Why Your Network Decides Whether AI Works in Your Plant
98% of US manufacturers are exploring AI right now. Only 20% feel ready to actually use it at scale, according to a [recent state of US manufacturing report](https://www.snelling.com/insights/ai-tariffs-and-a-talent-cliff-the-state-of-u-s-manufacturing-in-2026/). That gap is one of the biggest stories in the industry this year, and most of the conversation around it focuses on the wrong layer. It is…