May, 2022

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Harnessing the power of IoT in manufacturing—4 critical components

Cisco Industrial Automation

Only 30%! That is how many companies are capturing value at scale from their Industry 4.0 investments, according to a McKinsey study and as described in a new joint report from Cisco and the analyst firm Industrial Transformation Network (IX Network), 4 Critical Components to Harnessing the Power of IoT in Manufacturing. Manufacturers around the world are investing in industrial IoT solutions hoping to cut costs, reduce downtime, improve quality, and increase efficiency and output.

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5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment

Chris Hohmann

In this video I am sharing the 5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment. You can find these 5 reasons as a blog post, along with many other articles related to strategy deployment and Goal Trees, on my this blog : Leaders, here are 5 good … Continue reading 5 good reasons for leaders or senior managers to build a Goal Tree for Strategy Deployment.

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Delphon Puts Robots-as-a-Service to Work

Automation World

Delphon hires the Rapid Machine Operator from Rapid Robotics to improve production in its TouchMark and Gel-Pak operations.

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On The Road Again: Hannover Messe 2022

Cisco Manufacturing

What a chaotic few years it has been! As we work to return to a “new normal,” we are finally getting back on the road and will be in-person at Hannover Messe 2022! Our team has been working around the clock to provide you with an onsite experience that is aligned to the topics you as Manufacturers are battling in this current climate including sustainability, how to finance your digital transformations, and the constant issues around IT/OT Convergence.

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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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Self-driving Vehicles Drive Boldly into Two of the Most Complex Ride-Hailing Environments

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

In a momentous leap for autonomous vehicles, Alphabet’s self-driving car division, Waymo, is set to offer autonomous vehicle services in two of the most complex ride-hailing environments – the airport and the city center. The services will use driverless Jaguar I-Pace SUVs equipped with the Waymo Driver – company’s self-driving system, to provide services between Sky Harbor International Airport, the US’ ninth busiest airport, and downtown areas of Phoenix, the country’s fifth-largest an

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How cobot palletizing can help businesses fulfil objectives

Universal Robots

As factory automation becomes accessible to even the smallest businesses, cobot (collaborative robot) palletizing is one of the first areas business owners are looking to explore. Of the many robot applications, palletizing is a popular choice to drive workplace efficiency, reduce costs and keep human workers safe. Here are just five of the ways cobot palletizing can help your business reach its key objectives.

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Eisenhower’s matrix (Urgent-Important) adjusted for delegating decisions

Chris Hohmann

The Eisenhower Matrix, also known as Urgent-Important Matrix, is a 2×2 matrix designed to help decide on and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance. This framework is attributed to general Dwight D. Eisenhower, allegedly using it when facing tough decisions during WWII, as the Allied Forces Supreme Commander. In short, the matrix is built upon … Continue reading Eisenhower’s matrix (Urgent-Important) adjusted for delegating decisions.

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Britishvolt to invest more than £200m in Midlands test facility

The Guardian Manufacturing

UK battery startup to lease site in Hams Hall to test manufacturing methods for planned ‘gigafactory’ The UK battery startup Britishvolt has said it will invest more than £200m in a new facility in the West Midlands to test manufacturing methods that will be used at the factory is has planned for in Northumberland. The company will lease a site in Hams Hall, Warwickshire, from the warehouse developer Prologis, with equipment installation expected by the end of autumn 2023.

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Standing Out With Sustainable Manufacturing

Cisco Manufacturing

This post was authored by Uwe Peter, Vice President & General Manager for Cisco Germany. For The Climate And Your Costs. As I talk with all of my customers in the manufacturing space, one thread stays consistent: Manufacturing was one of the hardest hit industries due to COVID-19. The mass shuttering of factories, global supply chain challenges, and reduced headcount aligned to the Great Resignation has forced manufacturers to think about their evolution to stay competitive.

