Manufacturing runs on capital. Finance protects the margin.
Summary
Manufacturing locks an estimated $1.7T in excess working capital across large US companies, trapped in inventory, receivables, and equipment; finance's job is freeing that cash, and AI agents are making that job both faster and more complex. The post argues an ontology is what makes a number trustworthy in business context, and shows how Genie acts as a data-smart finance coworker, surfacing where cash is trapped, where receivables are aging, and which assets underperform with governed, traceable answers.
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