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Bayne Beecher: Everyone Can Have a Seat at the Manufacturing Table

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This blog is part of a series to celebrate and share the stories of Black American manufacturing leaders. He has worked in window and door assembly, insulated glass, and glass plant operations.

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The Important Role of AI in Car Manufacturing

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Share In many ways, the modern automotive industry is only possible thanks to automation. Like many digital technologies, AI has made exponential advances and is now used for an increasing number of applications, with the ways in which it can support automotive manufacturing continuing to grow.

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What is High-Tech Manufacturing?

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This blog answers the question, “What is high-tech manufacturing?” Automotive : Modern vehicles are extremely complex, especially with electrification, and customer expectations for reliability are very high. Contamination must be excluded, and documentation and record-keeping are often mandatory.

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How Rising Demand is Changing Electric Car Manufacturing

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Share By any measure of today’s automotive landscape, demand for electric vehicles is on the rise — an increase that is poised to continue as the technology underlying EVs becomes more accessible, accepted and affordable. In addition to new manufacturing processes, the supply chain and materials required has changed as well.

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What is Track and Trace in Manufacturing?

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A manufacturing track and trace system allows businesses to follow the life cycle of individual products or components throughout the supply chain. Giving a clear visibility of goods from production to the end customer is an integral part of a robust supply chain management system. What is track and trace?

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Cognitive Computing In Manufacturing

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Recall 2019, pre-COVID — while the importance of the supply chain has long been recognized, most businesses did not have a plan in place to manage a sustained, global supply chain disruption. 2 mins | Research & Best Practices | Industrial Technology | Automotive. This severely affected 2020 and beyond.

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How to Achieve Net Zero Manufacturing

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For example, supply chain and sourcing decisions have an impact on an organization’s overall carbon footprint, as do fulfillment logistics. With wide-ranging repercussions to inventory management and supply chain optimization, these steps can facilitate major advances in the pursuit of zero carbon production.