October, 2021

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Gartner announces Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

With limited budgets at their disposal, and CEOs demanding to focus on cost optimisation while also improving resilience, chief supply chain officer(CSCO) investments must be split in-between capabilities of different maturity, according to Gartner, Inc.

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Five Workforce Lessons From the Mars Missions

NIST

This blog is the eighth in a monthly series brought to you by the America Works initiative. As a part of the MEP National Network’s goal of supporting the growth of small and medium-sized manufacturing companies, this series focuses on innovative approaches and uncovering the latest trends in manufacturing workforce development. “We choose to go to the Moon.

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[Podcast] Is AI the key to BOTH net-zero and greater profitability in cement manufacturing?

Seebo Manufacturing

How are leading cement manufacturers saving millions, boosting profits and cutting carbon emissions with Artificial Intelligence? How can cement manufacturers […]. The post [Podcast] Is AI the key to BOTH net-zero and greater profitability in cement manufacturing? appeared first on Seebo Blog.

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Metal Fabrication Equipment Accuracy – Amada Press Brake

DSIMN

DSI recently completed a sheet metal fabrication project that included creating security podiums for a long-standing customer. One of the machines used was our Amada HG 1003 Press Brake. The Amada Press Brake was chosen for this project because of its accuracy and ability for quick tool setups. That allows us to work rush jobs seamlessly and perform three or four times the number of setups every day compared to a non-automated press brake.

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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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Kontron introduces its new extremely compact KWS 3000-CML workstation

Expo21xx

Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), is expanding its portfolio with high-performance workstations for industrial and medical applications. The extremely compact KWS 3000-CML workstation combines the advantages of […]. The post Kontron introduces its new extremely compact KWS 3000-CML workstation appeared first on EXPO21XX.com NEWS.

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New Head of Operations Appointed

Breathe Technologies

New starters signal a breath of fresh air. New Head of Operations Appointed. Following a record quarter for the business, we have strengthened our team as a new Head of Operations is appointed. Adam Hughes joins Breathe Technologies with over 20 years of experience in mechanical engineering. His impressive background includes a lengthy stint at turnkey engineering specialists, DRB Group and brings with him a wealth of knowledge of managing end to end bespoke mechanical designs for an extensive r

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What is Blockchain 2.0 and Why Food Manufacturers Should Care

NIST

Believe it or not, the technology that brought you Bitcoin is beginning to make waves in the food manufacturing industry. This technology, called blockchain, is a digital ledger maintained across several computers, then linked through a peer-to-peer network. The system's design makes it difficult to change, hack or modify the data. In the past few years, however, this service – initially designed to protect cryptocurrency investments – has been revamped as Blockchain 2.0, allowing the same secur

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5 root cause analysis tools

Picomto

You should know that in the industrial field, the different manufacturing processes might encounter problems at any time with non-compliant parts for instance. Any equipment malfunction engenders productivity loss or even useless repair expenses. Despite the implementation of the best quality management systems, problems can still occur. Therefore, you must think [.].

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A Unique Metal Fabrication Project

DSIMN

What is this metal fabrication project? Axles for a scaled-down model train car? Center stands for a metal fabricated table? Roller hubs to hold heavy-gauge cable? Well, they are hubs but not to hold cable. These are actually center hubs for a tumbling machine built for a long standing, loyal DSI customer. A tumbling machine houses cradles or containments that hold tumbling media.

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Robots Sanding Furniture? No Way!

Universal Robots

That’s a common reaction in the furniture industry when manufacturers try to envision bringing robots into sanding and polishing applications. And you can’t blame them; when it comes to shaping a plank of wood into the back of a chair or finish sanding cabinet doors or a headboard, automation hasn’t been as common – until recently.

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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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Techedge Group acquires Axazure, top consulting Spanish firm for Microsoft Business Applications

Techedge Group

Axazure is the fastest growing Spanish firm in the Microsoft business applications market. Its team has worked for companies in 9 countries, both large enterprises and digital natives, helping them in their digital transformation and cloud adoption journeys.

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Cegid launches Cegid Retail Live Store: a new generation of collaborative omnichannel in-store apps to help specialty retailers rapidly deploy the latest in-store innovations

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Cegid, a retail software vendor, is launching a new cloud-based omnichannel and collaborative store solution to help specialty retailers - from fashion and cosmetics to jewellery – implement the latest omnichannel services in-store.

