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Manufacturing — AI, efficiency, and operational improvement on the shop floor
Artificial Intelligence — practical AI guides written for non-technical managers
Digital Transformation — how metals SMEs are modernising without betting the farm on an ERP
Sustainability — scrap reduction, emissions tracking, and responsible materials use
Glossary — plain-English definitions of terms your customers use on purchase orders

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Shape Code Technology

Shape code resources for rebar and structural steel manufacturers.

Archived Posts

The GoSmarter Archive This is the back catalogue. Posts from 2020 to 2023, back when GoSmarter was still figuring out its shape and the world was figuring out how to run a factory during a pandemic.

Artificial Intelligence

AI for Metals Manufacturing AI isn’t one thing. It’s a shorthand for a dozen different technologies: machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and optimisation algorithms. Each solves a different class of problem.

Automation

Automation for Metals Manufacturers Manual processes are expensive. Chasing paperwork, re-entering data from PDFs, and managing inventory with spreadsheets drains hours every week. Those hours should be on the shop floor, not in your inbox.

Cloud Technology

Cloud Infrastructure for Metals Manufacturing Your shop floor generates data every day. Inspection results, production runs, mill certificate scans, inventory movements. Most of it sits in spreadsheets, in email threads, or in a server room nobody updates.

Compliance

Compliance for Metals Manufacturers Compliance doesn’t have to mean a wall of folders and a week of panic every time an audit comes around. For metals manufacturers, the stakes are real: BS EN 1090, EN 10204, and the National Structural Steelwork Specification (NSSS) demand traceable, auditable records. Miss one and you’ve got a non-conformance on your hands.

Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement in Metals Manufacturing Continuous Improvement (CI) is a steady drumbeat of small fixes that compound into big gains. In most metals shops, it looks like a monthly meeting. A shared spreadsheet. A list of problems everyone already knew about.

Data Strategy

Data Strategy for Metals Manufacturers Your factory produces data constantly. Shift reports, inspection results, order histories, material certifications, supplier records. Most of it is scattered across spreadsheets, email inboxes, and filing cabinets.

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation on the Shop Floor Digital transformation is not a project. It is a series of decisions about which parts of your operation to stop doing manually.

Energy Management

Energy Management in Metals Manufacturing Energy is one of the biggest line items in metals manufacturing. Furnaces, rolling mills, electric arc furnaces: they all consume a lot. The meter is always running. The difference between a site that controls its energy and one that just pays the bill? Data.