NYSE:GM 8 August 2025

Predictive manufacturing refers to using data and advanced analytics to foresee events in production and act before problems occur. In simple terms, factories collect data from machines and processes, analyze it with AI algorithms, and predict issues or outcomes in advance germanedge.com. This approach grew out of predictive maintenance – the practice of anticipating equipment failures – and extends the idea to entire operations. Instead of reacting to machine breakdowns or quality defects, predictive manufacturing lets companies fix anomalies before they impact product quality, yield or downtime my.avnet.com. For example, by continuously monitoring sensor data, a manufacturer can catch a slight vibration or temperature spike in a machine and intervene before it causes a breakdown. As one industry expert explains,