Digitalization lays the foundation, but it’s the optimization phase that follows which delivers long-term compounding returns. Once the digital infrastructure is in place, industrial AI can create a loop of continuous optimization that incrementally...
The manufacturers who need artificial intelligence the most are usually the least confident about where to start. A simple pyramid — and a genuinely un-ambitious first ninety days — is what closes that gap. The vast majority of smaller companies are not competing...
U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator Brad Zaun visited Barron Industries Monday, August 24, to recognize the family-owned advanced manufacturer as the SBA Great Lakes Region Small Business Manufacturer of the Year and tour its expanding...
Industrial AI is helping manufacturers turn digital infrastructure into continuous optimization, with applications such as AI-enabled energy management already delivering measurable efficiency gains.
Small manufacturers can get more value from AI by resisting expensive, cutting-edge projects and instead building the fundamentals—standardized processes, basic digitalization, operational visibility, and practical AI assistants—through a focused, low-cost first 90 days.
Automation Alley member Barron Industries has been named the SBA Great Lakes Region Small Business Manufacturer of the Year as the Michigan-based company expands U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturing through a new $10 million advanced manufacturing center and added titanium casting capabilities.
