24 | Industry 4.0 - Part 3 - AI is the Defining Strategy for Manufacturing

Today, Wendy Bauer joins us on the podcast. Wendy currently leads the strategic activities for global business and go to market for manufacturing and resources, at Microsoft. The areas she covers would include: discreet manufacturing, process and chemical manufacturing, agrochemical, power and utilities, oil and gas, and mining.Wendy brings with her 20 years of experience in manufacturing and automotive, and has worked at all capacities of the heavy industry and manufacturing life cycle, from the shop floor, to product development, sales, finance, procurement, vehicle development, quality engineering and everything else you can probably imagine that makes a business run.The big topics discussed will include everything from accelerating human ingenuity with inclusive technology, the tenants of ethical AI and the implications of sharing and creating principles that are widely adopted and designed for good, and the big disruptive forces that are impacting industry and manufacturing all around the globe.Key areas of the conversation:-Top disruptive forces in manufacturing: 1) workforce transformation related to a skills gap 2) Connected products 3) Operational effectiveness and improvement 4) Sustainability and the circular economy-How to overcome the challenges to become a modern manufacturer - tying together the end to end story, while putting people at the center of all strategies-Diversity and inclusion with AI: priority, adoption, strategy for implementation, and how to build teams to enable and develop-The importance of ethical AI: fairness and inclusiveness, and the guiding principles of augmenting humankind for greater impact, for the greater good of humankind-Overcoming complexity in the manufacturing life cycle: the commitment to a customer's goals and visionThank you for listening!Ways to contact Wendy:https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendycurcuri/Resources:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ai-redefining-manufacturing-wendy-curcuri-bauer/https://youtu.be/pHK5LUOXSS0https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6519598399044485120https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hannovermesse/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/today-technology-top-10-tech-issues-2019-brad-smith/https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/data-and-analytics/publications/artificial-intelligence-study.htmlhttps://www.capgemini.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/smart_factories-how_can_manufacturers_realize_the_potential_of_digital_industrial_revolution.pdfLearn more at www.thedatabinge.comConnect with Derek on LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter