Arch Systems, the AI-powered manufacturing intelligence company, today announced a booth presentation at APEX 2026 that cuts through the noise surrounding artificial intelligence in electronics manufacturing. Titled AI Hype X Reality: Agentic AI in the Factory Today, the 20-minute session will feature Arch Systems CEO Andrew Scheuermann alongside Fuji partners Tom Zabkiewicz and Tony Picciola.
The presentation takes place on Wednesday, March 18th, at 3:00 PM PST at the Arch Systems booth #2427 in Anaheim.
As AI promises proliferate across the manufacturing industry, operations leaders are increasingly struggling to separate genuine capability from vendor speculation. Arch Systems and Fuji will address this directly, drawing on real production data from automotive electronics lines to demonstrate what agentic AI is delivering today versus what remains aspirational.
Attendees will see how AI agents already read operator dashboards in real time to diagnose downtime issues: a capability that has driven automated downtime-labeling coverage from roughly 30% to over 90% on Fuji lines, with select customer sites approaching 95% or higher. The presentation will also outline concrete implementation pathways, with examples customers can put into production in weeks, not years.
“Factories today are rich in data but poor in expert capacity,” said Andrew Scheuermann, CEO of Arch Systems. “Dashboards were built to support people, but those people are gone, busy, or undertrained. Agentic AI changes what’s possible: it reads the data, interprets the context, and guides teams to act. We’re not talking about a future roadmap. We’re showing it live with real customer numbers.”
About the Presentation
AI Hype X Reality: Agentic AI in the Factory Today
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | 3:00 PM PST Arch Systems Booth #2427 | APEX 2026, Anaheim, CA
The session will cover:
- How AI agents are actively reading operator dashboards to diagnose production issues
- Real production data from deployed automotive electronics lines
- What’s genuinely possible today versus what remains science fiction
- Live implementation examples are achievable in weeks, not years
The session is open to all APEX attendees. Scheuermann and the Fuji team will be available for questions immediately following the presentation.
About Arch Systems
Arch Systems transforms factory intelligence with AI-driven solutions that help manufacturers optimize operations, reduce downtime, and maximize efficiency. Purpose-built for factories by manufacturing and data experts, Arch AI acts as an expert copilot, reading dashboards, synthesizing data, and delivering real-time, prescriptive guidance to operators, engineers, and executives without costly infrastructure overhauls.
