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Inderpreet Shoker of ARC Advisory Group concludes her in-depth three-part series today on connected worker solutions, writing that the challenge is "turning a promising use case into a governed, integrated, and repeatable way of working across sites."
https://t.co/cRHM72pKI7

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Sarah Mattalian delves into a Rockwell Automation study that reveals a gulf between cybersecurity investments and the risk protection these investments are supposed to ensure. Throw money at it, but operational resilience apparently doesn't always result.
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Manufacturing software provider Syspro launches an industrial AI platform for building agents that features ERP compatibility.
https://t.co/QSiK1ZuKxg

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To start the week, Siemens Field CTO for the Americas Caleb Eastman spells out how software-abstracted controls and modern automation standards can be the path forward for legacy distributed control systems.
https://t.co/lA3Bw2klUz

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With her first article, our friend and colleague Inderpreet Shoker of ARC Advisory Group set the stage by adding to our understanding of connected worker solutions. Today, she examines what changes when AI "becomes an active part of frontline execution."
https://t.co/CK3HMq5Gi4

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Our Sarah Mattalian hosts QAD's Nancy Majure, who helpfully details the importance of having the right ERP in place when scaling AI and what manufacturers should consider when scaling without headcount. Check out this engaging conversation!
https://t.co/sYeJCzhJyL

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Each year, we ask our audience to tell us how digital transformation is advancing in their operations, and the State of Initiative Survey is back for 2026! Your responses inform our detailed report, which will debut early next year.
https://t.co/RgNiGKwbui

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Repeat contributor Mahima Sambre of Acumen Research and Consulting takes a defense industry focus this time around and goes to the scorecard to determine which region of the world is winning in erecting cybersecurity defenses.
https://t.co/09CgGEkZx6

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Where can AI and technicians from adjacent industries help with the manufacturing workforce shortage? Our Head of Content Scott Achelpohl writes today about research from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute that answers some of those questions.
https://t.co/d83hlbEBFP

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In another of a loose series of pieces lately on workforce issues connected to AI, Dominique Bastien writes that AI will never replace manufacturing expertise but it will help industrials preserve, organize, and expand it.
https://t.co/hsUKWc0dCW

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Our friend and colleague and researcher Inderpreet Shoker of ARC Advisory Group checks in today with the first of her three-part series on connected worker solutions, which she writes aren't "just another digital tool being pushed onto the shop floor."
https://t.co/gCX4gvIg4L

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Little ditty from our Sarah Mattalian about Vention's new physical AI lab north of the border.
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"Technology alone does not create business value," for it's the humans—system integrators, in this case—with the expertise to make the tech work. That's the real deal today from Tak Tarui of Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions.
https://t.co/wLErQ6qDfq

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Welcome back from the long weekend in the U.S.! AI platform provider Cognizant is out with an intriguing AI agentic software product, which it calls a "central nervous system" for manufacturers. Our Sarah Mattalian profiles the new Cognizant offering.
https://t.co/vzrfClQku9

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Going into the holiday, contributor Matt Wise, CEO of E Tech Group, ponders the missing link between AI strategy and operational reality. He writes that a good strategy hangs on defined business outcomes, not just piloting AI because everyone else is.
https://t.co/p8PMZvAm8c

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Lots about plant cybersecurity comes into focus thanks to contributor Kevin Bocek of Corsha: That "OT networks are essentially set up to be attacked" and that ransomware can target anyone but food and beverage makers seem to be particularly vulnerable.
https://t.co/Lg7cUuEFMf

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Some interesting research by industrial AI software vendor IFS and FUTURUM yielded distance between the desire by manufacturers to implement agentic AI and their ability to do so. Check out Sarah Mattalian's reporting on it!
https://t.co/MU6e25H8X5

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Registration continues for IndustryWeek's Operations Leadership Summit Oct. 20-22, and the early bird registration deadline is fast-approaching: Sept. 4. Our Head of Content Scott Achelpohl will emcee the technology track at the conference.
https://t.co/SEKDLePRUA

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Our Scott Achelpohl and IndustryWeek's Dennis Scimeca teamed on the pod to highlight the recent spike in cyberattacks—on 43 total companies, including GE, Philips, and Shell—and AI-aided attacks on PLCs in critical infrastructure.
https://t.co/pmKVq9l2wy

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Back to core IT and OT matters today with an invaluable piece by Eric Medecke of E Tech Group on why assessments of your plant infrastructure are so critical for weighing risk and preparing for modernization.
https://t.co/5CpUzxl3jR