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Welcome to Yield:
The New Blog from Elementary
Every pioneering product has a unique vision. Yield, Elementary's new blog, is committed to sharing the stories, ideas, and perspectives that illuminate our journey towards a zero-defect world.
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Should You Replace or Enhance Your Machine Vision System?
Eddie Mancera
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February 25, 2025
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Should You Replace or Enhance Your Machine Vision System?

Eddie Mancera
Head of Product
February 25, 2025
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Should You Replace or Enhance Your Machine Vision System?

When machine vision systems aren't meeting quality goals, the default response is often replacement. But there's another option: enhancement.

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Many manufacturers are surprised to discover their existing inspection systems can be upgraded with AI that improves detection accuracy, eliminates false positives, and frees quality teams from manual review—without the cost and disruption of replacement.

Enhancement adds capabilities like:

  • Advanced defect detection and classification‍
  • Presence/absence detection
  • Part/feature classification
  • Optical character recognition (OCR)
  • Barcode reading

Our new 15-minute assessment guide helps you determine when to replace vs. enhance their machine vision systems.

This step-by-step guide will help you:

  • Evaluate your current system objectively
  • Identify your real quality control challenges
  • Compare ROI between options
  • Plan your implementation path

Download our free guide and make a confident decision about your vision system.

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Eddie Mancera, Head of Product

A product leader who transforms early-stage startups through thoughtful product definition and design. Brings extensive expertise in enterprise software and AI, with a proven track record of turning nascent ideas into market-ready solutions.

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June 18, 2025
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Introducing VisionStream: AI That Teaches Itself to Spot Manufacturing Defects
Introducing VisionStream: AI That Teaches Itself to Spot Manufacturing Defects
The first machine vision system to learn quality standards by observing the production line, eliminating weeks of setup and delivering defect detection in seconds
Eddie Mancera
Head of Product
May 29, 2025
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The Vision Roundup - Issue 1
The Vision Roundup - Issue 1
Machine vision is having its "AWS moment" - the barrier to entry is collapsing fast. Hardware is getting more flexible, AI models are going open source, and deployment is getting simpler. That's going to change who can afford advanced vision automation.
Eddie Mancera
Head of Product
February 18, 2025
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Teaching Old Cameras New Tricks: How International Paper Added AI to its Existing Teledyne Vision System
Teaching Old Cameras New Tricks: How International Paper Added AI to its Existing Teledyne Vision System
When International Paper needed advanced inspection capabilities, they didn't replace their Teledyne vision system. They transformed it.
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