Global IT leader FPT is accelerating Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in the manufacturing sector with an AI-powered solution for equipment measurement and quality management, optimizing data collection, enhancing accuracy, and ensuring seamless factory operations while maintaining data privacy.
The AI in manufacturing market is expected to grow from USD 3.2 billion in 2023 to USD 20.8 billion by 2028, with a CAGR of 45.6%, driven by AI adoption for efficiency, cost reduction, and quality improvement. Traditional equipment measurement processes require manual inspections, handwritten records, and post-processing calculations, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors. As factories seek digital transformation, FPT’s AI-powered solution offers a game-changing approach by enabling operators to capture images using mobile phones or smart glasses. The AI system then analyzes the data, extracts key values, and automatically stores them in a centralized system, reducing operational bottlenecks and improving accuracy.
How AI is Driving Efficiency & Accuracy in Industrial Operations
FPT’s cutting-edge solution eliminates manual inefficiencies by automating real-time data analysis and record-keeping. The AI model, trained with real operational data and expert insights, achieves the QA/QC Engineer level while processing results in under five seconds. With support for up to four concurrent users, the system ensures scalability for various production lines, both domestically and internationally.
Key advantages of this AI-powered digitalization include:
- Accelerated Data Processing: Achieves real-time insights with processing speeds of ≤5 seconds.
- Higher Operational Accuracy: Trained AI model ensures results meet or exceed human-level precision.
- Seamless Factory Integration: Easily deployable across multiple production lines with minimal setup.
- Cost Savings: Encourages the establishment of on-premise data centers, reducing reliance on cloud-based solutions.
Leveraging Advanced AI & NVIDIA-Powered Infrastructure
FPT’s solution integrates state-of-the-art NVIDIA(r) technologies to optimize performance and ensure smooth deployment:
- NVIDIA H100 GPUs accelerate FPT AI Factory to provide unmatched computing capabilities for AI model training and inference.
- NVIDIA AI blueprint for video search and summarization simplifies the creation of interactive visual AI agents that can analyze massive volumes of videos to optimize operations. Built with generative AI vision language models (VLM), NVIDIA NIM, and Metropolis microservices, VSS can extract insights from camera data to boost productivity and enhance worker safety.
- NVIDIA NVILA (Vision Language Model) is applied to the generative AI model using a “scale-then-compress” approach—first enhancing spatial and temporal resolutions to retain fine visual details, then compressing them into fewer, denser tokens. This enables the model to efficiently process high-resolution images and extended video sequences while maintaining accuracy and detail.
NVIDIA's robust AI infrastructure allows FPT to streamline AI deployment through standard Docker containers, cutting development time while maintaining flexibility. By utilizing vision-language models, the system eliminates time-consuming tasks such as manual data labeling, verification, and rule-based processes. This innovation empowers factories to instantly extract insights from their database through natural conversation. By leveraging AI to interpret visual and textual data, the system not only improves operational efficiency but also enhances decision-making by providing real-time, context-rich answers at scale.
FPT remains committed to advancing industrial digitalization through the integration of cutting-edge AI models and the optimization of processing times, underpinned by the robust AI infrastructure capabilities of FPT AI Factory. This solid foundation enables seamless scalability and high-performance operations, ensuring that factories can achieve enhanced efficiency, precision, and cost savings. By leveraging NVIDIA software and frameworks, FPT is setting the stage for the next generation of smart manufacturing solutions.
