For many years, industrial AI in maintenance has been presented as if its main contribution were simple: predict the failure
Many factories do not automate flow. They automate interruptions. A production line has unstable cycle times, unclear replenishment rules, excessive
Many Smart Factory strategies look convincing at executive level. They include roadmaps, platforms, connectivity layers, dashboards, data lakes, MES/MOM initiatives,
Many MES implementations begin with a reasonable promise: make the factory visible. Show the line status. Capture downtime. Display OEE.
Poor maintenance decisions rarely look irrational at the moment they are made. They often look reasonable. A preventive task is
Process mining can be brutally useful. It can reveal that the process an organization believes it follows is not the