Effects of AI Applications in Manufacturing, based on Haier Corporation Case Study

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI), a system that can be considered to think like humans, act like humans, think rationally, and act rationally, has been adopted in manufacturing industry globally. In view of the rapid development of AI and the reality of Industry 4.0, this paper focuses on the application of AI in manufacturing industry taking Haier Corporation as a case study.

We propose the following hypotheses: the application of AI shortens the product RD cycle of manufacturing companies, increases their productivity, reduces the defect product rate, reduces carbon footprint, reduces the number of low-skilled employees in manufacturing, and increases the number of highly-skilled employees.