As manufacturers navigate high turnover and labor shortages, many are leveraging the latest technologies to not just address hiring and skills gaps but also to get new employees up to speed faster on company systems and operations.

“Many times what we are doing with some of our customers is have them videotape repairing an engine or fixing a machine that is broken down, feed that video into AI, turn that into step-by-step instructions in different languages that can be converted into multiple languages with a click of a button,” said Praveen Rao, Google Cloud’s global head of manufacturing.

Rao leads Google Cloud’s global manufacturing strategy, developing innovative technologies and driving growth across the industrial manufacturing sector. His expertise spans cloud solutions, analytics, artificial intelligence and the internet of things.

Praveen Rao, Google Cloud’s global head of manufacturing

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