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How Supplier Scouting Could Lead Manufacturers to Reshoring

NIST

The persisting crisis in the global supply chain has disrupted many small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) and put a premium on problem solving and short-term solutions for getting parts and supplies. While there are no easy answers to untangling these global supply chain challenges, the dynamic has created opportunity and momentum for supplier scouting.

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The 7 HACCP principles and their implementation using checklists

Picomto

HACCP or “Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points” is a control system of risks related to hygiene and health security in the agri-food sector. It is both a structured and preventive approach to food safety risks. Internationally recognized, this method is used as a mandatory quality tool across the EU in the [.]. L’article The 7 HACCP principles and their implementation using checklists est apparu en premier sur.

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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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Steps to Smarter Solutions

Polytron

Manufacturers look to Smart Manufacturing to solve business problems and show an ROI to fuel future phases. To help ensure early success for smart manufacturing initiatives, you must find the highest value opportunity in the first phase of the implementation. It is also important to answer the question, “What technology will help solve my problem for the lowest cost and deliver the highest benefit?

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WINA Expands Online CAD Database

Manufacturing.net

The company, No. 11 on ID's Big 50 List, has added over 50,000 c-parts to the Würth CADalog.

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How a top 10 pharma company tracks drug innovations and more with Feedly

Canadian Metalworking Magazine

Case Study. This medical librarian team monitors diseases, drug pricing, innovations, and major political decisions affecting healthcare. Impact Curating relevant content for newsletters to inform recipients across the company Spending less than 1 hour daily on Feedly to select relevant insights Discovering and organizing open-source biopharma news in one place.

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Covectra Platform chosen by luxury skincare brand Aprisa to provide beauty/cosmetic brand protection and anti-counterfeiting packaging

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Covectra, provider of track and trace solutions, has announced that Aprisa, provider of scientifically-based luxury skincare products, has chosen Covectra’s StellaGuard to serialise its luxury cosmetic skincare products.

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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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Sensor Technology Empowers Food Manufacturer

NIST

At the root, Food For The Sole's philosophy is simple – make the best tasting and most healthy portable foods for people headed out on adventures. As avid hikers, Julie Mosier and her son Henry didn’t like the boring and repetitive tasting products on the shelf, so they made their own. Food For The Sole makes healthy, dietary restriction friendly food that is different than what was on the market.

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Pneumatic Systems & Components: An Industrial Guide | Trimantec

Trimantec

Industrial pneumatic systems and their components might sound like complex concepts to understand. Yet, their function and components are simple to grasp once you breakdown each device type. Many industries favor pneumatic equipment and integrate it into their machines because it is an easy way to keep maintenance costs low and keep their machines running longer.

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UK supply chain recovery remains barely half pre-pandemic levels

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The UK is suffering the slowest recovery of any major economy, with order volumes down by half compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from Tradeshift, the B2B digital network facilitating trade transactions between buyers and suppliers globally.

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Certainty exceeds discounts in 2021 peak trading

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Global supply chain disruption could not have come at a worse time for UK retailers desperate to maximise the potential of an ever growing online customer base during peak trading season. But with costs spiralling and many products unlikely to arrive in the country in time for Christmas, let alone Black Friday, retailers need to bring plans forward if peak season is to deliver an essential revenue boost.

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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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FourKites Accelerates Growth Plans in EMEA with Addition of New Senior Leadership

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Marc Boileau joins FourKites, the real-time supply chain visibility platform as Senior Vice President, Sales and Carrier Operations, EMEA. Boileau will accelerate the company’s European expansion, bringing tenured supply chain experience and an aggressive strategy to build partnerships with both carriers and shippers.

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8 Reasons to Use Air Freight Services for Your Business

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Ken Jackson, freelance writer If your business requires shipping high value but low volume cargo, you’re probably considering air freight services. But there is often understandable hesitancy about actually following through with this idea.

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Sustainability: Retail’s say-do gap

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

As the UN Cop26 climate conference approaches and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, retailers are actively seeking out more sustainable ways of operating, a research report from Visualsoft and Klarna has revealed.

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Sensei’s FAST App launched to provide retailers with a real-time overview of store inventory

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Sensei, the European provider of autonomous stores, has launched its new FAST App to provide retailers with a real-time overview of store inventory, putting the store information at the staff´s fingertips and making retail operations much simpler.

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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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Taste Test: RED Chocolate

Manufacturing.net

Can a sugar-free chocolate bar actually taste good? Find out in our latest Taste Test.

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Taste Test: RED Chocolate

Manufacturing.net

Can a sugar-free chocolate bar actually taste good? Find out in our latest Taste Test.

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