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Perspectives on improvement & AI.

Our practitioners writing on methodology, AI adoption, and what we believe it takes to improve manufacturing and distribution operations using AI-capabilities

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The question manufacturers get wrong about AI, and the one that works

Most manufacturers start their AI journey asking 'how do we use AI?' It's a reasonable question, but it's not the one that leads to competitive advantage. There's a better one, and it's simpler than you'd expect.

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Electricity didn't give every operation a competitive advantage. Neither will AI.

The operations that won with electricity didn't just electrify. They asked what electricity made possible that hadn't been possible before, and then built their businesses around the answer. AI is the same opportunity, and the same choice.