Digital Twins, Autonomous Maintenance, and Why Chatbots Miss the Point
How PepsiCo unlocks hidden capacity, why autonomy stalls on culture, and where GenAI really belongs on the shop floor.
The Automation Gap, the Hidden Factory, and the Cost of Doing Nothing
Why U.S. manufacturers are falling behind on automation, losing margins in plain sight, and wasting time in integration hell.
AI-Ready Workforces, Frontline Intelligence, and the Coming 2026 Manufacturing Boom
How workforce ecosystems, role-based AI, and early planning position manufacturers for the Q2 2026 demand surge.
How Bekaert Transformed 75 Plants, and Why Most DX Efforts Fail
A value convention, not technology, unlocked ROI across 75 factories—here’s the framework Bekaert used.
Autonomy vs. Augmentation: Where AI Actually Works in Manufacturing
The new boundary line: autonomous logistics and planning vs. human-supervised quality and compliance.
ERP Replacements Are Dead. The Agentic AI Overlay Is Here
Why manufacturers are skipping 12–24 month ERP disruptions and layering AI on top of the systems they already have.