Take Manufacturing AI from Promise to Performance: Research Insights on Scaling AI Success
Webinar Speaker: Donald Farmer, Research Fellow
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET
Manufacturing leaders worldwide are implementing AI technologies, yet many organizations struggle to move beyond pilots to achieve sustained, measurable business impact. While 80% of manufacturers report advanced AI usage, the gap between deployment and value realization reveals critical insights about what drives success at scale.
Join TDWI research fellow Donald Farmer and industry experts from Neudesic, an IBM Company, and Databricks as we examine findings from their comprehensive "State of AI in Manufacturing" research. This study of 150 senior manufacturing leaders across the U.S., U.K., Germany, and India reveals how successful organizations define AI success, overcome implementation barriers, and build sustainable AI capabilities that deliver consistent operational gains.
Drawing on real-world data and enterprise implementations, this session will explore the practical realities of AI adoption in manufacturing environments. We'll investigate how leading manufacturers achieve measurable results (with 95% reporting operational cost reductions and 92% reducing downtime) while building the governance frameworks and organizational capabilities needed for long-term success. Key takeaways include:
- How manufacturers define and measure AI success: Moving beyond efficiency to strategic impact
- Current AI use cases delivering proven value and emerging applications showing high potential
- Overcoming the talent, integration, and scaling challenges that limit AI ROI
- Regulatory compliance and data governance strategies that accelerate rather than constrain AI deployment
- Investment patterns and organizational changes that maximize AI value across operations
Whether you're expanding successful AI pilots or building foundational capabilities for enterprise-wide deployment, this session will provide research-backed strategies for creating manufacturing AI programs that deliver sustained advantages.
Date: October 28, 2025
Time: 9:00 am PT
Donald Farmer