Making it real — manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and the quality gate that governs compliance.
A European Tier-1 deployed a vision model on the body-in-white line and cut escaped defects by 38% across two quarters, shifting operators from scanning every panel to adjudicating flagged frames.
A paint-shop digital twin simulated airflow and curing-oven schedules, trimming energy use 9% while holding finish-quality KPIs — one of the highest-energy areas in the plant.
Vibration and acoustic telemetry fed an anomaly model that predicted bearing failure on a stamping press ~11 days ahead, converting unplanned stoppages into scheduled maintenance windows.