The new AI imperative in manufacturing

How the new wave of AI is disrupting manufacturing operations, and how to benefit from it.

As digital technologies, and particularly artificial intelligence (AI) evolve at unprecedented pace, the shift toward AI-driven manufacturing is now a pressing reality. This transition is reshaping how plants are designed, operated, and maintained.

From Capgemini’s perspective, AI in manufacturing represents a transformative convergence of technologies, involving data standards, generative and agentic AI, Edge capabilities high-speed connectivity, simulation, and robotic advancements. It embodies a profound rethinking of processes, operations, and collaboration. It aims to build factories that are more efficient, worker-centric, sustainable, and flexible to adapt to disruptions. This revolution is reshaping the role of people – assisted by AI agents, empowered with the right insights to deliver innovation at speed – while more repetitive tasks get automated.

Capgemini’s unique approach, leveraged by our strategic alliance with Microsoft, plays a pivotal role in how we help organizations embrace AI-driven manufacturing at scale. This collaboration combines our deep industry expertise and transformation capabilities with Microsoft’s cutting-edge technologies to deliver agile, secure, and scalable solutions, tailored to our clients’ needs. Together with our clients, we accelerate digital transformation, unlock real-time data intelligence, and build connected, adaptative production environments.

Together with Microsoft, Capgemini helps manufacturers reimagine what is possible, empowering our clients to move faster, operate smarter, and build a more sustainable future. The time to act is now.

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Charlotte is the Managing Director of Capgemini Invent’s Intelligent Industry global practice. She drives CxO agenda on R&D and operations transformation. Charlotte has 20 years of experience and acts as trusted advisor to leading large scale end to end transformation for global companies where data, GenAI and advanced technologies are helping to drive significant revenue growth and enhancing their competitiveness, while meeting sustainability imperatives.

Pierre is Executive Vice President at Capgemini, heading Intelligent Industry for the group. He focuses on digital and sustainable transformation, entailing intelligent operations, intelligent product and services and digital continuity, with a particular focus in the Manufacturing and Automotive sectors. With more than 10 years of experience in advanced manufacturing, Pierre is a global subject matter expert for Smart factory and Industrial ramp-up.

Nicolas Rousseau, EVP and Chief Digital Engineering & Manufacturing Officer at Capgemini Engineering, drives business for “intelligent industries” by integrating product, software, data, and services. He leads a team that enables clients to innovate business models, optimize operations, and prepare for digital disruptions, enhancing customer interaction, R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains at the intersection of physical and digital worlds.

For over 30 years, I have devoted my professional life to Digital Transformation, with a strong conviction: new technologies, software, Data, AI & GenAI, Digital Twins or Metaverse, are all enablers to build the future of industrial companies, improving efficiency, excellence and sustainability. Particularly attracted to the field of manufacturing, my role is to orchestrate the best of the Capgemini Group’s expertise, by forging the relevant industrial partnerships, all to best accompany the transformation of our industrial clients.

Amira has an industrial engineering background. She works as a VP at Capgemini with ~10years of experience in Strategy & Management consulting for manufacturing industries, leading digital and sustainability transformation projects. For the third consecutive year, she co-leads the Industry Net Zero Accelerator, a World Economic Forum initiative in collaboration with the IfM-University of Cambridge, Siemens, & Rockwell Automation; aiming to support manufacturing industries’ decarbonization.