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and identify consolidation opportunities that were difficult to see manually. The result was a significant reduction in partial shipments, including approximately 27 fewer stops per week. Philip demonstrated how AI can read quote requests and attachments received by email, extract the relevant specifications, create an estimate through the ERP and return a branded quotation for review in less than three minutes. These examples matter because they address work every converter recognizes: searching for information, rekeying documents, preparing estimates, reviewing re- ports, and coordinating shipments. They also reinforce that a useful first project does not require every system to be integrated or every data set to be perfect. A focused problem, a controlled source of information and a clear success measure can be enough to begin. Plant Floor AI Depends On Context The plant-floor panel extended that thinking from busi- ness processes to machines and maintenance. Kaleb Bozorgzadeh of SUN Automation Group noted that sen- sors, cloud storage, and anomaly detection have become increasingly accessible. The harder question is no longer whether something unusual is happening. It is what the anomaly means, what action maintenance should take, whether the alert is valid and whether the intervention cre- ated measurable value. That interpretation requires human knowledge. The ex- perienced operator who can hear that a machine does not sound right possesses context that a generic model does not. AI can help preserve that expertise by connecting ma- chine condition, operator response, root cause, corrective action, and outcome. Over time, the system can progress from asking questions, to suggesting an answer, to recog- nizing a known condition and eventually predicting it. A useful analogy from the discussion was to treat AI like a new employee: give it limited responsibilities, reliable in- formation, and regular correction before expecting greater autonomy. Greg Tucker of Bay Cities provided a strong picture of what becomes possible when that foundation matures. Bay Cities has spent roughly six years connecting plant- floor and enterprise information, from PLCs and edge de- vices through machine systems, MES, and ERP, and into an enterprise data environment. The resulting use cases in- clude real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, digital twins, dynamic costing, AI-assisted scheduling, estimating analytics and customer profitability analysis. One example made the value especially concrete. SUN Automation’s Helios system detected vibration associat- ed with a component becoming loose before it failed. A failure inside the machine could potentially have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. The larger vision is a closed workflow in which a condition is detect- ed, a maintenance action is recommended, a work order CONTINUED ON PAGE 40
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Profero Systems the leader in double facer heating and traction section conversions and performance enhancing products. Featuring products from Contact Bars and Com- pensating Rolls to New Glue Machines and Double Facers. GF PUHL www.gfpuhl.com GF PUHL designs, manufactures and installs air conveyed scrap & dust collection systems for the packaging and cor- rugated industries. With 42 years of experience, USA and In- ternational. We offer below or above roof systems featuring cyclones OR screen separators with real time pressure bal- ancing for optimal dust control. High efficiency cyclones for sheet transfer exhaust systems eliminate water consump- tion and deliver dust directly to compactor or briquetter for low maintenance, long term sustainability and reliability.
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