October, 2017

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Asda and the Co-op put competition aside to develop supply chain efficiency drive

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Asda and the Co-op are developing a new way of supply chain collaboration, by enabling mutual suppliers to submit aggregated data on waste, water and energy to both retailers at the same time. The retailers are working with 2degrees to collect the sustainability data.

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Don’t Be a Bystander, Take a Stand Against Bullying

Manufacturers Alliance

Everyone has encountered it. The colleague everyone knows is difficult to work with, the supervisor who barks at subordinates, the person who interrupts, scoffs at a colleague, or makes snide remarks. There is a desire to sweep this type of behavior under the rug or avert your gaze when you see it. Bullying affects an estimated 60 million American workers.

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TriMan Price Comparisons: Digital Pressure Switches

Trimantec

Digital Pressure Switches: Airtac vs. Automation Direct. . TriMan was making a nice, piping hot cup of coffee when he sensed something wasn’t right with a nearby machine. He followed the strange sound right to the source. Low and behold, it turned out to be a malfunctioning pneumatic digital pressure switch. . . What does a pneumatic digital pressure switch do?

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Industry 5.0: The Factory of the Future

Universal Robots

This phenomenon referred to as “Industry 5.0” or collaborative industries reflect a growing view amongst manufacturers of the need to respond to increasing demand amongst customers for a higher degree of individualization. In fact, 85 percent of manufacturers consider the “connected workforce” - that is robots and humans.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Collaborative robots ushering in Industry 5.0

Universal Robots

From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0. There’s long been a global movement to create smart, automated production setups and make things communicate digitally – all jingoistically summed up as “Industry 4.0”. But at Universal Robots, we reckon a new robotics development is even more interesting: We call this “Industry 5.0”.

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Cobots as an essential part of reshoring

Universal Robots

The long-standing industrial practice of outsourcing manufacturing operations to low-cost parts of the world in order to keep manufacturing costs down has recently taken a dramatic turn. With rapidly rising labor costs in traditionally low-cost countries such as China, manufacturers are now experiencing that the financial.

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Robots and Nature Combine for a Compelling Creative Concept

Universal Robots

Robots as powerful productivity tools is a well-accepted concept. Less-understood, perhaps, is the role robots can play in highly creative applications that inspire us to think differently about technology and its potential. When robots are used outside of technical or industrial environments, however, the requirements are.

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Why traditional manufacturing theories don't work

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Complexity and variability are the new norm in modern business. Changing customer behaviour, shorter product lifecycles and a rising complexity in global supply chains is making life increasingly difficult for production planners.

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Digital Supply Chain Conference 2018

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Adapting to a Digital World - Agile, Collaborative and Innovative Supply Chain Management Taking place on the 30-31 January, 2018, in Amsterdam, the conference has been designed to deliver insight from international experts on how they are developing enhanced, agile and connected supply chains through digital technology

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KiwiRail to drive high-performance culture with advanced workforce planning solution from Quintiq

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes brand and supply chain planning and optimisation (SCP&O) solutions provider, has announced that its software has gone live at KiwiRail after a 9-week implementation period.

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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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Digital Supply Chain Conference 2018

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Adapting to a Digital World - Agile, Collaborative and Innovative Supply Chain Management Taking place on the 30-31 January, 2018, in Amsterdam, the conference has been designed to deliver insight from international experts on how they are developing enhanced, agile and connected supply chains through digital technology

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Avaya brings personalised cloud to the mid-market with BT Wholesale

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Avaya has announced the UK launch of ACS Select, the next generation of the Avaya Cloud Solutions delivery platform, which is hosted securely on the BT Wholesale network.

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Leading businesses unit to tackle slavery

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Eight of the most influential business leaders in the UK have joined together to spearhead pioneering industry action to drive out slavery from supply chains.

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US new car sales peak tests automotive supply chain resilience

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The need for US residents to replace vehicles lost during recent hurricanes has helped boost September car sales in North America to an unexpected high.

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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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Understanding Fieldbus I/O Systems

Trimantec

Industrial fieldbus I/O systems can be a bit off-putting due to their complexity and high cost. But don’t write them off just yet. These devices can bring invaluable data and connectivity to your next machine-building project. In this blog, we’ll help you gain a better understanding of fieldbus systems, discrete and analog I/O, and industrial networks.

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The Impact of Tax Reform on Manufacturing

Manufacturers Alliance

Republicans plan to unveil their long-awaited tax reform package on November 1. Although the nine-page tax reform framework released in September was short on details, the plan highlights key changes to the tax code intended to reduce the tax burden on both individuals and companies, spark economic growth in the U.S., and make the tax laws more globally competitive.