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Protecting the digital manufacturing supply chain while promoting innovation

Control Engineering

Manufacturing Supply Chain Insights. Manufacturing is the No. Many small and midsized manufacturers assume their limited profile shields them from being targeted in cyberattacks, the opposite is often true thanks to the supply chain. defense industrial base and supply chain.

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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0

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Investing with confidence in digital manufacturing

E&T

For UK manufacturers, it’s a bit of positive news at a challenging time. Speaking to PTC customers, digital transformation is widely seen as a common-sense response to a range of current challenges, including supply-chain disruption, rising energy costs and persistent skills shortages.

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The Engineering Supply Chain Show 2024 Launches

MEM

The skills, capabilities and high quality workmanship present in the UK’s engineering and manufacturing supply chains is being given a new showcase. The Engineering Supply Chain Show (ESC) has been launched with the express aim of boosting trade opportunities for this national manufacturing asset.

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Highlights of HP Supply chain and additive manufacturing opportunities in Spain

SMMT

Last week SMMT and some of our members travelled to Barcelona for a visit programme arranged by HP, to showcase additive manufacturing and how it can be used in automotive. Additive Manufacturing offers many advantages for automakers including prototyping and validation, making small batches just in time, light weighting and speed-to-market.

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Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism & Enterprise to Provide Opening Address and Keynote Speech at Scotland’s Premier Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition

i4.0 today

The Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition , which is being held at the SEC Glasgow on the 13 th October 2022, will serve as a national forum for manufacturers and operators involved throughout the associated supply chains from across Scotland to gather to discuss pressing issues facing the industry.

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Digital manufacturing, smart manufacturing, enable sustainability efforts

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives ZF Group, an automotive manufacturer, provides motion controls for automotive, industrial, wind power. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Digital transformation on the way to smart factory implementation. Smart factory prerequisites are required prior to implementation.