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CASE STUDY/ panel discussion spotlight
Redefining manufacturing:
The transformational impact of AI and 3D in manufacturing
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he panel discussion on manufacturing raised some interesting insights into how the emergence of new technologies is impacting the industry. The participants included Jayakumar Mohanachandran, Head IT, Precision Group; Dr. Mohammad Khaled, Government Expert and Futurist; Hesham El Komy, Senior Director, International Channel, Epicor; Babak Khodadadi BashBolagh, CEO, EMEA, Eagle Burgmann; Mark Colebourne, Commercial Director of Instinct Marine and Deniz Usluoglu, PTC – IoT Sales Manager MEA
SMART SMB | OCTOBER 2018
Babak Khodadadi BashBolagh, CEO, EMEA, Eagle Burgmann mentioned that Automation is a broad concept and needs to be seen the context of relevance to the Business or industry. He highlighted that we need to ensure we are not carried by the buzzwords and adopt only technologies that are relevant to boost our core competencies. Otherwise, there is the risk of adding capabilities that are not needed