K. Talati and R. Close
First Resonance, California, United States
Keywords: Manufacturing, AI, Agentic, FactoryAutomation, MES
Global manufacturing is at an inflection point. Pressured by supply chain disruptions, rising costs, workforce shortages, and sustainability demands, the industry must evolve beyond static efficiency models. At the same time, the rewards for transformation are immense: smart factories are projected to generate over $1.5 trillion in annual value by 2030. This presentation introduces agentic manufacturing—a new paradigm where AI-driven agents sense, decide, and optimize in real time. Unlike traditional automation, agentic systems enable reflexive production, adaptive scheduling, and continuous optimization, delivering up to 60% performance improvements in throughput, quality, and delivery. By integrating Enterprise LLMs, these systems transform factories into cognitive environments characterized by speed, adaptability, precision, resilience, and human–AI collaboration. At the center of this shift is ION Intelligence, a platform that empowers manufacturers with workflow agents, autonomous scheduling, smart escalation, and full traceability—securely and at scale. Rather than replacing people, these systems amplify human potential, turning operators into supervisors and innovators while capturing and sharing critical tribal knowledge. Together, we can build the next industrial era—one defined not just by faster machines, but by factories that think, learn, and adapt with every cycle.