By Norm Forest, founder, NorMFG In today’s plastics manufacturing environment, processors face constant pressure to do more with less. Margins are shrinking, terms are extending, lead times are challenging and technical talent is scarce. Customers also now demand higher precision and tighter tolerances. Survival depends on operational discipline, not just hard work. For … [Read more...] about Convert Operational Pain Points into Sustainable, High-Powered Performance
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Top 5 Thoughts on Implementing AI in Manufacturing
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise, again. The discipline began in the 1950s but fell out of favor in the 1970s. In the 1980s, AI became popular again, with expert systems that contained comprehensive knowledge in fields like law and medicine. Once more, however, AI fell out of favor. Now in its third incarnation, begun in the … [Read more...] about Top 5 Thoughts on Implementing AI in Manufacturing