How new generative AI software helps asset lifecycle intelligence

ARC Industry Leadership Forum, 2025: Hexagon explained how its HxGN Alix digital assistant help industrial customers more effectively use enterprise asset management (EAM) software.

Hexagon HxGN Alix generative AI insights

  • Learn from Tom Kurtz, Hexagon vice president EAM portfolio strategy, about Hexagon’s HxGN Alix, an AI-powered assistant.
  • Explore current and anticipated future HxGN Alix capabilities for helping Hexagon enterprise asset management (EAM) software users.
  • Understand that HxGN Alix supports how to use HxGN EAM features, simplifies code generation and advises on industry processes, regulations and specifications. 

Hexagon’s HxGN Alix, an AI-powered assistant to help industrial enterprises digitally transform heavy asset operations, offers data security, privacy, accuracy and accessibility to enterprise asset management (EAM) customers on edge or on the cloud, said Tom Kurtz, Hexagon vice president EAM portfolio strategy, at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group.

Tom Kurtz, Hexagon vice president EAM portfolio strategy, explained benefits of Hexagon’s HxGN Alix, an AI-powered assistant to help industrial enterprises digitally transform heavy asset operations and how the generative AI tool offers data security, privacy, accuracy and accessibility to enterprise asset management (EAM) customers, at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group
Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering
Tom Kurtz, Hexagon vice president EAM portfolio strategy, explained benefits of Hexagon’s HxGN Alix, an AI-powered assistant to help industrial enterprises digitally transform heavy asset operations and how the generative AI tool offers data security, privacy, accuracy and accessibility to enterprise asset management (EAM) customers, at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering

Hexagon’s HxGN Alix generative AI software, cybersecurity, development roadmap

In discussing asset lifecycle intelligence, Kurtz said accuracy and cybersecurity are very important for EAM customers. As a result, customer questions, answers and data do not train HxGN Alix or any other generative AI.

Kurtz outlined a roadmap for current and anticipated future HxGN Alix capabilities.

The product introduction in November 2024 provides user help, such as “How do I apply corrective action for the identified root-cause analysis?”

Among anticipated future capabilities:

  • First half 2025, database queries might include: “How many work orders were created last month for Pump101?”
  • Second half 2025, action generation might include: “Create a work order for Pump101 to do a gasket inspection and assign it to Greg Smith.”
  • In 2026 and beyond, prescriptive recommendations might include: “Analyze Pump101 failure history and recommend actions.”

Additional Hexagon’s HxGN Alix generative AI software features

The Hexagon AI assistant is designed to increase efficiency of HxGN EAM users. Accessible from the HxGN EAM toolbar, HxGN Alix supports how to use HxGN EAM features, simplifies code generation and advises on industry processes, regulations and specifications. With robust data security protocols and an emphasis on data accuracy, HxGN Alix is designed to minimize risk exposure while delivering accurate, high-performance results. The product has multi-language support.

exagon’s HxGN Alix, an generative AI-powered assistant for enterprise asset management (EAM), offers data security, privacy, accuracy and accessibility, as explained at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group. Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering
exagon’s HxGN Alix, an generative AI-powered assistant for enterprise asset management (EAM), offers data security, privacy, accuracy and accessibility, as explained at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group. Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering

Hexagon’s HxGN tools include utilities with solutions for geospatial asset management and communications for planning, design, execution, operation and maintenance with cloud or edge architectures.

Geospacial asset management application opportunities for utilities and communications applications include planning, design, execution, operation and maintenance, as explained at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group. Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering
Geospacial asset management application opportunities for utilities and communications applications include planning, design, execution, operation and maintenance, as explained at the 2025 ARC Industry Leadership Forum by ARC Advisory Group. Courtesy: Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering

Mark T. Hoske is editor-in-chief, Control Engineering, WTWH Media, [email protected].

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