Unlock the Potential of Open AI in Smart Manufacturing
• Case Study : Autodesk offers generative design capabilities in their Fusion 360 software to help product designers explore various design options and find the most efficient solutions 16 .
• Production optimization : Generative AI can help optimize production processes by learning from data and generating optimal solutions for scheduling , planning , routing , quality control , and maintenance .
• Case Study : Siemens uses generative AI to optimize the production of gas turbines by generating optimal configurations of blades and cooling channels 17 .
• Supply chain management : Generative AI can help improve supply chain logistics by generating optimal plans for inventory management , demand forecasting , transportation , and distribution .
• Case Study : Amazon uses generative AI to optimize its delivery network by generating optimal routes and schedules for its drivers and drones 18 .
• Customer Experience : Content Generation and Summarization capabilities of Open AI are leveraged by several manufacturers and retailers to improve customer experience .
• Case Study : A renowned US based retailer car company leveraged OpenAI ’ s API and Azure OpenAI Service ’ s content generation feature to generate customer-relevant content for its website , specifically , AI-generated car review summaries .
The goal was to create summaries for 5,000 car pages — a task that , if done manually , was estimated to take approximately 11 years 19 .
5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE GENERATIVE AI STRATEGY IN MANUFACTURING
Successfully infusing Generative AI into the Smart manufacturing processes requires business leaders to practice big-picture thinking that considers not just what Generative AI can do , but what it should do . Generative AI also poses some challenges and risks , such as ethical , legal , and social implications , data quality and security , model explain-ability and trustworthiness , and human-machine collaboration . Therefore , it is important to adopt a responsible Generative AI strategy in manufacturing that follows some guiding principles .
16 https :// www . autodesk . com / solutions / generative-design
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18 https :// aws . amazon . com / blogs / industries / generative-ai-in-manufacturing /
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