WBSRocks: Business Growth with ERP and Digital Transformation

WBSP052: Grow Your Business by Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Industry 4.0 Adoption Barriers w/ Martin Cloake

March 23, 2021 Sam Gupta Episode 52
WBSRocks: Business Growth with ERP and Digital Transformation
WBSP052: Grow Your Business by Understanding Artificial Intelligence and Industry 4.0 Adoption Barriers w/ Martin Cloake
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Data is the new oil. But collecting data could also mean distracting your operators from focusing on jobs. Moreover, just because you collected millions of data points, drawing insights or meaning could be challenging if your systems are siloed and don't communicate with each other. Finally, the data quality issues may result in poor sales and operations planning, impacting your bottom line and growth.

In today's episode, we have our guest Martin Cloake, who discusses different barriers associated with Artificial Intelligence and Industry 4.0 adoption. While technology has come a long way, he shares his insight into how behavioral challenges impact manufacturers to operate with a continuous improvement mindset. Finally, he discusses why siloed systems result in companies operating on two sets of KPIs and ledgers and the impact on the growth of this siloed mindset.

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Intro
Personal journey and current focus
Perspective on growth
Why is data necessary for effective decision-making?
Key barriers to make the shop floor industry 4.0 ready
Shop floor data collection challenges for manufacturers
The role of financial data with shop floor data collection
The implications of siloed financial and operational data
The role of different data sources with shop floor data collection
The challenges of integrating operational and financial data
Closing thoughts
Outro