St. Onge Company’s Scott Gaston was quoted in a recent Modern Materials Handling article about artificial intelligence. He talked about strategies to evaluate which parts of an operation should take advantage of AI. Use the link below to read the article!
Applying AI is going to be a challenge in general, says Gaston.
Equipment and software vendors will enhance their existing offerings with AI capabilities. This is how many facilities will implement AI in their operations, says Gaston.
The question will be which technology to upgrade first and why. Developing an AI implementation roadmap, inclusive of both equipment and systems, will be important so that the end state is purposeful. It may take years to implement each component of the roadmap, but each implementation should move you toward the goal of an AI-enabled operation.
“You have to start with identifying a problem that needs to be solved. Then, you need to match an AI solution to it,” says Gaston.
This part of the decision-making process actually has another leg to it, says Gaston.
“For each application of equipment and systems, a decision will have to be made about the value AI brings it. Will AI offer a sufficient increase in functionality to justify the time, effort and expense of applying AI?” he adds.
Gaston goes on to note that “AI is not a thing in itself. It is a piece of a larger system or piece of equipment.”
Click here to read the article on the Modern Materials Handling site!
