Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Manufacturing

To thrive in today's global markets, manufacturers need to optimize everything under their command -- from supply chain, materials and order management to engineering design, manufacturing engineering, shop floor operations, order fulfillment, logistics and services. With these objectives in mind, manufacturers are reinventing their world with technologies that connect products, smart factories and supply chains in new ways. This transformation is fueled in part by massive amounts of data and the use of artificial intelligence across the manufacturing environment. As is the case in many industries, big data now goes hand-in-hand with AI for manufacturers. Modern manufacturers are producing enormous volumes of data, thanks to a steep drop in sensor costs that has allowed data collection at every stage of production, and now they need AI to make use of it all.