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today we had our first customer demo using the newly integrated @MentraGlass . amazing results and new glasses ordered for the customer on the spot @caydengineer & team, you made us look like geniuses, thank you!

@kaizen_6sigma Traditionally, the excuses have been focused on the cost of maintaining your SOPs and integrating the data into comprehensive reporting. As we discussed here, technology has now solved this and Smart Glasses and AI make it effortless x.com/vedrinaM/statu…

An amputation injury underscores one crucial truth in operations: Shortcuts are not cost-saving measures; they are catastrophic liabilities. The recent case citing willful violations for bypassing machine guards and failing LOTO protocols is a stark reminder that safety compliance—especially guarding and energy control—is non-negotiable. This isn't just regulatory box-checking; it’s essential risk mitigation for any facility processing hazardous equipment. Site Directors, Facility Managers: Is your current SOP strong enough to prevent willful violations? Focus on two areas: 1. **Rigorous LOTO:** Ensure every energy source is identifiable and isolatable. Training must emphasize the consequences of *not* following procedure. 2. **Guarding Enforcement:** Guards cannot be treated as optional accessories. They are mandatory safety boundaries. Establish clear, immediate disciplinary actions for their circumvention. True operational excellence means embedding safety compliance into every shift handover, every SOP revision, and every leadership meeting. Review your programs today. #OperationalSafety #LockoutTagout #OSHACompliance #EHSLeadership #ManufacturingSafety

@Genius_AI_ No, it is more like "AI will preserve and multiply expertise", not replace experienced operators. As we discussed here x.com/vedrinaM/statu…

Ford just admitted AI alone couldn't cut it for quality manufacturing and had to bring back veteran engineers. The "AI will replace all experts" crowd is real quiet right now. Turns out tribal knowledge still matters. Who could've guessed. #Manufacturing #AI

@vbkotecha Great points! The question is how applicable these are to the current state on the shop floor. Or, is it better to start with something more practical and achievable, as we discussed here? x.com/vedrinaM/statu…

NVIDIA's Factory Operations Blueprint gives factories an AI brain. Foxconn is already running it. The system is called MoMClaw. It connects sensors, machine signals, and digital systems with hundreds of specialized agents in a single agentic layer. Plant managers interact through a natural language interface. Ask a question about a production bottleneck. Get an answer and an action plan. The system projects an 80 percent improvement in root cause analysis time, a 15 percent increase in labor productivity, and a 10 percent decrease in machine failure rates. Advantech is running its own factory manager agent for energy management across HVAC and lighting. Pegatron is orchestrating robot utilization more efficiently, eliminating standby equipment. DeepHow is building a standard operating procedure agent for Foxconn that supports assembly of NVIDIA GB300 server boards. The factory is becoming an agent system. Not a single agent. A fleet of specialized agents orchestrated by a manager agent. The same architecture that runs software engineering teams is now running production lines. The factory that reasons about its own operations is the factory that outperforms the factory that doesn't.

@LonForehan We can also implement AI use cases where the integration with humans is intuitive, natural and transparently addressing real problems. As discussed here x.com/vedrinaM/statu…

The most valuable AI users in manufacturing won't come from tech — they'll come from the shop floor. A machinist with decades of material intuition plus AI fluency is a combination no algorithm can replicate alone. The race is on to close that skill gap. Full analysis: 🔗 agicomingsoon.substack.com/p/the-machinis… #AgenticCapitalism #AIPolicy #LonForehand

shoutout to my "fellow traveler" @augmentedcamel for his pointers

5/5 In a nutshell, you can eliminate any risks of skill loss, standardize performance across all of your operators and constantly stay on top of your workforce WITHOUT paying the $$$$$$ to the consulting firms out there and without wasting your most skilled operator's time

Let's surface this thread here. The initial question was "How do you actually get AI to help me on my shop floor?" 1/5 You can record a video of your best operator and use AI to create a detailed step-by-step SOP with images, guidance and focus points

@AmazonAndrew 5/5 In a nutshell, you can eliminate any risks of skill loss, standardize performance across all of your operators and constantly stay on top of your workforce WITHOUT paying the $$$$$$ to the consulting firms out there and without wasting your most skilled operator's time

@AmazonAndrew 4/5 With detailed identification of the most pressing challenges in your workforce

Seeing “reindustrialization” on my feed with manufacturers somehow using an AI wrapper to create excitement with investors. I have the factory, but now what? I’m not seeing the natural AI use case that explodes our opportunities.

@caydengineer @MentraGlass Yes, please. I sent you a DM.

@caydengineer Congrats! Fantastic product. In 4 days we achieved more with @MentraGlass than what we were able to do with a "well known brand" in one year. Now we can confidently move on to the next challenge