After a year of GPT-4 and Claude pilots in manufacturing, the honest question comes back: do we really have to ship process data to the cloud to get an MES assistant? In 2025–2026 the answer is no. Phi-4 (14B, Microsoft, MIT) at 4-bit quantization fits in 8 GB of VRAM, sqlite-vec gives you vector search in a single file with no server, and a Jetson Orin NX/AGX delivers 100–275 TOPS on the shop floor. This article walks through the concrete architecture, token-per-second benchmarks, 3-year TCO vs the OpenAI API, and what this means for AI Act, NIS2 and plant-level IT operations.

Learn how to integrate the GPT-4 API with a web application step by step to leverage advanced data analysis features. Example in Python and Flask, along with settings and data security.

Comparison of Sparkplug B and OPC UA Communication Protocols in the Context of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Learn about their architectures, data formats, security, and applications. Discover which protocol better meets the requirements of your industrial automation project.