THE MANUFACTURING INTERVIEW
Energy, AI and automation Fluke, Parker believes, is ready to not just predict what lies ahead, but also co-invent a future that enables its customers to deliver outcomes across safety, productivity and reliability.“ With this in mind, as we look towards the convergence of an increasing consumption of power, from continued electrification to the required diversification of our power sources and networking of the world around us, professional instrumentation will shift from periodic, point-in-time checks to continuous, connected reliability,” he explains.
Parker explains:“ The increasing integration of industrial infrastructure is now the baseline for modern facilities.” Robotics and automation are growing too, he feels, and adding AI to these ecosystems could change productivity across manufacturing and wider supply chains. Continuous measurement will become standard rather than the exception.“ Fluke is focused on making these systems faster, safer, more reliable and more scalable,” he says. The company is investing in its teams to help them work effectively even as this technical complexity grows.
Balancing precision and reliability with the fast innovation required for new technologies is not one of Parker’ s concerns:“ In fact, the need to innovate to meet the quickly evolving needs of our customers is how we are able to continue to deliver precision and reliability in the places where our customers need it most.
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“ By leveraging evolving technology, such as AI and other digital tools, we can scale productivity and quality for both our own team and our customers, and we look forward to helping those who trust us to continue advancing their own needs across their operations,” he explains.
Skills, however, are becoming harder to find, particularly as new digital tools are becoming everyday expectations.“ We work to stay as close to our customers as we can to help them run facilities more productively and safely,” Parker says.“ This goes hand in hand with a commitment to supporting customer safety and employee wellbeing as innovation accelerates.”
28 March 2026