Revisiting the future of PLM in Consumer Packaged Goods in the Age of AI In 2022 Tech-Clarity, Kalypso, and PepsiCo discussed the future of PLM in CPG based on a Tech-Clarity survey on the state of CPG PLM. So much has changed over the last several years. Even then, the majority of companies felt their…
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Augmentir Expands AI-Based Connected Worker Platform and Customer Value
What would add value to a comprehensive, AI-based connected frontline worker (CFW) platform? Augmentir has added more customized and agentic AI, and we see considerable potential benefits. This company launched in 2019 with AR and deep machine learning-based AI, and has most recently added a no-code industrial AI agent studio. This is an addition to…
iBase-t Rides Strong tailwinds to Aerospace & Defense MES Innovation
Can today’s aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturers meet the challenges of adopting Model-Based Enterprise approaches (a requirement for some new DoD projects), leveraging AI, while continuing to support legacy products that are over 50 years old? That is the challenge that iBase-t’s customers face every day. We recently sat down with iBase-t’s management team to…
MachineMetrics Launches Max AI to Augment its MES
Once you have machine monitoring, MES, and scheduling on a common plant data model, how can you improve the ability to automate and execute the work? MachineMetrics is doing that by adding Max AI. While the company started in machine performance monitoring, this year it has expanded to focus on plant performance and frontline worker…
TwinThread Adds Advisor, Centerline Solution
Once you have a digital twin of a plant that includes predictive and prescriptive AI capabilities, how could you improve it? TwinThread is doing that by adding genAI and agentic AI in Advisor to help accelerate model interpretation, as well as a new solution aptly named Perfect Centerline to help manage and stabilize the…




