AI in Manufacturing: The Pilot Phase Is Over - Connected World

For the better part of three years, the manufacturing conversation has centered on one question: Should we adopt AI (artificial intelligence)? That question has now been answered. It is a clear yes. Now comes the hard part.

The reality is the more important question today is much more difficult: Can manufacturers actually scale AI in a way that transforms the business? That is the trillion-dollar question on the table today for the manufacturing industry.

A recent Parsecglobal survey of 1,200 manufacturing leaders across executive, operational, and technical roles found 72% of manufacturers have adopted AI in some capacity, yet only a small fraction has deployed it across their operations. That gap is far more telling than the adoption number itself. It suggests the industry has embraced AI conceptually, but operationally, many organizations are still standing at the starting line. And from my point of view this is different than...

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