Category: Best Practices

Agentic blockchain-based payments are poised to transform in-vehicle driving experiences. As vehicles become increasingly connected and autonomous, they are evolving from passive transportation tools into active economic agents capable of conducting their own financial transactions [see HBR Article, 2021]. Imagine your car automatically paying for highway tolls, electric charging sessions, parking fees, or even purchasing […]

Every major industrial facility relies on thousands of highly complex technical drawings called Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) that serve as the DNA of industrial operations. These diagrams show how equipment connects, materials flow, and safety systems protect workers and assets. These diagrams are complex. For example, where 511 industrial P&ID documents may mean 1,397,710 […]

Manufacturers have been using AI and robotics in their operations for years. The question is no longer how these technologies improve operations, it’s how to deploy industrial AI autonomously at production scale without replacing existing infrastructure, locking into a single vendor, or spending years in pilot mode. AWS provides the digital thread foundation, edge-to-cloud infrastructure, […]

​​​​​​​AWS is building the infrastructure for programmatic advertising’s shift to agentic AI where autonomous agents plan campaigns, orchestrate models, and optimize bids across the full funnel. Today, the bidstream processes billions of decisions daily, each within milliseconds, relying on rule-based heuristics and lightweight models constrained by real-time latency budgets and CPU-only infrastructure. That constraint is […]

Manufacturing leaders today face challenges: supply chain disruptions, skilled labor shortages, sustainability pressures, and the constant need to optimize operations while maintaining quality. In this rapidly evolving landscape, the convergence of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twin technology on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is emerging as a solution that drives operational excellence across manufacturing […]

Defining physical AI beyond digital intelligence Physical AI represents a transformative evolution in artificial intelligence, extending beyond purely computational systems, to intelligent agents that perceive, reason, and interact directly with the physical world. Unlike traditional AI systems that process information in digital domains (such as chatbots or recommendation engines), physical AI embeds intelligence in systems […]

Amazon Devices engineers needed AI assistance directly in their design tools to accelerate hardware development. But AI agents running locally on engineering workstations had no way to authenticate with AWS services without distributing credentials, creating unacceptable security risks. The Design Technologies team solved this challenge by implementing browser-based authentication that establishes user identity and enables […]

Procurement teams increasing struggle with managing vendor selection and Request for Quotation (RFQ) processes effectively. Buyers spend significant time navigating multiple Enterprise Resource Planning systems and external data sources. They must consolidate supplier information, validate compliance requirements, and compare costs across vendors to identify the optimal option. This fragmentation causes delays, manual errors, and missed […]

Smart product manufacturers are at a critical transformation point. With Gartner predicting that 80% of AI models will be industry-specific by 2027, and their recent analysis showing that AI-enabling cloud services are the future of cloud infrastructure, companies can no longer rely solely on traditional hardware sales to maintain competitive advantage. The shift toward digital […]

The payments industry stands at a transformative inflection point. Traditional payment systems built on rigid rules, manual processes, and legacy infrastructure find it difficult to navigate the evolving landscape of modern commerce. Today’s payment ecosystem demands solutions that handle increasing complexity while delivering the seamless, contactless, and autonomous experiences customers expect. Financial institutions have long […]