Imagine factories where AI projects don’t stall after the pilot, they scale confidently across the plant… 

AI is moving from hype to real results on the factory floor, unlocking gains across productivity, quality, and customer value. Yet most plant managers struggle to turn early experiments into plant-wide success, with 80% of projects failing.  

Success depends not just on the right data and technology platform, but on proven methodology & analytics built for the factory.

This talk was the keynote at Europe’s largest smart factory event – Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week – held in the UK on the first week of June, and looks at 5 key tips for success. 

By popular request, this session shares both a vision, and practical guidance, for deploying AI successfully at scale, combining new capabilities in automated data management, with proven disciplines like Lean and Six Sigma to deliver measurable results.