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Paul Straeten

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AI May 21, 2026
The clock is ticking: why manufacturers can’t afford to wait on their data foundation

The recently published eBook Industry 4.0 and AI: What You Can Learn from the Leaders paints a revealing picture of where manufacturing stands today. Progress is real, investment is flowing, and ambition is high.

AI December 11, 2025
Educating the Factory of the Future: Why the Three Waves of Manufacturing Intelligence Require Years of MES-Driven Learning

Most leadership teams spend their days improving today’s output and planning the next round of investments. Necessary priorities, yet increasingly insufficient. The real competitive battle is shifting somewhere far less visible: toward the factories that are quietly learning every single day and those that are not.