Manufacturers: Get a Head Start with AI, Here's How

Are you considering investing in AI to give your company a competitive edge? If so, congratulations! AI is a game changer—it can propel your business forward or risk leaving you behind if you don’t adopt it. For those exploring reshoring manufacturing, leveraging every available tool is essential to offset higher U.S. labor costs. AI can optimize virtually every aspect of your business, from hiring and supply chain management to pricing strategies, competitive analysis, and data insights.

FROM recently hosted a webinar, Driving Manufacturing Efficiency & Profitability with AI, offering valuable insights and practical guidance for navigating AI investments, along with savvy best practices to help you get started. Here are a few key takeaways to consider as you get started:

Key Point #1: Organizations that start using AI now will be so far ahead later.

Make the investment now and then look at it as a sunk cost, value will come.

Start small, include people from the whole organization.

Solutions need a team - include employees and development partners that have a deep understanding and knowledge and a passion to solve a specific problem. You will also need people who can manage unknowns.

Apply creativity, the sky is the limit.

Focus on the most valuable and central part of your business.

Key Point #2: AI is akin to a power tool – it is more efficient and more dangerous

A major concern with AI is security – one of the greatest risks. Select the best partner. Do your due diligence to make sure the data is secure, especially around R&D and pricing.

One long-term goal is to collect data faster than your competitors. But don’t wait on better data, use the data you have access to now.

For more helpful insights, watch the whole webcast: Driving Manufacturing Efficiency & Profitability with AI

Thanks to FROM the Digital Agency, Heidi Wisbach, Adam H. Smith, Ujwal Chejerla, and Sanj Nandy.

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