Research & Innovation
Research That Actually Means Something
Most industry research is written for people who already agree with the conclusion.
GoSmarter covers academic research, industry studies, and data-backed analysis that is relevant to metals manufacturers. The question is always the same: does this help a production manager make a better decision?
Topics include:
- AI adoption in manufacturing: what the adoption data shows, not what vendors claim
- Scrap reduction and yield research: measured outcomes from real facilities
- Workforce and skills studies: the human side of automation
- Industry 4.0 implementation research: what separates the pilot projects from the deployments that stick
- Environmental impact studies: scope 1 and 2 emissions in metals production
Where research findings have direct implications for how GoSmarter builds its tools, that is noted explicitly. Where the evidence is mixed or the sample sizes are small, that is noted too.
Good decisions come from clear data. That is what these posts aim to deliver.
Breaking the chain with contact tracing
- Steph Locke
- Archive
- Oct 2, 2020
- Updated
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.
Read More: Breaking the chain with contact tracingThe Irish Times
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Sep 17, 2020
- Updated
“Our aim is to help companies overcome the core blockers to successful AI adoption, and rather than doing this individually which would take forever, Steph developed a platform that any company can access to get up to speed,” says Kearney.
Read More: The Irish TimesInsider Media
- Steph Organ
- News
- Aug 26, 2020
- Updated
Insider Media featured NHQ in a story on our successful ÂŁ50,000 grant from the Innovate UK
Read More: Insider MediaWales 247 Feature
- Steph Organ
- News
- Aug 26, 2020
- Updated
Wales 247 ran a story on Nightingale HQ’s successful ÂŁ50,000 grant application.
Read More: Wales 247 FeatureElectronic Specifier
- Steph Organ
- News
- Aug 21, 2020
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We were featured in Electronic Specifier for offering businesses free software to cope with Covid-19.
Read More: Electronic SpecifierCambridge Network
- Steph Organ
- News
- Aug 21, 2020
- Updated
Executive Chair of Innovate UK, which has backed the initiative, Dr Ian Campbell said: “In these challenging times many businesses, organisations and individuals are facing the stark reality that they must try to do more with less. However, it’s equally true that our UK pioneers and entrepreneurs are demonstrating their resilience and proving time and again how they can adapt through enterprise and innovation.
Read More: Cambridge NetworkFeatured in Forbes
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Jul 29, 2020
- Updated
Forbes featured us in a story, as one of five startups helping companies to survive and thrive beyond Covid-19.
Read More: Featured in ForbesSocial listening for small businesses
- Steph Locke
- Archive
- Jul 21, 2020
- Updated
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.
Read More: Social listening for small businessesThinkBusiness.ie
- Steph Organ
- News
- Jul 14, 2020
- Updated
Nightingale HQ featured in ThinkBusiness.ie.
Read More: ThinkBusiness.ie5.6million UK SMEs - listen up and automate!
- Ruth Kearney
- Archive
- Jun 26, 2020
- Updated
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.
Read More: 5.6million UK SMEs - listen up and automate!Categories
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