2026 ACG WI | Corporate Accelerator Roundtable Series: AI in Manufacturing

AI in Manufacturing

AI is moving quickly from experimentation into daily business use, but companies are seeing very different results.  Some are creating measurable value through productivity and efficiency gains in maintenance, quality, planning, engineering, sales, research, documentation, or routine administrative work. Others are finding that promising pilots stall because of data, integration, cost, unclear ownership, workforce resistance, or risk concerns.

This candid peer roundtable will examine where AI is working, where it is not, and what it takes to turn an interesting tool into a useful operating capability for ACG corporate members who are looking to answer AI questions such as:

• Where do you start?
• What is the most practical lesson learned from AI experimentation or implementation?
• What are some of the disappointing efforts or common struggles companies have experienced?
• What level of systems, data, and data quality is needed for success?
• How do you manage governance, risk and, proprietary data protection?
• Where has AI failed, disappointed, or stalled?
• Where is AI becoming a true force multiplier rather than simply “escaping the mundane”?
• Who should lead the project internally? Is a consultant recommended or required?
• How do you achieve workforce adoption and buy-in?
• How should people and AI work together?
• How do you measure the ROI?
• Your company has had its first measurable AI success story, where do you go next and how do you prioritize?

The session is designed for companies at every stage of adoption and will emphasize lived experience rather than hype, sales pitches, or technical theory.

ACG Wisconsin's Corporate Accelerator Roundtable Series is a recurring forum built for one purpose: to give corporate leaders a room where they can talk honestly with peers about the challenges that actually move the business.

Candid, peer-to-peer conversations for corporate leaders — no pitches, no service providers, just operators learning from operators.

Learn more about Corporate Accelerator here.