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automation but you shouldn ’ t do it for the sake of it , you should do it because the person on the factory line thinks it ’ s a good idea and that it will make them more productive .”
Billar points to quality control as another area where IBM has flexed its muscles . Imagine an operator in an LCD factory inspects LCD screen ’ s eight hours a day . The employee might suffer from eye strain after monitoring screens all day and this is where AI software could be a useful aid . “ AI could analyse
the factory and decide whether the LCD screen is good or not , then afterwards you could still have a by-hand inspection as a backup . As you ’ re doing that , the software will improve – because it ’ s AI it ’ s continuously learning . I think this is a good example because it ’ s aiding the operator , making them more productive and helping to derive better quality .”
IoT and AI can not only help safeguard worker safety and boost productivity , but it can also help to retain generational
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