TECH & AI
running in the background , but make it easy for them to adopt , easy for them to test and deliver a tangible result very quickly for us .”
The future of KonnectAi KonnectAi is now commercially available for sale , and Jarred sees a future where more and more industry sectors start to benefit . “ The goal for us is to bring on board as many customers as possible in different areas of manufacturing . The software itself is hosted with Google Cloud and is unlimitedly scalable . So we can launch it anywhere in the world and deploy it virtually for anyone . We ’ re targeting manufacturers of any size .” They ’ re targeting manufacturers of any industry too .
ECI has used its AI in many different use cases already in electronics , food processing and inspections of metal and plastic parts . This expansion feels like a natural next step , considering what drew Jarred and ECI towards AI in the first place . To ensure KonnectAi could be easily tailored to a diversity of manufacturing sectors and achieve operational and commercial success it needed to be easy to tailor , implement and use .
“ If the AI couldn ’ t be easily tailored , implemented and used , then it would ’ ve missed the mark . If this AI is going to cost a significant amount of money or time to implement , then most manufacturers just won ’ t do it .” Jarred explains . “ To ask manufacturers to change their processes to incorporate a piece of technology is very difficult . It increases risk , it increases cost and then they need to dedicate resources internally to do that .”
Jarred ’ s words on how customers need to see a return on investment right away bring us back to how successfully implementing AI is as much a mindset challenge as it is a technological one . It ’ s pivotal that the misconception of AI as an expensive , ineffective headache that bogs down rather than benefits the workforce is addressed . Manufacturing Digital asked Jarred if he could say
102 August 2024