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98% of Manufacturers Are Exploring AI. Only 20% Can Actually Scale It.

A January 2026 survey by Redwood Software found that while nearly every manufacturer is experimenting with AI and automation, only 20% are operationally prepared to scale it. This article examines the execution gap revealed by that data — why moving from pilot to production is proving so difficult, what integration…

4 min read·May 15, 2026

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Why Manufacturer AI Pilots Stall Before Production — And What It Takes to Scale Them

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Why Manufacturer AI Pilots Stall Before Production — And What It Takes to Scale Them

Drawing on McKinsey's December 2025 COO100 Survey and the March 2026 NVIDIA-ABB physical AI announcement, this article examines why manufacturers with serious AI budgets are still struggling to move from proof-of-concept to sustained operational deployment. It covers the specific workloads seeing the most traction…

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Physics vs. Prompts: The Industrial AI Split That Could Cost Manufacturers More Than They Expect

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Physics vs. Prompts: The Industrial AI Split That Could Cost Manufacturers More Than They Expect

As agentic AI moves from pilot to production across manufacturing and supply chain operations, a technical fault line is widening between physics-based AI systems and LLM-prompt systems. This article explains the practical difference, what it means for production risk, and how manufacturers should evaluate vendor…

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