Building AI that works requires deep fluency in how these organizations operate - the kind of fluency held by leaders who have been in these roles.

To bring this essential experience into shaping how AI is applied to manufacturing’s hardest problems, we are announcing the formation of the Axion Industry Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board comprises senior executives selected to shape AI adoption for manufacturing challenges. Its distinctiveness lies in its breadth across industries and functions (quality, engineering, supply chain, etc.).

This breadth is vital because a quality failure touches every part of a business and every industry faces the same fundamental challenge: disconnected signals and reactive processes. Building effective AI requires input from leaders who have managed the entire landscape.

The group will collaborate with Axion and industry peers to define what high-velocity and responsible AI adoption looks like, influencing the industry-wide evolution.

Inaugural Group of Advisors

We asked a few of our advisors to share what drew them to this work

Building for the long term

The manufacturers who can best take advantage of the AI transformation will not do it in isolation. They will do it alongside leaders who have lived in these environments firsthand. Leaders who have run quality and supply chain organizations at global scale, navigated the tradeoffs that define a company’s product reputation, and built the institutional knowledge that no off-the-shelf tool can replicate.

This Industry Advisory Board represents our long-term investment in that future. Not just for Axion’s customers, but for the broader manufacturing community navigating this transformation. The problems are shared, and the lessons should be too. The future of manufacturing will be built in partnership.

To learn more about Axion’s Industry Advisory Board, visit axion.com/industry-advisory-board.