Real-time AI: a manufacturing imperative

Generative AI opens the door to an era of manufacturing, driven by intelligence, where anyone can effortlessly analyse diverse datasets at scale in seconds.

A massive 91% of survey respondents said their firm plans to be AI-first within just 12 months to take advantage of the many benefits new AI technologies bring. Yet just 7% of manufacturing employees use AI on an hourly basis today to drive better workflows. This is despite the fact that:  

Manufacturers need to be able to produce highly customised products and cope with large fluctuations in customer demand at speed and scale.
Supply chains have grown more complex, spanning global workstreams, languages, time zones, compliance regulations, and Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) standards.

Our research of 300 global manufacturing professionals shows a lack of accessible data to enable AI tools to make informed decisions in this world of continuous change remains a key challenge. 

Manufacturing goes AI-first