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Targa Telematics Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Uniquely Leveraging Its Technology to Meet European Vehicle Leasing and Rental Telematics Real-world Client and Market Needs

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

San Antonio, TX – May 24, 2022 – Recently, Frost & Sullivan assessed the European vehicle leasing and rental telematics industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Targa Telematics (Targa) with the 2022 Europe Technology Innovation Leadership Award. The company uniquely leverages its technology to meet its customers’ needs. Telematics track vehicles in real time and monitor their mileage, location, maintenance status, driver behavior, and claims costs, significantly minimizing leasing an

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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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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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Key Interface Testing for a Successful and Seamless AS/RS Integration

Bastian Solution

The testing phase is one of the most crucial and often overlooked project phases when planning for an AS/RS (automated storage and retrieval system). Selecting an optimal technology for a customer’s specific needs is only the first step of the process, testing helps to highlight additional opportunities, refine warehouse operations with the new automation, as well as mitigate unforeseen challenges.

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No, the year 2021 (despite peaking COVID-19 pandemic) was not the “year of killing paper”

Chris Hohmann

In a November 2020 post, I explored the possibility of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting paperless, digitized activities and asked: Will 2021 be the “year of killing paper” ?

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What is Lean Manufacturing and how apply it to your company

Nexus Integra

Nowadays, companies want to optimise their production performance as much as possible in order to obtain the best results. At a time when industry is moving towards a digital and intelligent future, techniques and strategies are emerging to achieve the highest production efficiency at the lowest cost. Also known as “lean production”, this work philosophy is essential for any company that is part of Industry 4.0.

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Mastering Digital Transformation: Your Guide to a Successful MES Implementation

70% of digital transformation projects fail (BCG, 2020). In an industry where most large software implementations falter, we recognize the importance of planning, optimization, and execution. With over 25 years of industry experience and countless successful implementations, MASS Group is opening the vault of tips and tricks to provide a complimentary step-by-step guide in implementing a Work-In-Progress (WIP) tracking software.

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Manufacturing In Flux

Cisco Manufacturing

Looking Ahead. No matter where you reside or what industry your company serves, the past few years have driven intense scrutiny of two major questions: how have we “always operated” and “what needs to change going forward”? As I talk with my customers in the manufacturing space, it is clear that manufacturing is just beginning to recover from the grasp of COVID-19.

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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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Make an Offer on HGR Products

HGR Inc.

Name your price on industrial surplus and get it for a great deal today! . Have you seen the Make an Offer button on the HGR website? . That button gives you the power to name your price on the industrial equipment you want to buy. Go ahead and try it! An HGR sales rep will review your offer and get back to you as soon as possible. . Learn more about our Make an Offer button below!

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The How and Why of the Peppol Directory: A (Potential) User’s Guide

Seeburger

Would you like to know what the Peppol Directory is and what it can do for you? Then read on! In this article, we will look at this search and find function in some detail. Discover what a Peppol business card is, what it needs to include. Find out how to communicate to other Peppol […].

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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Advantech partners with Canonical to have preloaded Ubuntu-certified systems for edge computing applications

Expo21xx

Advantech, a leading provider of embedded IoT solutions, has collaborated with Canonical in the provision of Ubuntu pre-loaded and certified embedded boards and systems for diverse edge computing applications. By certifying Advantech […]. The post Advantech partners with Canonical to have preloaded Ubuntu-certified systems for edge computing applications appeared first on EXPO21XX.com NEWS.

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Success Story: B&A Quilting Reinvigorates Business with MRPeasy

MRPEasy

Mattress maker B&A Quilting successfully adopted MRPeasy as their first manufacturing software after a fire ravaged the firm’s premises and presented an opportunity for a fresh start. The company uses MRPeasy for procurement, stock management, and quoting, with Production Director Javed Bashir describing the software as an invaluable help in growing the business.

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Reshaping motor control gear for digitised machines

999 Automation

With the focus on digitisation and Industry 4.0, it is easy to overlook how motor control gear is changing. Chiefly because most industrial processes depend on electric motors. Conveyors, pumps, compressors, agitators, and fans all need reliable motors and motor control gear. And most of these motors are asynchronous, due to their low cost, […].

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European Cybersecurity Responsibility, Spending, and Posture

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The new Frost & Sullivan report on “ European Cybersecurity Responsibility, Spending, and Posture ” highlights that 38% of enterprises are spending more on cybersecurity since the pandemic began to bolster their protection levels. That’s to be expected, with many employers allowing staff to work from home, which brings an increased risk of cyberattacks.

