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“The Rise of AI in Factories” – Fortune Brands Innovations and Augury Speak to How Predictive Maintenance Is Impacting Factory Jobs
Turbulent. Uncertain. Apprehensive. Any of those could sum up the current mood in manufacturing. But there are strategies and technologies manufacturing leaders can leverage for more control, resilience, and productivity.
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Why I’m Optimistic Working In Manufacturing
Chris Dobbrow is Augury's VP of Business Development. In this article, he explains why, despite his diverse background, he wouldn’t want to work in any other sector than manufacturing. "Yes, there's a lot of uncertainty. But I am optimistic about the industry’s future and AI’s potential to address the skills gap while enhancing productivity and sustainability. It’s about continually improving on what you excel at – as a person, an organization, and an industry." But yes, there’s still work to be done…
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The Power of Gen AI: How a Faulty Bike Brake Taught a Technician a New Skill
Maintenance teams hard at work on the factory floor have always struggled to find the technical information they need – even in the internet age, acquiring reliable machine documentation is time consuming and imprecise. Enter Generative AI.
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The Hidden Costs of Reactive Maintenance: Moving Beyond the ‘Dammit, Not Again’ Approach
From Fighting Fires to Preventing Them It’s a familiar scenario: Your maintenance team arrives Monday morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle their preventive maintenance schedule. Then it happens—the all-too-familiar alarm, the frantic call from production, and the collective sigh of “Here we go again.” For facilities familiar with this scenario, the benefits of switching...
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Tariff-ied? Don’t Be! How Smart Manufacturers Are Turning Trade Chaos into Opportunity
Ready for a paradox? The only thing that’s certain in business is uncertainty. So in that sense, tariff turmoil is just another day at work. And in the spirit of bringing calm to the choas, Augury’s VP of Strategy, Artem Kroupenev, hosted an insight-packed session with a few of our favorite experts who have been...
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Hannover Messe 2025: Bypassing The Elephant In The Room With Optimism
President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcements fell right in the middle of Hannover Messe 2025—the impossibly large manufacturing trade show attracting 127,000 visitors and 4,000 exhibitors from 150 nations over five days. Yes, much confusion was expressed. Why these taxes?!? But this deep uncertainty offered a certain clarity: the need to double down on what you can control—building on trusted partnerships and investing in AI solutions. With this renewed focus, optimism bloomed. Can humans and tech still save the world?
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Tricks Of The Trade: Delivering Winning Results With Machine Health
Wojcik’s team recently won first place in Augury’s inaugural Spotlight Awards, recognizing the top 5% of facilities demonstrating excellence in implementing Machine Health technology. Their results speak volumes: a 2.5X ROI on their initial 40-machine pilot in just eight months and a 100% response rate to alerts, resulting in significantly reduced downtime and increased production....
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Manufacturing in the Tariff Era: 3 Ways Leaders Can Build for Agility
Turbulent. Uncertain. Apprehensive. Any of those could sum up the current mood in manufacturing. But there are strategies and technologies manufacturing leaders can leverage for more control, resilience, and productivity.
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Another Kind Of Journey: Where Wall-E And Scarlett Johansson Are Your Copilots
Why read those endless reports from McKinsey and their ilk when you can relax on the couch and watch AI-themed science fiction movies? As long as you don’t get distracted by all the killer robots, you can learn a lot about the why and how of applying AI to manufacturing. In this fourth edition of Lounge & Learn, we dive into Wall-E and Her to explore what makes for a good digital work buddy.
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Want Some Certainty? Go As Predictive As Possible
In a world of supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and volatile markets, manufacturers face one thing that is certain: uncertainty. Yet within this unpredictable landscape, one strategic decision offers a rare island of stability—shifting a larger share of your non-critical assets from reactive maintenance to a continuous condition monitoring system. While markets fluctuate and consumer demands shift, the laws of physics governing your equipment remain constant and predictable. Happily, proven IoT tools now allow you to get aboard the PdM train in a much cheaper (and jargon-free) manner—with immediate benefits that only amplify with age.
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