Why Digital Intelligence is Becoming Heart of Manufacturing

Violet Jemimah Haris, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Sterlite Copper driving digital Intelligence to transform manufacturing, operations, sustainability, and growth

- By Musharrat Shahin

IN A world where manufacturing is no longer just about machines but about intelligence, Violet Jemimah Haris, Chief of IT and Digital at Sterlite Copper, captured the essence of the industrial future in her keynote: “Artificial intelligence isn’t just a tool, it’s the nervous system of tomorrow’s factories.” With three decades of experience, including two decades in manufacturing and a decade in IT, Haris brought clarity and conviction to how AI can transform industries from being reactive to predictive, from manual to intelligent, and from incremental growth to exponential impact.

The New Metrics of Success: Volume, Cost, and Turn around time reduction

At the heart of Violet JemimahHaris’s address was a simple but powerful framework: AI in manufacturing thrives on three pillars: volume impact, cost impact, and turnaround time. Together, these determine how effectively companies can scale AI while boosting revenues. The future of industrial operations, she argued, is about embedding intelligence into every node of the system from sensors on machines to predictive algorithms that drive boardroom decisions.

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