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    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (04/07/2025)

    The chemical sector’s productivity puzzle: Why tech investments are outpacing labour approaches

    Chemical companies are on course to be affected by waves of retirement, with around 30 percent of employees in the industry being 50 years of age or over and are due to retire within the next decade or so.

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    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (27/06/2025)

    AI/ML, 3DIC and quantum computing to come to the fore in 2025

    According to Nilesh Kamdar, Senior Design and Verification Business Unit Lead of Keysight EDA, three technology areas play prominent roles in the research and development landscape in 2025.

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    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (31/05/2025)

    Why AI is not a low-hanging fruit for manufacturing, and what needs to change

    Unless the manufacturing sector addresses several fundamental structural and operational challenges, the gap between AI being positioned as the magic solution to revolutionise factories and streamline production efficiencies, and its reality on the ground will only continue to grow.

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    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (09/05/2025)

    The supply chain picture in 2025

    Many of the changes that will impact supply chains in 2025 are not new, but the frequency and intensity of the changes have the potential to bring new levels of strain to already stretched supply chains. So, what can companies do to prepare for 2025 and beyond?

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    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (16/04/2025)

    AI: Replacing forecasting noise with key questions (that might defy an easy answer)

    Goodbye crystal-ball mentality! It’s that time of the year again: IT decision makers, industry analysts and self-acclaimed ‘thought leaders’ scramble to publish their respective forecasts and predictions, the louder the better. But, do technological developments really, and so conveniently, conform to a calendar?






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    FourJaw CEO makes smart factory predictions for 2025

    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (02/02/2025)

    Tech-enhanced humans, cloud, carbon monitoring and AI will top the smart factory agenda next year, says Chris Iveson, the CEO and co-founder of FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics, as he shares four predictions for how he believes smart factory operations will evolve in 2025.

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    Generative AI and PLC coding

    • AI - Machine Learning
    • (31/01/2025)

    In PLC programming, a shift from theory to practical application of generative AI-powered tools is benefiting engineers, explains Tom Cash, Director of automation parts supplier Foxmere.