Advancing the Line - AI in Manufacturing: The Pilot Purgatory Problem

In the premiere episode of Advancing the Line: AI in Manufacturing, SME's Tim Wilson sit down with Adam Marsh, CEO of Ledge Inc., to explore how artificial intelligence is moving beyond corporate hype to deliver practical value on the machine shop floor. Marsh, a Penn State industrial engineer and quality systems specialist, explains why small and medium manufacturers should look at AI not as a job-replacing disruption, but as an operational calculator that relieves lean teams from administrative bottlenecks, complex compliance documentation, and quoting backlogs.