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The AI Divide: Manufacturing’s Pivotal Moment is Here

AI is now production-ready and delivering measurable manufacturing gains in quality, maintenance, and productivity. Manufacturers that fail to adopt it quickly risk falling behind AI-enabled competitors.

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ML Journal

Using AI to Boost Supply Chain Visibility and Resiliency

AI improves supply chain visibility and resilience with real-time data, predictive insights, and automation. It helps manufacturers anticipate disruptions, respond faster, and reduce downtime across operations.

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Annual Summit Content

Scenes from Rethink 2025

Manufacturing leaders gathered in Florida for MLC’s record-setting Rethink 2025, focusing on accelerating digital transformation, AI, and Manufacturing 4.0 through panels, case studies, and awards.

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Digital M4.0 Technologies

Dialogue: At Merck, It Takes a Digital Village

Merck’s Besu Alemayehu describes how a clear digital strategy, cross-functional partnership and diverse team helped drive manufacturing transformation. He says success comes from “a village” working together to improve lives.

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Critical Issues

Defining the Human-Machine Relationship

AI is reshaping the human-machine relationship, pushing manufacturers to define what intelligent machines should do and appoint leaders to set boundaries.

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Industrial AI

Maximizing Continuous Improvement with GenAI

GenAI can help manufacturers overcome CI sustainability and connectivity challenges by automating workflows, capturing knowledge, and measuring savings. It also improves human decision-making, though data security, legacy integration, and ROI remain key hurdles.

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Industrial AI

How the C-suite Can Drive Results for AI Success

Leaders need six pillars for transformative GenAI, including centralized governance, data maturity, partnerships, talent, and ethical guardrails. Success requires reimagining business models—not just automating existing processes.

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Business Operations

MLC Announces 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Award Winners

MLC named Celanese, Pure & Gentle and Merck’s Besu Alemayehu as 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Award winners for digital transformation, sustainability and innovation in manufacturing.

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