The Shiftconnector digital manufacturing platform (photo) now includes artificial intelligence (AI) search-engine capabilities. Shiftconnector’s software platform is designed to enhance communications among shift teams for effective shift handovers, transparent team communications and increased asset performance. With the addition of AI-powered Smart Search capabilities to the Shiftconnector platform, teams will now be able to improve plant performance by quickly finding solutions based on the history of documented tribal knowledge from plant operations teams. By retrieving the most relevant information, it will accelerate operations and bring capabilities to help teams recover from disruptions by immediately identifying appropriate fixes. Also, captured knowledge can be managed to support workforce changes. — Eschbach GmbH, Bad Säckingen, Germany