From Bill of Materials and Engineering Change Management
For manufacturing operations and plant leadership
AI for Manufacturing
AI for Manufacturing is 20 decks totalling 940 editable slides. Each deck stands on its own and downloads separately, so you can take the one you need for Monday's session without wading through the rest.
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MFG01AppliedBriefingFillableBill of Materials and Engineering Change Management
Trace an engineering change further than you expected it to reach, before it reaches production.
AI applied to bills of materials and engineering change, where one change propagates further than expected.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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Service
MFG02AppliedBriefingFillableCustomer Returns and Root Cause Analysis
Get from returned unit to root cause instead of stopping at the symptom.
AI applied to returns handling and getting to root cause rather than symptom.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG03AppliedBriefingFillableDemand Forecasting and Production Planning
Apply AI to forecasting and planning, and keep the call the planner still has to make.
Where the forecast stops being a spreadsheet exercise and starts driving the line, and which calls stay with the planner.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG04AppliedBriefingFillableEnvironment, Health and Safety Monitoring
Monitor environment, health and safety continuously rather than at inspection.
AI applied to environment, health and safety monitoring.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG05AppliedBriefingFillableEnergy and Utilities Management
Cut plant energy cost by acting on the meters you already have.
AI applied to plant energy and utilities management.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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Service
MFG06AppliedBriefingFillableField Service and Warranty Claims
Schedule field service and handle warranty claims on evidence rather than escalation.
AI applied to field service scheduling and warranty claim handling.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG07AppliedBriefingFillableInbound Logistics and Receiving
Match ASN, PO and packing slip at the dock and verify counts without stopping the line.
From ASN match to count verification at the dock, and clearing a discrepancy without stopping the line.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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Finance
MFG08AppliedBriefingFillableInvoice and Document Processing across Payables and Receivables
Process invoices and documents across payables and receivables in a plant setting.
AI applied to invoice and document processing across payables and receivables in a manufacturing setting.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG09AppliedBriefingFillableNew Product Introduction and Design for Manufacturing
Catch manufacturability problems during introduction rather than at first build.
Catching manufacturability problems while a design can still change, rather than at first build.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG10AppliedBriefingFillableOrder Management and Customer Fulfillment
Route and fulfil orders with exceptions surfaced before the customer finds them.
AI applied to order management and customer fulfilment.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG11AppliedBriefingFillableOutbound Logistics and Distribution Planning
Plan distribution against real constraints instead of a static network assumption.
Planning despatch against real network constraints instead of the static assumptions most plans inherit.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG12AppliedBriefingFillablePredictive Maintenance and Asset Health
Predict failures early enough to act, and cost the false alarm honestly.
Spotting failure early enough to act on, and being honest about what a false alarm costs the line.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG13AppliedBriefingFillableProcess and Yield Optimization
Lift yield by finding the process variables that actually move it.
AI applied to process and yield optimisation on the line.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG14AppliedBriefingFillableProduction Scheduling and Line Balancing
Balance a line against the constraints that make or break the schedule.
AI applied to scheduling and line balancing, with the constraints that make or break a schedule.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG15AppliedBriefingFillableSupplier Quality and Incoming Inspection
Inspect incoming quality with vision where it helps and people where it does not.
AI applied to supplier quality and incoming inspection, including where vision helps.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG16AppliedBriefingFillableSupplier Sourcing and Procurement
Source suppliers in a manufacturing context where qualification is the long pole.
Sourcing in a plant context, where qualification rather than price is usually the long pole.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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Sustainability
MFG17AppliedBriefingFillableSustainability and ESG Reporting
Report sustainability figures with provenance attached to each one.
AI applied to sustainability and ESG reporting, with provenance attached to every figure.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG18AppliedBriefingFillableVisual Quality Inspection with Computer Vision
Deploy vision inspection knowing what it catches and what it silently misses.
Computer vision for quality inspection, covering what it catches and what it silently misses.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG19AppliedBriefingFillableWarehouse and Inventory Management
Replenish dynamically instead of on a static reorder point nobody revisits.
AI applied to warehouse and inventory management, including dynamic replenishment.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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MFG20AppliedBriefingFillableWorkforce Scheduling and Skills Training
Schedule shifts against real skills coverage rather than headcount.
Rostering against real skills coverage rather than headcount, and closing the gaps training leaves.
47 slides
Worked through Ferrovia Manufacturing
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How this toolkit is built
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Objectives
This Toolkit includes frameworks, tools, templates, tutorials, real-life examples and best practices to help you:
Make: 7 decks: Bill of Materials and Engineering Change Management; Environment, Health and Safety Monitoring; Energy and Utilities Management; New Product Introduction and Design for Manufacturing; Predictive Maintenance and Asset Health; Process and Yield Optimization; Visual Quality Inspection with Computer Vision.
Service: 2 decks: Customer Returns and Root Cause Analysis; Field Service and Warranty Claims.
Plan: 3 decks: Demand Forecasting and Production Planning; Production Scheduling and Line Balancing; Workforce Scheduling and Skills Training.
Source: 3 decks: Inbound Logistics and Receiving; Supplier Quality and Incoming Inspection; Supplier Sourcing and Procurement.
Finance: AI applied to invoice and document processing across payables and receivables in a manufacturing setting.
Deliver: 3 decks: Order Management and Customer Fulfillment; Outbound Logistics and Distribution Planning; Warehouse and Inventory Management.
Sustainability: AI applied to sustainability and ESG reporting, with provenance attached to every figure.
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