AI is a great equalizer, especially for manufacturing companies that fear they are behind the Industry 4.0 curve. In fact, if you believe your company has been lagging in that area, I’m going to suggest something to you that you might think is ludicrous; your company may be in a very advantageous position because it did not yet deploy (or attempt to deploy) an MES system. Sounds counter-intuitive, I know, but I’ve observed it to be true in more than one manufacturing company

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