The rapid advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to transform manufacturing industry, offering new opportunities to optimize processes, improve efficiency, and drive innovation. This paper provides a comprehensive exploration of the integration of LLMs into the manufacturing domain, focusing on their potential to automate and enhance various aspects of manufacturing, from product design and development to quality control, supply chain optimization, and talent management. Through extensive evaluations across multiple manufacturing tasks, we demonstrate the remarkable capabilities of state-of-the-art LLMs, such as GPT-4V, in understanding and executing complex instructions, extracting valuable insights from vast amounts of data, and facilitating knowledge sharing. We also delve into the transformative potential of LLMs in reshaping manufacturing education, automating coding processes, enhancing robot control systems, and enabling the creation of immersive, data-rich virtual environments through the industrial metaverse. By highlighting the practical applications and emerging use cases of LLMs in manufacturing, this paper aims to provide a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, and decision-makers seeking to harness the power of these technologies to address real-world challenges, drive operational excellence, and unlock sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive landscape.
@article{arxiv.2410.21418,
title = {Large Language Models for Manufacturing},
author = {Yiwei Li and Huaqin Zhao and Hanqi Jiang and Yi Pan and Zhengliang Liu and Zihao Wu and Peng Shu and Jie Tian and Tianze Yang and Shaochen Xu and Yanjun Lyu and Parker Blenk and Jacob Pence and Jason Rupram and Eliza Banu and Ninghao Liu and Linbing Wang and Wenzhan Song and Xiaoming Zhai and Kenan Song and Dajiang Zhu and Beiwen Li and Xianqiao Wang and Tianming Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.21418},
year = {2024}
}