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About this Section

The GoSmarter blog covers AI and digital transformation from a metals manufacturing perspective. Practical use cases, implementation guides, industry strategy, and plain-English takes on the tech that actually matters on the shop floor.

No fluff. No thought-leadership waffle dressed up as insight. Just practical articles written for people who run metal cutting, distribution, and processing operations.

Topics covered include mill certificate automation, rebar cutting optimisation, scrap rate reduction, EN 10204 compliance, inventory management for steel stockholders, and the practical realities of replacing spreadsheets with AI-powered workflows. The blog also covers industry news relevant to UK and European metals manufacturers — tariffs, standards changes, and technology developments that affect your margins.

Articles are written for production managers, quality managers, operations directors, and business owners in metals manufacturing. Each post focuses on a specific, solvable problem: how to reduce scrap on a saw line, how to stop losing mill certificates, how to automate the cert-to-stock link without an IT project.

For deeper, structured guides on specific topics, see the GoSmarter hub pages — pillar content covering cutting optimisation, mill cert automation, yield tracking, and more.

AI Tools for Compliance-Driven Document Operations in Metals

  • Steph Locke
  • Blog
  • Apr 6, 2026
  • Updated

Manual cert filing is a compliance risk. See how AI tools automate document operations in metals — from OCR extraction to audit-ready traceability.

Italy's Electric Arc Furnaces: 23.9Mt Capacity and Three Bets on the Future

Italy produces 90% of its steel via EAF. Three new furnace projects are reshaping the map. Here’s what EAF operators need to manage.

Predictive Maintenance: Edge Computing in Action

  • Ruth Kearney
  • Blog
  • Apr 3, 2026
  • Updated

Learn how predictive maintenance with edge computing helps metals manufacturers detect failures in milliseconds, reduce downtime and scrap, and cut maintenance costs.

AI Augmentation for Metals: Fix What Generic ERP Can’t

  • Ruth Kearney
  • Blog
  • Apr 2, 2026
  • Updated

Generic ERP fails metals teams on mill certs, heat codes, and scrap rates. An AI layer like GoSmarter fixes the gaps without replacing your ERP.

Lifecycle Assessment Tools for Metals Manufacturers

  • Steph Locke
  • Blog
  • Apr 1, 2026
  • Updated

A practical guide to AI-powered Life Cycle Assessment tools for metals manufacturers, covering compliance, data quality, and tool selection.

AI in Steel Manufacturing: From Advisors to Autonomous Plants

  • Ruth Kearney
  • Blog
  • Mar 31, 2026
  • Updated

From advisory dashboards to autonomous plants: four levels of AI maturity in steel manufacturing, with real examples from POSCO, thyssenkrupp, Baowu, and SSAB HYBRIT.

British Steel to be Nationalised: UK Government Steps in Amid Owner Transition

  • Ruth Kearney
  • Blog
  • Mar 31, 2026
  • Updated

UK set to nationalise British Steel within weeks after talks with owner Jingye, sources say.

Stop Running Metal Machining Like It's 1985

  • Steph Locke
  • Blog
  • Mar 31, 2026
  • Updated

AI robotics cuts scrap, downtime, and certificate admin before they eat your margin.

ERP vs AI: Scaling Manufacturing Operations

  • Steph Locke
  • Blog
  • Mar 30, 2026
  • Updated

Stop typing mill certs and fighting 1985 ERPs. AI automates the admin nightmare, cuts downtime and scrap, and gets factories scaling fast.

AI Load Balancing: Lessons from Steel Plants

  • Steph Locke
  • Blog
  • Mar 29, 2026
  • Updated

1985 tech and spreadsheets are bleeding your plant dry - AI load balancing fixes furnace temps, crane schedules and maintenance to cut waste.

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