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Ottawa is increasing its ‘friendshoring’ focus to improve supply chains: analysts

Canadian Manufacturing

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen coined the term “friendshoring” a year ago, saying allies should rely on each other to make supply chains more resilient, and defang hostile actors from taxing or withholding goods. He said that question is coming up for electronics and will likely affect pharmaceuticals, too.

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What is High-Tech Manufacturing?

ATS

Share Complex products require complex manufacturing processes, and that’s the essence of high-tech manufacturing. Contamination must be excluded, and documentation and record-keeping are often mandatory. This blog answers the question, “What is high-tech manufacturing?”

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Is your business ready to comply with the European Union’s digital product passport legislation?

Manufacturer's Monthly

As a result, we should see an elevated level of transparency and sustainability throughout supply chains. Though your team and supply chain partners make every effort to maintain the proper temperature, humidity and more in every production, storage and transport environment, how do you know for sure there hasn’t been a deviation?

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Food & Beverage Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance

ATS

For manufacturers in food and beverage, predictive maintenance provides a way to meet this challenge. Unique challenges for food and beverage manufacturers A combination of tight margins, customer expectations and a strict regulatory environment create a complex set of challenges for production and, by extension, for the maintenance function.

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Emerson Presentation on Sustainability Efforts Plus Control and Software News

Gary Mintchell

After much searching, I found a document that is my monthly column for Automazione Oggi, an Italian automation magazine. One of my more popular podcasts discusses “Software Eating Manufacturing.” Emerson held a media/analyst presentation on its sustainability efforts. I remembered writing and swore it was for here. Check these out.

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Retrofit project for biodegradable plastics facility

Control Engineering

A lack of documentation and technical challenges caused problems during the retrofit process. Retrofitting automation caused challenges because the existing documentation was inadequate and the existing equipment was not what it appeared to be when the design was created. Full-scale challenges: Supply chain, automation scope, 4000 I/O.

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2023

Foley

Agility and resiliency remain essential attributes for manufacturers in 2023. Manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Most major automobile manufacturers have set aggressive goals to electrify their fleets, many in the range of 40-50% by the mid-2030s.