AI for manufacturing: from Industry 4.0 insights to action

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This post details how Glean's Work AI platform enables AI coworkers to assist manufacturing teams by providing shared context across siloed data systems (ERP, PLM, MES, QMS, etc.), facilitating faster decision-making, improved coordination, and proactive risk management. It highlights capabilities like enterprise-grade RAG over structured and unstructured data, native and custom connectors for unified context, security mirroring source permissions, an Assistant + Agents plane for search-to-execution, and incremental adoption patterns. The post also discusses integration strategies, build vs. buy considerations, and ROI through pilot programs and automation of workflows like incident response and handoffs.