AI Meets the Factory Floor: Josh Rudd on A+W Software's Vision for Smarter Glass Fabrication

Date: 20 May 2026

Photo source

A+W Software

Date: 20 May 2026

Josh Rudd joins NGA Chief Content Officer Katy Devlin and NGA Director of Membership Sara Neiswanger to break down what AI actually means for a glass fabrication business.

Josh walks through how A+W's new AI order entry agent, Mira, reads inbound emails and purchase orders to eliminate manual data entry errors, explains what a true pull-system smart factory looks like in practice, and shares how A+W is using AI internally to accelerate coding and testing. He also looks further ahead at dynamic capacity planning, the potential for humanoid robots on the shop floor, and why GFAB is the right place for fabricators to connect and learn. Recorded as part of the NGA Glass Fabricator (GFAB) Conference in Chicago, June 14–17.

Learn more about GFAB & Register: https://www.glass.org/GFAB

600450

A+W Software

2026-05-20T11:51:43

AI Meets the Factory Floor: Josh Rudd on A+W Software's Vision for Smarter Glass Fabrication glassonweb.com

See more news about:

WhatsApp LINKEDIN FACEBOOK X PRINT MORE

Others also read

MORE...

Daymond John, star of ABC’s Shark Tank, entrepreneur, and FUBU CEO/founder

GlassBuild 2026 Will Feature Daymond John as Kickoff Keynote

Keynote Theater debuts during the September trade show in Las Vegas

Glass Futures launches AI-driven digital twin to reinvent glass manufacturing

Digital AI-driven glass furnace replica able to predict new and the best ways to make glass and other materials

Lumeso: AI in the glass industry’s internal sales

Reduced workload plus faster order processing – it works

Passive Windoor using Sparklike Laser PortableTM to measure argon concentration in insulating glass units as part of quality control.

Passive Windoor Verifies Gas Filling Rate in High-Performance Insulating Glass Production

Ensuring the right argon fill rate is essential for high-performance insulating glass — and Passive Windoor is taking quality control to the next level with direct gas concentration verification.

Glaston CEO Talk: Ultra‑Thin Triple Insulating Glass in China | Fuxuan x Glaston

The Future of Ultra-Thin Triple Insulating Glass in China | CEO Talk with Glaston

In this episode, Glaston CEO Miika Äppelqvist sits down with Mr. Li Chang, Founder of Fuxuan Doors & Windows, to discuss the development of ultra-thin triple insulating glass technology in China.

50 Years of Forel: a new corporate video about people, vision and the future

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, Forel presents a new corporate video dedicated to the history, values and vision that continue to guide the company in the flat glass processing and insulating glass production sector.