Category: Thought Leadership

Introduction Industrial companies are actively pursuing strategic advantages of modernizing their operational technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) to drive business value, but are limited by fixed storage and compute capacity available onsite. Data scientists and process engineering leaders recognize the need to leverage this operational data to gain insights, optimize processes, and enhance business […]

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications like ChatGPT have captured the headlines and imagination of the public. Generative AI is a type of AI that can create new content and ideas, including conversations, stories, images, videos, and music. Like all AI, generative AI is powered by machine learning (ML) models—very large models (known as Large Language […]

Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been a focus for Amazon for decades, and we’ve worked to democratize ML and make it accessible to everyone who wants to use it, including more than 100,000 customers of all sizes and industries. This includes manufacturing companies who are looking beyond AI/ML to generative AI […]

Earlier this year, the United States Department of the Treasury (UST) released a report titled “The Financial Services Sector’s Adoption of Cloud Services,” based on discussions with financial services and technology organizations, including AWS. The report discusses the ways financial institutions (FIs) and consumers can benefit when FIs use cloud services, including “reduced costs, ability […]

As organizations embrace the dual mission of profitability and sustainability, efforts to mitigate climate change are at the top of the agenda. Sustainability has already become an integral part of business decision making; consumers and corporate purchasers increasingly consider carbon footprints when they make buying and investment decisions per a McKinsey study. Industry 4.0 solutions […]

Challenges of New Product Development in Electronics Manufacturing The pressures of miniaturization, functional complexity, customer quality demands, costs and margin, competition, and environmental expectations make the development and production of electronic devices harder than ever before. They have become more complex and so have their supply chains – often spanning multiple countries and continents. Manufacturers […]

Leading eCommerce enterprises prioritize continuous customer experience innovation—from serving up curated and highly personalized product selections to paperless, QR-code-enabled returns. Enterprises are especially focused on the checkout or payment phase of the customer lifecycle, a stage where friction can mean the difference between a sale and an abandoned cart. Stored payment credentials are a powerful […]

Introduction Machine learning (ML) has become a core technology in manufacturing, but it can be difficult to know which ML services and tools are best for your industrial operations. We will define and explain the use cases of when to use different Amazon Web Services (AWS) ML services. In an age of rapid innovation, manufacturing […]

Visit our booth The world’s largest industrial conference, Hannover Messe begins on April 17th, 2023 in Hannover Germany. Once again, look for Amazon Web Services to have a large presence at the event, but in a different location than previous years, in Hall 15 booth D74 right by the main entryway. To get your free […]

Humanity has been shaped by the minerals and materials extracted from the Earth. Mining has transformed how we live while supporting an ever-increasing global population, and over centuries, the mining industry has met this increasing demand with fewer resources while becoming safer and more productive. That’s not to say the industry isn’t without controversy, and […]