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Robin Joffe Appointed as Partner-Managing Director of Frost & Sullivan Middle East, Africa, and South Asia

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Dubai, UAE, May 10, 2022 – With an aim to better serve an increasingly strategic customer segment, Frost & Sullivan has appointed Robin Joffe as Partner-Managing Director of its Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) operations. He brings over 25 years of international business experience in market entry across Asia, the United States, and Europe.

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Multilayer Packaging Films: Reducing Complexity Through Higher Performance

Plastics Today

ExxonMobil's new Exceed S performance polyethylene (PE) helps flexible packaging and film converters simplify designs, improve performance, and produce more durable products.

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Five Ways Cobots Can Improve Manufacturer Productivity

Universal Robots

An estimated 2.4 million jobs could go unfilled in the US alone between 2018 and 2028, according to Deloitte. That labor and skills shortage is not limited to the US. It’s being seen across the world as the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation, born between 1946 and 1964, reaches retirement. Their departure from the workforce not only creates a job to fill, but also leaves behind a skills gap.

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How to Fix Conveyor Belt Tracking in 3 Easy Steps

Bastian Solution

One of the biggest pain points in the life of a maintenance technician or installer is conveyor belt tracking. Here are a few helpful tips to lookout for and an easy, 3-step process to get your belt running right down the middle.

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Modernizing MES: A Guide for Complex Manufacturers Adapting to Industry 4.0

As engineers push the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking hardware products, their success depends largely on the speed and efficiency of production. The challenge? Manual processes and disparate systems lead to multiple versions of documents, incomplete records, and duplicated work, creating a chaotic system of records that is difficult to manage.

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The Bullwhip Effect: What Is It and What Causes It?

Seeburger

Let’s start with a question. What is the connection between a bullwhip and a supply chain? It sounds like a joke. After all, what similarities can there be between the cowboys and cattle of the Wild West and the machines and assembly lines of industry? However, they do share something significant. In both worlds, a […].

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Why are cement plants the perfect candidates for Predictive Maintenance?

Infinite Uptime

There are three facts about cement plants that are universally true: . The average machine age in a cement plant is at least 30-40 years. . Finding the right expertise to maintain them consistently is challenging. Every machine – big or small – has the power to bring the whole process to a complete standstill. . . These three facts establish that proactive machine maintenance in cement plants is critical to remain profitable and scale efficiently.

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Reflections on the GO Circular Conference and New Recycling Initiatives

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

First, it was clear that, despite the commercialisation of new technologies, there is still a significant gap, especially if we want to reach the sustainability goals set for 2050. One of the other options to close this gap is to change consumer behaviour and reduce plastic consumption. In some cases, this is feasible and even desirable. But in other cases, it could mean sacrificing something (a piece of packaging, for example) that actually does an important job, like reducing food waste.

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Peloton shares plunge 20% as losses widen and sales guidance cut

The Guardian Manufacturing

Exercise bike maker misses targets, with boss describing turnaround effort as ‘emotionally draining’ Peloton’s share price crashed 20% in early trading after the exercise bike maker missed revenue targets, cut sales guidance and reported a bigger quarterly loss than anticipated, and its boss described turning the company around as “emotionally draining”.

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Raising the bar for manufacturers with Production Health: Augury + Seebo join forces

Seebo Manufacturing

Today, we broke the exciting news that Seebo is joining forces with Augury, the world’s leading Machine Health solution provider, […]. The post Raising the bar for manufacturers with Production Health: Augury + Seebo join forces appeared first on Seebo Blog.

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Common Causes of Motor Failure

Gil Automation

Motors are common in industrial environments, and they're getting increasingly complicated and technical, making it difficult to maintain them functioning at top efficiency. It's important to remember that the causes of motor and drive issues are not limited to a single field of expertise–both mechanical and electrical issues can cause motor failure–and having the correct knowledge can make the difference between costly downtime and increased asset uptime.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Common Causes of Motor Failure

Gil Automation

Motors are common in industrial environments, and they're getting increasingly complicated and technical, making it difficult to maintain them functioning at top efficiency. It's important to remember that the causes of motor and drive issues are not limited to a single field of expertise–both mechanical and electrical issues can cause motor failure–and having the correct knowledge can make the difference between costly downtime and increased asset uptime.