AI in Practice
Case analysis, operational breakdowns, and honest commentary on AI adoption for manufacturing operations and owner-managed service businesses. No tutorials on tools you'll never use. No takes on the future of work. Written for people who run things and need to make real decisions.
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EU AI Act & Governance7 min read
The Digital Omnibus moved the high-risk deadlines to 2027 and 2028, and most of the coverage reported it as the AI Act being delayed. That reading will cost you. Here is what actually changed, what did not (AI literacy, the prohibitions, the penalties), and what a manufacturer should do with the extra runway.
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Most founders who want to automate their business don't build the wrong thing. They build nothing. Not because they lack motivation - the tutorials have been watched, the tools have been tried. The problem is scope. Here's how to pick the right process, build something that works, and make it last.
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The largest AI projects in manufacturing aim at the shop floor. That's also where they fail fastest. Here's the argument for starting somewhere else - what the back office means in an industrial context, which four processes return the clearest value first, and what a first engagement typically looks like.
ReadMost people looking at AI are circling the same question: what actually works, and how do I get there without a failed pilot first. That's what this is: practical, direct, no hype. Monthly-ish.
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Articles are written by Florin Cusmereanu, founder of AI Fluent. Content draws on direct engagement experience, validated industry research, and the operational realities of the businesses and factories AI Fluent works with.
Nothing here is generated or ghostwritten. If a piece carries Florin's byline, he wrote it.
