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Risk prevention in the digital age

Manufacturer's Monthly

The ACSC classifies each incident it addresses on a scale ranging from Category 1, denoting the most severe, to Category 6, indicating the least severe. Compared to the previous year, there was a 28 per cent decrease in total incidents, with no Category 1 or 2 incidents recorded. It requires human hours to do it,” they said.

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The 6 M’s of Manufacturing: Key Elements for Quality and Efficiency

ATS

There’s no doubt that not doing enough preventive maintenance, or doing the wrong things, can affect quality and efficiency, but other factors could also be at work. Lean manufacturing originally identified 5 M’s, but over time the need for a sixth prompt related to environmental factors became clear. These are: 1.

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Hot topics in Control Engineering for 2022

Control Engineering

Understand how Control Engineering hot topics for 2022 were selected. These automation and control topics help Control Engineering subscribers do their jobs better. When designing HMI/SCADA, consider many factors, June 7: User abilities, skill levels, future plans, needs of stakeholders, and other items should be explored.

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Ignite Your Industry Impact: IFE 2023 Unleashes A New Era of Fastener Excellence

Fastener News Desk

We’re excited to be building upon our specialty fasteners, industrial products, machinery, technology, and other categories.” – Morgan Wilson, IFE Show Director For three exhilarating days, the IFE experience becomes your networking haven, bridging connections with clients, new suppliers, and fastener professionals worldwide.

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Digital transformation at Gibson, control system integration for chemical, food and beverage

Control Engineering

These are among successes achieved at Eosys (formerly Premier System Integrators*), leading to its selection at 2023 System Integrator of the Year in the over $30 million in system integration revenue category. One major factor was a deep need to make production metrics visible from remote locations.

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The Ultimate Guide to Digital Transformation in Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Factory Worx

Disruptions in Supply Chain Interstate tensions, geopolitical issues, and the changing demand of consumers are major factors leading to disruptions in the supply chain. Factors like reduction in food wastage through the supply chain, plant-based diets, alternative protein intake options, and such topics more trending shortly.

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The rapid rise of AI art

E&T

The endless possibilities have sparked an avalanche of memes on social media, thrusting the topic of generative AI into the spotlight and raising some fundamental questions in the process: if a machine makes art, is it real art or just the result of complex calculations?