AI can speed up financial processes and reduce repetitive work, but it does not always lower costs. Drawing on examples from Kcell, Freedom Life and EA Group Holding, we explore how to assess the impact of AI implementation, address data quality challenges and determine which decisions should remain under human control.
A factory can install robots, deploy MES and collect real-time data without becoming genuinely smart. Gulshan Kumar of Samsung Electronics India explains where Smart Factory programmes tend to stall and what manufacturers need to move from isolated automation to an integrated production system.
A visit to one of China’s leading manufacturers can easily become little more than an impressive factory tour. Executives see robotic production lines and digital dashboards, take photographs and then return to the same problems and ways of working. For a business tour to deliver real value, the focus needs to be on the processes, performance measures and management decisions behind the technology.
