John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He's been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live ...

Technology companies need to meet manufacturers where they are, embedding AI in meaningful ways that enhance manufacturers’ ...

AI is reshaping plastics manufacturing by empowering workers, reducing human error, and optimizing production processes.

The intelligence risk most manufacturers underestimate is not a shortage of data. It's the absence of connected contextual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about tech that impacts my small business - and yours. There are many good articles like this one and this one about how ...

Biopharma is embracing artificial intelligence (AI), according to the European industry group, IFMPA, which points to process development and visual inspection as examples of areas where use of such ...

My great-grandfather, Fred Stoelting was a blacksmith from southern Indiana who came of age in the late 19th Century. During his career, the invention of rubber threatened to disrupt the blacksmithing ...

Enabling direct system coordination without centralized bottlenecks allows robots, conveyor systems and equipment to interpret data, make decisions and adapt together as an integrated manufacturing ...

Manufacturers can deploy AI systems to continuously monitor IT/OT environments, automatically detect anomalies and respond to cyber threats faster than humanly possible. AI streamlines regulatory ...

AI is enabling rapid design automation, with generative platforms producing CAD code from simple prompts, reducing design time significantly. Neural surrogates are dramatically reducing simulation ...

Three frameworks. Multiple AI use cases. One compliance challenge: How do medical device manufacturers align the EU AI Act, MDR, and ISO/IEC 42001 when each evaluates AI through a different lens?

Manufacturing companies are increasingly using AI tools with reusable prompt templates to speed up repetitive documentation tasks such as SOPs, inspection reports, and supplier communications.