In the rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, if you aren’t already leveraging GenAI solutions, you may already be behind. Recent research from the Manufacturers Alliance Foundation revealed that 93% of American manufacturers launched AI projects between August 2023 and August 2024 to help enhance operations and spur revenue growth.
An additional 6% are in the planning stages to start their own AI-powered initiatives. GenAI has the power to deliver meaningful business outcomes by optimizing processes to boost efficiency across sectors.
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can help manufacturers overcome AI implementation hurdles. A smoother transition supports faster ROI, delivering cost savings and potential problem-solving capabilities that can lead to meaningful, future-proofed technological transformation in the manufacturing industry.
Modernizing manufacturing with AI-powered innovation
From reduced costs to increased efficiency, AI is impacting the manufacturing industry in many meaningful ways. On the production floor, AI powers automation that can dramatically reduce human error, accelerate production processes and increase the consistency of outputs.
Behind the scenes, AI helps manufacturers design products more quickly since AI can process massive amounts of data almost instantly with powerful algorithms. The results of that data analysis can help inform strategic decision-making to bolster innovation, leading to more creative solutions for process optimization and design choices.
AI enhances quality assurance processes by detecting and alerting stakeholders of production flaws or product defects as they happen, decreasing waste, saving money and improving overall product quality. For example, in automotive manufacturing, AI can anticipate part failures to prevent expensive assembly line stops.
AI can also help with workplace safety by reliably predicting potential malfunctions in machinery and production, nipping accidents in the bud. Its capability to proactively identify potential machinery failures can also save on repair costs. This predictive maintenance can dramatically reduce downtime to help maximize productivity.
GenAI’s powerful predictions support demand forecasting to minimize inventory surplus and reduce storage costs, bringing supply chains closer to optimization. When operations are streamlined, manufacturers can more effectively meet customer demand while simultaneously increasing business profitability.
Leveraging MSPs for GenAI success
With the complexity of manufacturing, organizations can greatly benefit from having a designated implementation manager for GenAI tool adoption. MSPs enable frictionless technology deployment and seamless solution integration, ensuring tech is aligned with overarching strategic objectives for maximum impact.
MSPs help tailor GenAI solutions to the business problems that need to be solved, ensuring the tech is aligned with overarching strategic objectives, resulting in maximum impact. Despite the complexity of some of the systems they work with, MSPs’ expertise in handling data security, infrastructure and continuous updates paves the way for smooth, successful adoption of the tech.
Organizations that want to continue expanding and innovating must integrate GenAI capabilities into their operations or risk falling behind. The smartest organizations will leverage MSPs to ease implementation struggles and get their solutions up and running more quickly and smoothly. The business transformation possibilities are nearly endless with GenAI, offering exceptional opportunities for organizations to optimize their processes, delight customers with upgraded services and products and uncover fresh approaches for generating meaningful value for sustained business success.
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Brent Lazarenko is the Head of AI Innovation & Technology at InterVision, where he drives strategic partnerships and oversees the creation of advanced Application & Data Modernization and AI products, enabling organizations to achieve greater efficiency and actionable insights.