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10 Areas Manufacturers Might See an Impact from AI

Fabricating & Metal Work

AI’s image recognition algorithms can analyze images of products on the assembly line to identify defects that the human eye is unable to detect. It enables forecasting of consumer demand for every SKU, and its unique ability to engage in near-term demand sensing lets you create forecasts based on current supply chain conditions.

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Packaging Robots Market to Worth US$ 7.5 Billion by 2032 at a CAGR of 7%

i4.0 today

Packaging robots are preferred by many firms due to their enhanced supply chain efficiency, higher packaging effectiveness, and decreased operational costs. This promotes the use of packaging robots with vision capabilities, which are highly favored for assembly line tasks. Today Magazine.

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AMRs and AMVs Create Safer Surroundings and Adjust Workflows Quickly

Fabricating & Metal Work

From mobile robots to cobots and beyond, AI is giving robots unprecedented levels of speed, accuracy, and payload carrying ability, enabling them to take on more tasks in settings like flexible factories, warehouses, logistics centers and laboratories. “AI-enabled

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Combining Regional Production and Supply with Digital Maturity Boosts Resiliency, Accenture Report Shows

Dinesh Mishra

According to the report, leaders are prioritizing proximity-based hubs that concentrate production facilities and sales within the same region to streamline logistics, improve inventory management, and accelerate response to market demand. Companies should make supply chains and production processes more predictable and autonomous.

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First Natural Gas Engine For Cummins Darlington Engine Plant

MEM

Producing these engines locally for our European truck and bus OEM customers improves logistics and responsiveness as well as the all-round sustainability of this business.” Cummins transferred production of the L9N from its Rocky Mount Engine Plant in North Carolina, USA, to provide its Europe-based L9N customers with in-region supply.

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Factories of the Future Take Shape on a Foundation of Digital Transformation and Digital Twin concepts

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Audi recently announced that it would be leveraging the modular assembly concept to support the development of more agile and efficient production and accommodate the rising demand for personalization at scale. A digital twin of the production floor uses AR, while DT is used to facilitate logistics planning.

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Collaborative robot market has strong long-term future

Control Engineering

A report by Interact Analysis indicates the future overall for the cobot market is strong as manufacturers continue to look to automation to improve their supply chain and logistics issues. The impact of delays to warehousing logistics projects has also resulted in a slower growth rate than expected.