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The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) is again working with Tech-Clarity, Inc. on the next iteration of its Analytics that Matter research programme. Formally launched during the recent MESA Smart Manufacturing NOW virtual event, the research will review manufacturers' progress in performance metrics and analytics and explore the value manufacturers and producers can gain from using artificial intelligence (AI). 

Drawing value from AI and analytics Manufacturers know they can do more with their data; the research will investigate what is being done and can be done. 

MESA and Tech-Clarity will conduct a survey to understand the goals, challenges, and successes companies have or have experienced in their analytics and AI initiatives. They will share the findings in a research report, infographics, and a webinar during the first half of 2025. The survey will be open for manufacturers’ responses later in 2024. To date, the programme has three sponsors: Aegis Software, Epicor, and GE Vernova. It will be capped at six sponsors, so additional sponsors are welcome. For more information about sponsorship, contact Julie Fraser at Tech-Clarity: Julie.fraser@tech-clarity.com

Making Analytics and AI Matter is the continuation of an 18-year MESA initiative focused on uncovering the value of analytics through an online survey of manufacturers and producers worldwide, across process, batch, and discrete industries. Tech-Clarity, MESA, and the sponsors will collaborate to develop the survey. The 2024-25 study continues work that began in 2006 under Julie Fraser’s guidance. This round extends it to reflect the growing role of metrics and analytics as well as AI and generative AI in manufacturers’ success.  

Fraser will again lead the research programme, supported by MESA’s Knowledge Committee and Analytics Working Group. Some questions will be based on previous MESA Analytics studies so the team can analyse trends and progress. In the last study, industrial analytics showed the quickest time to impact among various IT projects, and more respondents had live advanced analytics projects in 2022 than in previous surveys. New questions will focus on the impact of GenAI, what types of analytics work best where, and what helps AI to deliver its full value in production companies. 

MESA’s International Knowledge Committee and Analytics Working Group Chair, Chris Monchinski of InflexionPoint says, “We have seen the value of this analytics research over the years. It shows progress in manufacturers’ technology use and business understanding. Now, we will explore traditional metrics and analytics and the uptake of the newest AI and GenAI technologies to deliver manufacturing insights. MESA’s Analytics Matter podcast has supported these topics for several years. With this survey we will have new quantitative research to understand where the value lies.” 

“Manufacturers have long known there is more they could do with their data. This research aims to demonstrate what they are doing to analyse their data to create actionable insights and high-value improvements from descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics and current AI approaches. MESA members and study sponsors will benefit from sharing their experiences,” says Julie Fraser, Tech-Clarity’s Vice President of Research for Operations and Manufacturing. “We are grateful to the sponsors who have already stepped up to ensure this industrywide research can continue in this time of rapid progress in AI, and we look forward to welcoming a few more sponsors to the team.” 

MESA conducts this study with a research partner every few years. During November 2024, manufacturers and producers will be invited to take the survey. The results of the survey will be made available in 2025. MESA members will benefit from special access.

For more information visit: https://mesa.org/

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