Affiliations: [a] Department of Management & Marketing, College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University – Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71115, USA. E-mail: SBNLlN@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU | [b] Department of Quantitative Business Analysis, College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. E-mail: QMSCHH@LSUVM.SNCC.LSU.EDU
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) systems represent contextual changes in manufacturing concepts. The major purpose of this paper is to provide not only a view of some of the important managerial issues of AI systems in manufacturing, but also to place them into a research perspective and explore why the issues are important to manufacturers. This paper first provides a brief overview of AI system concepts and the applications in manufacturing. Two conceptual endeavors constitute this ongoing effort: (1) an analysis of technical and behavioral competencies of the AI systems in manufacturing, and (2) a discussion of manufacturing infrastructure and AI system infrastructure.
