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Polytron Awarded 2024 System Integrator of the Year

Polytron

Richard Phillips, director of smart manufacturing, Ron Rich, CEO, Rande Allen, VP, sales, Damien Stahl, VP operations. Too many manufacturers struggle with how they should start this journey, not to mention lack of awareness of best practices, technologies to use and architecture, Phillips said.

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15 pieces of automation advice from ROKLive 2022

Control Engineering

Automation helps manufacturers expand when skilled workers are unavailable. Manufacturers can prepare to respond to threats that extend beyond their organization, often targeting their vendors and supply chain, Deken said. Learning Objectives. Digital transformation tools can help.

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ProShop Provides ERP Technology to Purdue Engineering School

Modern Machine Shop

Source: ProShop USA Inc. ProShop ERP has entered into a partnership with the Industrial Engineering School (IE) at Purdue University , donating seats of its ProShop Digital Ecosystem to help the school establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing lab of the future.

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Comment: Why technological transformation matters in manufacturing

E&T

The nature of the factory floor and supply chains continues to evolve, hailing a new era of efficiency and agility driven by automation, data analytics, and interconnected systems. Innovative technologies have the potential to revolutionise every aspect of the value chain.

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Taking a different approach to DCS upgrades

Control Engineering

Embracing concepts and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and smart manufacturing can help. They also need improved supply chain management to ensure better product quality and more stable/reliable product supply, and they need to reach target yields faster.

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Legal Implications of the ChatGPT Revolution in Manufacturing

Foley

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, such as ChatGPT, will widen the gap between the manufacturers who embrace, and profit from, the shift to Smart Manufacturing and the manufacturers who go about “business as usual.”

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2023 Manufacturing Outlook

ATS

That component of the manufacturing industry outlook is derived from several underlying — and in some cases, ongoing — industry and macroeconomic factors that may threaten sustained growth in the near term. The following aspects of supply chain management have been identified as potential strategies to help improve these areas.