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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Archived Content 127 posts
Blog and Articles 120 posts
Case Studies 15 posts
Free Tools 5 posts
Tutorials & Learning 43 posts
News & Updates 90 posts

7 reasons why SMEs need to automate and how

Ruth Kearney
Learning , Archive
Jul 3, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Going digital and using automation has never been more important to small businesses than it has been since COVID-19. Here's some stats you may not know...

5.6million UK SMEs - listen up and automate!

Ruth Kearney
Archive
Jun 26, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

This week on AIFightsBack, Steph Locke, CEO of Nightingale HQ, talked about the new GoSmarter automation toolbox, funded by Innovate UK and free for SMEs to use.

2020 - the year of Contact Tracing Apps

Ruth Kearney
Archive
Jun 23, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Guest contributor on our AIFightsBack webinar series was Dr. Iain Keaney, Data Scientist and Founder of Skellig.ai. Iain took on the world of contact tracing apps and discussed how both governments and companies are fighting the pandemic while mitigating the risk to personal privacy. He pointed to the adoption levels of different countries with China having the largest-scale adoption of contact tracing apps in the world and Iceland next at 40%.

Social distancing - data versus information

Ruth Kearney
Archive
Jun 16, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Guest contributor on AIFightsBack last week was CEO of Mockingbird Consulting Matthew Macdonald-Wallace. Matt shared how the impact of COVID has produced opportunities that have taken them beyond their current client base of farming and AgriTech to include commercial and industrial sectors. He gave examples of IoT solution applications in customer flows for retail, ordering systems for restaurants and preventive maintenance in farms.

The Jazz Ensemble of Data Science with Novartis

Ruth Kearney
Archive
Jun 9, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Everyone is an expert and each one is allowed to do their own part separately but when we come together the magic happens. The team lead, along with Math and Stats person, the Data Visualisation, Storytelling team and domain experts all work in unison. This according to Ashwini Mathur, Head of Data Science at the Novartis AI Innovation Hub in Dublin is essential to delivering great data science.

Why Trustworthy AI Matters with Clare Dillon

Ruth Kearney
Archive , Learning
Jun 2, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Guest contributor on AIFightsBack last week was Technologist Clare Dillon. She presented A Journey to Trustworthy AI from an economic, social, political, and cultural lens. This thought-provoking session demonstrated clearly why we all need to build trust in both building and buying AI solutions. It was backed up nicely with plenty of use cases and several major AI bloopers out there.

Understanding the techniques behind AI in manufacturing

Steph Locke
Archive , Learning , Blog
May 22, 2020
Updated Mar 24, 2026

It’s no secret that the disruption of Industry 4.0 and the challenges presented by Covid-19 have been a push for manufacturers to evaluate digital transformation and consider going smart with AI in their factories. This article, adapted from the webinar shared below, is aimed at manufacturers who are interested in the techniques, data infrastructure and processes needed to support building internal data science & AI intellectual property.

The Historian and AI Webinar (AIFightsBack)

Steph Locke
Archive , Learning , Blog
May 15, 2020
Updated Mar 6, 2026

AI for manufacturing has huge potential. As well as clear AI use cases like robotics and automation, the wealth of data being consolidated into industrial time series via historian appliances presents an opportunity for further AI applications. Using the data being consolidated, we can build early warning systems for critical issues, optimise maintenance programs, and improve processes.

Artificial Intelligence for Marketers

Ruth Kearney
Archive , Learning
May 8, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Yesterday, we delivered the AI for Marketers webinar as part of our AIFightsBack series. Here, you will find the resources (slides, recording, information, and links) from the talk. As a sector, marketing is ripe for AI adoption due to the volume of data insights available. It's transforming how companies market their products and services to other businesses, streamlining processes at all levels of the sales funnel. Broadly speaking, AI can help to improve the customer journey and improve your ROI on campaigns. But how exactly?

No code. No data. No servers. How Marino Software became a ML company.

Ruth Kearney
Archive
May 4, 2020
Updated Mar 4, 2026

Marino Software are one of the longest standing software consultancies in Ireland with almost 20 years under their belt they have seen their fair share of ups and downs. As part of our AIFightsBack webinar series CEO Keith Davey talks candidly about how they have morphed into a machine learning company helping their clients deliver exceptional customer experience. They have a pretty impressive list of clients who are testament to this service and it includes telcos, banks and retailers. Both slides and the webinar are available below.

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