Industry Coverage icon

Integrate Artificial Intelligence Into Your Manufacturing Operations

Help your smart factory earn top grades with artificial intelligence.

Unlock a Free Sample
  • It is difficult to know where to start with an AI initiative.
  • There are a multitude of options for how AI can be implemented in manufacturing, making it difficult to decide on the ideal first AI initiative to undertake.
  • It’s hard to differentiate between vendor hype and realistic use cases for AI.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Data governance capability is the gatekeeper to AI success.
  • There are an incredible number of applications for AI. Focus your time on figuring out what AI projects you are reasonably able to undertake to avoid option paralysis.
  • AI should be used to enhance the capabilities of your employees, not to replace them.

Impact and Result

  • Identify the initiatives you are currently capable of undertaking. The lifeblood of AI is good data. See how you can use your current data before you get overwhelmed with the possibilities AI offers.
  • Build the business case for AI around what is possible for your organization. Decide what you should be doing with AI based on what you are currently capable of doing.
  • Assess your current skills and identify where you will need help from vendors. Knowing when to look outside of your organization for help will be critical to your AI success.
  • Gain the support of the business by showing the quick wins your AI initiative will provide and the business pains it will help to solve. Provide regular communication on the progress of your AI initiative to ensure continued support from the organization.

Integrate Artificial Intelligence Into Your Manufacturing Operations Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should Integrate AI into your manufacturing operations, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

1. Analyze capabilities & identify an AI initiative

Understand the types of AI projects that your company is able to undertake based on your current capabilities.

2. Build the case for AI & develop processes

Walk through selecting an AI initiative, building a business case, and understanding the value that vendors can offer.

3. Ensure long-term vision & support for AI

Gain long-term support for AI in your organization with the development of an AI project roadmap and communication plan.

Unlock a Free Sample

Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

10.0/10


Overall Impact

18


Average Days Saved

Client

Experience

Impact

$ Saved

Days Saved

Ideal Boilers Limited

Guided Implementation

10/10

N/A

18

Kevin is super approachable and his knowledge is extensive in this space. The intro on DDMRP alone is a super next step for us and will really help... Read More

Integrate Artificial Intelligence Into Your Manufacturing Operations preview picture

About Info-Tech

Info-Tech Research Group is the world’s fastest-growing information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals.

We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

MEMBER RATING

10.0/10
Overall Impact

18
Average Days Saved

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve.

Read what our members are saying

What Is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.

Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

Need Extra Help?
Speak With An Analyst

Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 7 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

Guided Implementation 1: Analyze capabilities & identify an AI initiative
  • Call 1: Discuss current data sets, what you need from your data in order to run an AI initiative, and how AI can alleviate business pains for manufacturers.
  • Call 2: Assess the results of Phase 1 activities.

Guided Implementation 2: Build the case for AI & develop processes
  • Call 1: Identify business pains specific to your company that “low-hanging fruit” AI initiatives could alleviate.
  • Call 2: Discuss the role a business case plays in your AI initiative.
  • Call 3: Understand how to go about choosing an AI vendor.

Guided Implementation 3: Ensure long-term vision & support for AI
  • Call 1: Identify key stakeholders and how the AI initiative will impact them.
  • Call 2: Understand the benefits of an AI project roadmap and best practices for communications during your AI project.

Author

Eric Cabral

Contributors

  • Rob Wilson, Plant Manager, FPH Group
  • Robert Austin, Professor, Ivey Business School
  • Craig Pawson, Material Planner, Formet Industries
  • Rachel Hardman, HR Coordinator, Diply
  • Sue Hardman, Human Resources Consultant, Fanshawe College
Visit our Exponential IT Research Center
Over 100 analysts waiting to take your call right now: 1-519-432-3550 x2019