Supercharging AI to leave the productivity slump in the dust

Artificial intelligence already helps individual factories improve production, safety, efficiency and other metrics while lowering costs. Marrying AI and cloud technology can supercharge those benefits and offer manufacturers faster time to value, better visibility into supply chains and dynamic design, proponents say. AI in the cloud could put an end to the manufacturing labor productivity slump. But where to turn for lessons? Try hedge funds, Formula One racing and cucumber-sorting operations. AI has long been attractive in manufacturing for solving complex problems and going beyond alarms to intelligent insights, said UptimeAI CEO Jagadish Gattu. “Manufacturing operations and equipment are complex,” he said.