Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise across industry and infrastructure. An increasing number of companies are using the technology, but many face challenges. While some are technical in nature and some are organizational, the human factor appears to be the most critical roadblock to date. Hence, when implementing AI-based solutions, organizations need to consider this roadblock and use different approaches to tackle it.
At the 2020 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, Andrew Bellcock, Digitalization Engineer at Niagara Bottling, gave a presentation on the importance of IT/OT/ET convergence at the company's 41 high-speed/high-volume bottling plants in the US, Mexico, the UK, and Australia. According to Mr.