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AI-powered systems process this constant stream of information to identify early indicators of mechanical degradation, enabling maintenance to be precisely timed and targeted.

For example, at William Grant & Sons – the Scottish distillery behind Grant’ s whisky and Hendrick’ s gin – this evolution has proved transformative. Before deploying IFS Resolve, an AI solution powered by Anthropic’ s Claude language models, more than a third of repairs were emergency-driven, causing expensive downtime. The platform now interprets complex plant schematics, connects to existing sensors to anticipate failure before it occurs and diagnoses faults based on practical operational needs. Technicians can identify issues by analysing the sound of a rattling pipe, footage showing a component moving abnormally or fluctuations in pressure. The system is expected to deliver approximately £ 8.4m( US $ 11.3m) in annual savings for the distillery.

Beyond food and beverage, Resolve tackles operational challenges facing technicians and field workers across aerospace and defence, construction and engineering, manufacturing

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