Smart Manufacturing

Generative AI represents a transformative force for industry. It can revolutionize product design, optimize production processes and enhance maintenance strategies. However, integrating generative AI into manufacturing systems is not without its challenges. A primary issue is data privacy, which is a huge concern in the era of generative AI. Manufacturing processes generate vast amounts of data, including proprietary information, operational details and employee personal data. Integrating...

Adopting AI (artificial intelligence), including generative AI, will shift manufacturing operations towards more efficient, innovative and autonomous models. While traditional AI will be instrumental in data analysis and decision-making, GenAI will introduce capabilities for assistance, recommendations and self-regulation in manufacturing processes. This evolution will pave the way for the factory of the future, where AI-driven systems enhance productivity, streamline task execution, support operators in complex...

As we enter 2024, the landscape of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and manufacturing operations management (MOM) continues to evolve. Advancements in these technologies promise enhanced operational efficiency and the opening of new avenues for innovation in the manufacturing sector, particularly in the food and beverage, consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical industries. Following are my insights on three promising trends taking place with MES/MOM technologies that look...

In my last two posts on ChatGPT, I wrote about exploring how ChatGPT could help manufacturers and system integrators and what benefits it could bring to manufacturing execution systems (MES).  Following the documentation of my experience with ChatGPT in those columns, I now want to provide an overview of my thoughts on this new technology. First, some background. ChatGPT is part of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) series developed...

Last month I asked ChatGPT which benefits its integration with a manufacturing execution system (MES) could provide and what the role of a system integrator could be in such a scenario. It provided me four main benefits and some good ideas on the role of a system integrator in the implementation of a ChatGPT solution integrated with MES. The main benefits it identified were: Provide real-time information and...