When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) and its subset, machine learning, many in the metal fabrication industry see them being applied only in a distant future.
Those methodologies expanded to engineering, biotechnology, marketing, and other fields beyond manufacturing. They ushered in Six Sigma and other tools to improve business processes by reducing the number of defect opportunities, minimizing variation, increasing quality and efficiency, and striving for consistent repeatability and reproducibility.
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