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First Pass Yield in Manufacturing

ATS

The purpose of this blog is to let the maintenance department know how they can influence FPY and why they should seek out opportunities to do that. It starts by explaining what first pass yield is and how it’s calculated before moving on to the value of measuring FPY and then suggesting ways to make improvements. Rework is expensive.

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Boston Dynamics debuts electric version of Atlas humanoid robot

Robotics Business Review

“The next generation of the Atlas program builds on decades of research and furthers our commitment to delivering the most capable, useful mobile robots solving the toughest challenges in the industry today: with Spot, with Stretch, and now with Atlas,” said the company in a blog post. . By 2016, the Waltham, Mass.-based

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part I: Robots and AGV

Cisco Manufacturing

This blog is the first in a series, bringing a lens on robots and AGV, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it. I have not written these blogs to give you definitive answers on which technology is right for your use-case and how to proceed.

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What is MRO in Manufacturing?

ATS

MRO refers to maintenance, repair and operations, and includes any of the resources that are used in the manufacture of a product but are not part of the end product itself. These costs include reactive maintenance (if needed), preventive maintenance , predictive maintenance , spare parts inventory management and more.

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Batch vs. Continuous Process Manufacturing

ATS

Batch process manufacturing is a manufacturing method whereby discrete batches of products are moved through each step in the production process together. Each batch is made up of a specific number of pieces (which can be large or small), and no part of the batch can move forward until the entire batch is complete.

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Embracing Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Industry

ATS

In this blog, we’ll examine the change that’s underway and the key technologies driving it. In this blog, we’ll examine the change that’s underway and the key technologies driving it. Parts and processes can be measured in real-time, and software can model how physical systems will perform in any given situation.

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Unlocking Tribal Knowledge in Complex Manufacturing with an MES

iBASEt

The problem of knowledge transfer has become so serious that there is a whole new market of tools being designed to help companies with the problem. Many manufacturers may already have a powerful knowledge transfer tool, their MES. Knowledge Transfer is More Than Training. It is not just a program but is also a cultural shift.