The Manufacturing Tech Brief

Insights, data, and innovations driving the future of smart manufacturing.

Engineers in factory AI & Autonomous Operations

AI cannot run on yesterday’s factory data

7 September 2026 Mark Venables 9 min read

AI needs real-time factory data that is contextualized, governed and ready to trigger action.

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scales with AI and truth AI & Autonomous Operations

One source of truth is the wrong target

26 August 2026 Mark Venables 9 min read

Why manufacturing data governance needs trusted, translated data, not one universal database

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