Artificial Intelligence for Business Report – The Times
The rise of robots is set to give humans a significant power boost.
By 2025 the “symbiosis” of man and machine could result in an economic impact of £4.42 trillion. This report examines how we are already learning to live with robots, from the launch of virtual personal assistants to machine-learning and a new industrial revolution. It also charts five sectors set to benefit from AI and how to invest intelligently in AI technologies
Ian Knight, Chief Information Officer at PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) challenges the prevailing, often vague narrative around AI adoption and reframes the conversation around a more practical starting point: operational constraints.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept for manufacturers. It is already being explored across quotation, production planning, engineering, quality, supply chain and customer service functions. Yet, for many organisations, the gap between experimentation and meaningful operational impact remains difficult to close.
On paper, defined discipline-specific suppliers can look organised. However, every additional supplier introduces another handoff, and every handoff creates another point where time, quality, communication and accountability can be lost.
Very rarely does growth not surface because an OEM lacks ambition. Shortcomings arise because operating models built to support such ambition don’t evolve quickly enough.