Author: Joe Bellini
9 Exclusive Insights from the Baird Global Industrial Conference: How AI is Transforming Manufacturing and Industrial Operations
This year’s Baird Global Industrial Conference in Chicago brought together senior executives, investors, and leaders from the largest industrial companies in the world. In addition to the many strategic and financial company updates, one highlight during the conference was the AI Applications panel, where industrial manufacturing trends and the future of AI in operations were …
Beyond Application Integration: Common Data Models Evolve into Inference Data Models
Manufacturers must balance customer expectations, resource constraints, and profitability, while at the same time reacting to disruptions across global supply chains. This isn’t easy to accomplish without a single version of the truth or SVOT. System architectures have evolved beyond data integration to solve this challenge using a Common Data Model (CDM). While this solved …
Expanding Manufacturing Operations Management Benefits to the End-to-End Supply Chain
A typical company runs a monthly Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, and every day tries to execute that plan to meet business objectives in a Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) effort.
White Paper | AI Empowerment Through MES is Proven to Drive Overall MOM Improvement
It’s logical that actionable insights which leverage real time data would drive optimized factory performance.
White Paper | Composable APS MES Solution Stack Optimizes Smart Factory Operations
Execution always varies from plan. We bake inefficiencies into our planning process by buying insurance in the form of extended order lead time, safety stock, lower planned machine utilization, overtime, expedited freight and premium freight to reduce the risk imposed by this variance.
Insurance can’t fix the gap between Planning and Execution
Insurance can’t fix the gap between Planning and Execution In manufacturing, execution rarely aligns perfectly with the original plan. To deal with this, manufacturers buy what essentially amounts to “insurance policies”. These include everything from longer order lead times and excess inventory to overtime labor and premium freight. The general idea is to absorb the …
Can LLMs Plan Your Supply Chain?
Can LLMs Plan Your Supply Chain? For the past couple of years, we have all been inundated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it is going to change the world as we know it. There’s no doubt it will have an impact, but the real question is, how? When it comes to supply chain planning, …
Exposing the Myth of AI: Why the Hype Is Holding You Back
What’s fueling Artificial Intelligence (AI) mania isn’t a solid business plan backed by glowing use cases but a near-mythic notion that the technology will solve all manner of manufacturing challenges. The overarching purpose of any manufacturing company boils down to delivering quality products with the highest level of manufacturing efficiency possible. Fully realizing that ideal …
