AI in Manufacturing Joint Community of Practice Part 2
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM) is excited to announce our panelists for the upcoming joint Community of Practice, in collaboration with the National Applied AI Consortium (NAAIC) and the Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC).
This panel will feature educators and industry experts on AI in Manufacturing and how to implement it in community and technical college curricula. We're thrilled to have Erika Guerra of South Texas College, Mehrdäd Fäézi of Connecticut State Community College, and Bryan Sellars of SICK Sensor Intelligence offer their insights on this topic. Dr. Ann Beheler, the NCNGM Industry Engagement Director of the Business and Industry Leadership Team, will moderate the panel.
If you haven't already done so, please register for the session through this Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bxP2XWy7QXakbyupkNUysw#/registration
You’re absolutely right—this is more of a culture problem than a technical one. If people are afraid to speak up, you lose valuable time chasing symptoms instead of addressing the real cause. Fast recovery depends on transparency and psychological safety, where admitting a mistake is seen as part of the process, not something to hide.
This is also where business/process automation can help by providing clear audit trails and reducing blame-driven discussions. Combined with insights from https://devops.com/when-customer-facing-systems-fail-how-incident-response-and-observability-reduce-mttr/ it’s clear that open communication is essential. Teams that normalize learning from failure consistently achieve lower MTTR and stronger system reliability.