Artificial Intelligence and robotics are powerful on their own, but when integrated, they can deliver dramatic results. In this Supply Chain Byte, Lisa Anderson discusses Gecko Robotics as an example of how advanced technologies can capture physical data from infrastructure – including pipelines, ships, warehouses and facilities – both during construction and after assets are in place. By seeing beneath the surface, companies can gain valuable insights into infrastructure condition, determine whether new construction meets requirements and specifications and make smarter decisions about maintenance, repairs and advance planning. The opportunity is to use AI and robotics to think differently – to innovate, drive better performance and leapfrog the competition.

Gecko Robotics has innovated and created advanced manufacturing techniques that are quite impressive. They won a $70 million contract with the Navy, and they are taking a 5-month process and turning it into a 2-day process – a dramatic improvement. Their new techniques are reducing inspection times by 90% and enabling their customers to go 50 times faster. These types of results will also fill the gap with companies that need to scale rapidly to keep up with rapidly expanding customer requirements. Check out our best of articles related to innovation and digital enablement to gain ideas to get started. 

In addition, these advanced manufacturing techniques are solving the skills gap. For every 5 people leaving the workforce, only 2 are coming in. Thus, robotics, AI and advanced manufacturing technologies can make up this gap and accelerate with increasing requirements. As you speed up processes by a factor of 50, it will allow companies scale successfully and profitably.

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