Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI), totaled $250.1 million in October 2025. Orders increased 12.7% from September 2025 and 14.7% from October 2024. Year-to-date shipments trended positively for the first time this year […]
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MAPconnected Summit 2025
“AI is only as powerful as the decisions it can help your teams make. In this Post-Summit session highlight, Ed Allen, Manufacturing Industry Lead at Pega, breaks down what it really takes to operationalize AI inside warranty, service, and lifecycle teams: 🔸 AI that augments human judgment 🔸 AI that makes repetitive decisions automatically 🔸 […]
Most OEMs don’t fail at AI because of technology. They fail because of organization.
In Part Two of our MAPconnected Service & Warranty Lifecycle Network Summit interview, Arnon Shafir, VP of Business Development at Upstream Security, pulls the conversation out of theory and straight into the hardest part of transformation: making AI real inside the enterprise. This isn’t about “adding a tool.” It’s about changing how quality, warranty, and […]
Why AI Fails in Aftersales | MAPconnected Service and Warranty Lifecycle Summit
Why do so many AI initiatives in aftersales stall before delivering real impact? In this MAPconnected Service & Warranty Lifecycle Network Summit feature, Arnon Shafir of Upstream Security explains why the biggest barriers to AI success aren’t technical — they’re organizational. This short discussion explores leadership expectations, operational change, and why curiosity may be the […]
MAPconnected Summit 2025 – Plante Moran
Research Study | OEM–Supplier Relationship Influence on Warranty Performance Plante Moran’s Angela Johnson shared one of the most important insights from this year’s pre-summit research @MAPconnected Vehicle Service & Warranty Lifecycle Network Summit: even when inefficiencies exist in OEM–supplier workflows, three variables consistently determine whether the relationship still works. Cultural similarity.Strategic significance.Peer connectivity. If two […]
Calling All Club Study Participants 5/7-8 in Nashville! – Vehicle Service and Warranty Lifecycle Management Discussion Threads
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10/22/25 Speaker Session: Turning Data to Foresight: Valmont’s Warranty Evolution With Tavant
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Driving Warranty Innovation Smarter, Faster Claims for TPAs and OEMs with Truepic
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OEMs Who Win Will Stop Asking What Failed — And Start Predicting What Will Fail Next.
Recalls are a lagging indicator. Every day, quality teams face new anomalies, new complaints, and new signals. The real question is: Which issue becomes tomorrow’s recall if you don’t act today? Arnon Shaffir, VP of Business Development at Upstream sits down for an interview at MAPconnnected’s Service & Warranty Lifecycle Summit and discusses why after-sales […]
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