GoSmarter AI Blog
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
- Mill certificates and compliance stop chasing PDFs and test reports
- Cutting optimisation AI cut lists that actually reduce scrap
- Inventory management real-time visibility beyond spreadsheets
- Digital transformation modernise without an 18-month ERP project
- AI for manufacturing SMEs practical AI without an IT department
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The shift to AI in manufacturing: post pandemic growth
- Steph Organ
- Archive
- Oct 8, 2020
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There is no doubt that AI has enabled major efficiencies in predictability and capacity across the supply chain in manufacturing. The global pandemic has also accelerated digitalisation and automation as key strategic priorities for business, particularly manufacturing.
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Breaking the chain with contact tracing
- Steph Locke
- Archive
- Oct 2, 2020
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There is no doubt that contact tracing apps can play a key role in crisis management especially as social distancing measures are lifted in countries across Europe and the rest of the world. In this guest blog, Dr Iain Keaney talks about solving the contact tracing privacy paradox with decentralised AI. He outlines how decentralised AI can preserve anonymity and solve privacy issues, not just in contact tracing, but as a business standard for AI, going forward.
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Your business and AI: 18 weeks of webinars
- Ruth Kearney
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- Sep 29, 2020
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What do you do when a global pandemic hits and messes up your 2020 business plans? We decided to run 18 weeks of webinars. As our pipeline slowed we knew we weren’t the only ones having a hard time navigating Covid-19, so we decided to launch two webinar series, AIFightsBack and #GoSmarter. Since the webinars were a hit, we decided to compile recaps of all the content in one place for easy access, viewing and sharing.
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Smarter remote meetings for productivity
- Steph Organ
- Archive , Learning
- Aug 31, 2020
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For the penultimate session in our #GoSmarter webinar series, Data Science Apprentice Mia Hatton takes us through various tools for hosting online meetings, lessons and the like, which has become so much more relevant during the times of the pandemic. Our very own Productive Meetings tool is one of six automation tools that we are making available to SMEs through our GoSmarter project to support them through COVID-19.
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Customer service automation with an easy FAQ Chatbot
- Steph Organ
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- Aug 25, 2020
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As part of our #GoSmarter webinar series, Mia Hatton, Data Science Apprentice for Nightingale HQ and founder of a small business, talks to us about the wonders that an FAQ Chatbot can do for business, approaching the topic from both points of view. Our GoSmarter project is aimed at SMEs to help them bounce back from the effects of COVID-19 by providing them with the 6 tools to get them automating and saving time.
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Four tips for introducing an FAQ chatbot
- Laura Dernie
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- Aug 5, 2020
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Getting your own chatbot up and running is not as tricky as you may think. In fact there are many no-code options available and you can be setup in minutes. We have put together a list of tips to consider before you jump in on augmenting your customer service.
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Bigger, better sales with AI
- Ruth Kearney
- Archive , Blog , Learning
- Jul 28, 2020
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Automation and Artificial Intelligence can support the sales team to make bigger, better sales. AI in sales and marketing can be particularly valuable. In this #GoSmarter webinar Steph Locke, CEO of Nightingale HQ takes a look at automation tools in a B2B context and how easy they are to adopt.
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COVID triggers a wave of automation
- Steph Organ
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- Jul 23, 2020
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For companies that have survived thus far through the global pandemic, the next huge challenge they face is getting back to normal. Numerous factors, from uncertain cashflow to making the workplace safe enough to return to, prove that the old ways just won’t work.
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Social listening for small businesses
- Steph Locke
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- Jul 21, 2020
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Our latest webinar was on social listening. Social listening is monitoring social media for feedback, mentions, or relevant chatter to gain insight or act. The price tag on this capability is at least $150 per month putting it outside the budget of a small business. With #GoSmarter, we're introducing a practically free and highly extendable option for small businesses.
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Automation: The fundamentals
- Ruth Kearney
- Archive , Learning
- Jul 10, 2020
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GoSmarter is an AI-powered tools and training support toolkit to help businesses optimise digital operations, saving precious time and helping increase productivity.
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