety: AI will create a safer workplace by anticipating risks and taking people out of harm’s way (e.g. predicting unnecessary maintenance tasks) Higher quality: Building AI into QA/QC strategies to virtually eliminate production defects Empower the frontline: Provide more insightful and actionable data-driven insights to frontline operations teams

What companies can benefit from utilizing AI for manufacturing?

Any company can benefit from the use of AI in their business; however, there are two categories within manufacturing that stand out: Advanced Manufacturing: Sensitivities to supply chains and quality defects Refining, Processing, and Commodities: Critical need for high reliability and availability

Is AI the future of manufacturing?

Yes. AI enables the manufacturing industry to unlock its greatest human potential, while reducing its environmental impact – increasing efficiency and scale across the board.

What opportunities does AI provide for the manufacturing industry?

AI allows manufacturers to unleash their human potential by increasing the efficiency of human decision-making and business processes. AI promotes a safer workplace, quality strategic initiatives, empowers frontline workers, and creates sustainable, impactful solutions.

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AI Cloud for Manufacturing enables manufacturers to optimize operations, meet consumer demands, and keep employees safe

As manufacturers are facing unprecedented global challenges from supply chain disruptions to sustainability concerns—all of which are further compounded by consumer expectations, AI Cloud for Manufacturing provides scalable and impactful insights for manufacturers to overcome their most complex problems.

AI Cloud for Manufacturing lays the foundation for the next generation of intelligent business by using data-driven solutions for high-value use cases like resource planning, root cause analysis, and predictive maintenance.

Detect Plant Disease

Identify whether a plant is healthy or not using Visual AI.

Automatically Classify Product Defects

Reduce the costs of manufacturing by automating the classification of product defects.

Root Cause Analysis of Industrial Accidents

Classify the severity of accidents at industrial sites and identify their root causes.

Reduce Avoidable Returns

Predict which products will be returned and conduct a root cause analysis to prevent avoidable returns.

Forecast Traffic Volume of Warehouse for Resource Planning

Forecast warehouse traffic to plan resources efficiently.

Predict Whether a Parts Failure Will Occur (Predictive Maintenance)

Using equipment sensor data, train a model to identify signals associated with an impending equipment failure so that preventative action can be taken.

Predict Whether a Parts Shortage Will Occur

Foresee and mitigate potential disruptions to your supply chain by predicting whether shipments will arrive on time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is AI being used in manufacturing?

AI is being leveraged in a variety of ways across the manufacturing industry. Organizations are seeing the benefits of implementing AI from predictive maintenance to mitigating supply chain issues. One key area that AI is powering the future of manufacturing is by improving the production of goods and services—ultimately decreasing operational costs, while increasing product quality.
How will AI change manufacturing?

AI will help companies across the manufacturing industry maximize efficiency by providing the tools for stronger production and supply chain planning, better quality control, maximized energy efficiency, and higher plant reliability and availability. An important challenge that AI can help tackle is driving sustainability by reducing an organization’s carbon footprint.
How is AI impacting organizations across the manufacturing industry?

AI is reshaping industries across the board. With the power of AI, organizations are optimizing human decision-making processes to maximize business efficiency and deliver stronger business outcomes.
How will AI transform the manufacturing industry and its workforce?
There are three key areas that AI will transform the manufacturing industry:
- Safety: AI will create a safer workplace by anticipating risks and taking people out of harm’s way (e.g. predicting unnecessary maintenance tasks)
- Higher quality: Building AI into QA/QC strategies to virtually eliminate production defects
- Empower the frontline: Provide more insightful and actionable data-driven insights to frontline operations teams
What companies can benefit from utilizing AI for manufacturing?
Any company can benefit from the use of AI in their business; however, there are two categories within manufacturing that stand out:
- Advanced Manufacturing: Sensitivities to supply chains and quality defects
- Refining, Processing, and Commodities: Critical need for high reliability and availability
Is AI the future of manufacturing?

Yes. AI enables the manufacturing industry to unlock its greatest human potential, while reducing its environmental impact – increasing efficiency and scale across the board.
What opportunities does AI provide for the manufacturing industry?

AI allows manufacturers to unleash their human potential by increasing the efficiency of human decision-making and business processes. AI promotes a safer workplace, quality strategic initiatives, empowers frontline workers, and creates sustainable, impactful solutions.