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A Low-Risk, Incremental Approach to Smart Manufacturing for Small & Medium Manufacturers

This guidebook discusses how small/medium manufacturers have implemented Smart Manufacturing initiatives and realized benefits such as increased productivity as well as higher levels of coordination and speed within the enterprise and supply chain.

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Condition Based Maintenance: what it is and its advantages

Nexus Integra

Condition Based Maintenance or CBM is a maintenance strategy that focuses on the availability, reliability or maintenance cost of an asset. Through pre-diagnosis of equipment, the asset is monitored on a continuous basis to prevent asset failure. This maintenance strategy aims to extend the life of machinery, increase productivity and reduce operating costs by determining when and what type of maintenance each asset needs, long before failure.

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How thermosetting plastics are injection molded?

Min-Hui

Thermoset injection molding uses a screw or a plunger to pass the polymer through a heated barrel (120-260°F) to reduce density and fit it into the heated earth (300-450 °F). Once the material fills the world, it’s held under pressure. At this point, chemical cross-linking occurs, causing the polymer to harden. The complex (i.e., cured) … How thermosetting plastics are injection molded?

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Beckhoff celebrates the 25-year anniversary of its TwinCAT automation

Expo21xx

PC-based control technology from Beckhoff has been around since 1986 – in other words, for 35 years now – and the TwinCAT automation suite since 1996 – a quarter of a century […]. The post Beckhoff celebrates the 25-year anniversary of its TwinCAT automation appeared first on EXPO21XX.com NEWS.

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Why Are Automated Palletisers Becoming More Financially Viable?

Granta Automation

With the many social and economic changes that have occurred in the last few years, along with the advances in automation and technology, automated palletising systems are becoming more financially viable than ever before. In this article we will cover … Continue reading → The post Why Are Automated Palletisers Becoming More Financially Viable?

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Best Practices to Boost Marketing Efficiency while Decreasing Cost Per Sale

Speaker: Kristin Hess - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Drift; Will Lyon - Head of Vertical Marketing, 6sense

The past three years have forced nearly every industry to rethink their prospect and customer engagement strategy. But while we’ve all been thrust into digital transformation, we haven’t all made the transition efficiently. Now that we know digital selling is the new norm, how can we ensure our website is doing as much of the leg work as possible for us - even in the midst of economic challenges?

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Smart SMEs Are Proactive Value Chain Partners

iBASEt

Today’s post-pandemic economic constraints are challenging all businesses, but small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are especially impacted. Without the economies of scale, SMEs may seem limited in the ways they can respond to the demands put on them by their customers. Rather than being reactive when challenged by their customers to deliver more value, smart businesses are looking to technology to become proactive in driving value.

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Two Clean Mobility Leaders Combine Forces in a Bid to Zip Ahead in High Stakes Electrification Race

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The electric vehicle (EV) market in India had a stellar 2021 with sales more than doubling over the previous year. Amidst a very bullish outlook for 2022, Hero Electric, the country’s leader in the electric two-wheeler segment, and the Mahindra Group, a dominant presence in the country’s electric three- and four-wheeler segment, have come together for a five-year strategic partnership.

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Part two of three: Servo-system regenerative resistor types and accessories

Motion Control Tips

In the first installment of this series, we explained the regenerative-power requirements for the controlled motion of servomotor systems. Here we detail common electrical protection circuitry. By Hurley Gill • Senior applications and systems engineer | Kollmorgen Designing a machine with servomotors, drives, and regenerative resistors requires consideration of numerous design factors.

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Weathering the Storm: Workforce Insights from the Gulf Coast Shipbuilders Conference

NIST

The Gulf Coast’s shipbuilding industry is a case study in resilience. Not only have the manufacturers there survived COVID-19, but during the same two-year span they have also dealt with a hurricane, rapid inflation, and a host of other calamities that would ruin most businesses. Given that they’ve bounced back, and the shipbuilding and repair industry now employs some 400,000 people nationally, it’s no surprise that America’s maritime manufacturers have some workforce lessons to teach … and we

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5 Ways New Manufacturing Companies Are Accelerating Innovation

Next-gen manufacturers are redesigning factories to enable agility at every stage of production. From more timely communication between engineers and technicians to technologies that empower real-time collaboration, they’re getting ahead by making iterations and improvements during a build, across the production line at scale. This level of flexibility means they can develop more quickly than their legacy counterparts.