January, 2019

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Canadian Metalworking Magazine

Feedly Labs has been a really interesting experience for us because it has helped us get a deeper understanding of who the Feedly community is and how we can better serve you going forward. One of the insights we learned last fall is that the community seems to care deeply about typography. Conversation with the Lab community about fonts. ITC Charter vs Merriweather.

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TrueCommerce recognised as a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

TrueCommerce, a global provider of trading partner connectivity, integration and unified commerce solutions, has announced it was positioned in the Leaders category of the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network report.

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ROOTS Engineering Services’ Use of UR Cobots Leads to Jobs – and Hugs

Universal Robots

After years of working in various engineering and robotics positions, Jeff Kondel decided he needed a change. So he moved his family from Indiana to Florida, unsure of where this new venture would take him. But he didn’t have to wait long. After networking with some fellow engineers one-night Kondel was asked to come to.

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Is Your Company Enabling Modern Day Slavery?

Manufacturers Alliance

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, an effort to draw attention to a problem that affects adults and children of all ages and demographics. Human trafficking leads to the exploitation of an estimated 25 million workers, 16 million of which are in forced labor arrangements according to the International Labour Organizations (ILO).

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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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The four trends that will position procurement as the driver of organisational change

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Alex Saric, Smart Procurement Expert, Ivalua. We are heading into an uncertain year. Whether it’s the increasing complexity of the supply chain in the face of globalisation, the race to discover and deploy the latest emerging technologies or the impact of Brexit on the supply and movement of goods – organisations need to be able to overcome the challenges ahead and keep everything running smoothly.

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Deduplication Skill – Leo

Canadian Metalworking Magazine

Leo can detect that multiple articles are near exact duplicates of each other and cut the noise from your feeds. It’s frustrating to be skimming through your feeds and run into duplicat e articles. This happens, for example, when you have overlapping keyword alerts where two different keywords exist in the same article. It also happens when some sources publish the same articles into different RSS feeds.

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Automated testing improves precision and repeatability for medical device quality control

Universal Robots

Accuracy, repeatability, and safety are critical aspects in the manufacture of many devices, especially those that have stringent quality requirements such as the medical, or transportation systems. These are also key features that distinguish UR cobots and make them ideal for testing these products for quality assurance.

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How the Supply Chain is Becoming More Connected Through the IoT and Smart Technology

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

It looks like the world is in for another industrial revolution as the global supply chain welcomes new developments brought about by the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart technology. The manufacturing landscape has become so competitive that industry executives have started scrambling to find ways to keep up with the latest tech and business innovations.

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Ivanti Supply Chain delivers powerful scalability with Avalanche 6.3

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Ivanti Supply Chain is enhancing supply chain mobility with the launch of Avalanche 6.3, powered by Wavelink. Designed to meet the increasing demands of supply chain enterprises migrating to Android, Ivanti Avalanche 6.3 is a proven Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution that delivers powerful scalability and security enhancements.

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Five key trends shaping the supply chain in 2019

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

By Charlie Pool, CEO, Stowga. 2018 was a turbulent year for most industries - logistics and supply chain was no exception. With Brexit, stockpiling, supply chain problems for big brands, and big name retailers closing stores left, right and centre, the next year is undoubtedly going to be as eventful, if not more so.

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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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Report finds retailers must disrupt last mile delivery and slash unprofitable delivery models

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Capgemini has launched the findings of its global study exploring how retailer investment in ‘last mile delivery’ – the final leg of the online purchase journey before reaching the customer’s hands – is critical to uncover new revenue streams.

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What’s in store for retail in 2019? Manhattan Associates makes its top 5 predictions

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

With shoppers becoming ever more demanding and retailers under pressure to deliver the seamless service experience consumers crave, Manhattan Associates, Inc.

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Laura Ashley customises online retail experiences globally with Oracle Commerce Cloud

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Laura Ashley, an international lifestyle retailer, has selected Oracle Commerce Cloud to support its growing global online business.

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Manhattan Associates elevates in-store customer service with expanded customer engagement solution

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Manhattan Associates Inc. has extended the capabilities of its Customer Engagement offering with new in-store functionality.

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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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Retailers focus on savings to avoid becoming another high street casualty

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Dave Locke, Field CTO at World Wide Technology, explores how retailers can reassess their 2019 strategies and reduce outgoings in an increasingly challenging environment.

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The Supply Chain Academy and Leeds Trinity University have signed an agreement to deliver Degree Apprenticeship in supply chain management

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

25 apprentices, including employees of Uniserve, Henry Shein and Royal Mail have enrolled to study for the Supply Chain Leadership Professional Degree Apprenticeship over the next three years.

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Rapid-ROI Automation for Food Manufacturing — No Engineer Required

Universal Robots

Think your facility is too small for automation? Today’s collaborative robots quickly, easily, and cost-effectively automate secondary food-handling processes such as quality control, labeling, packaging, and palletizing. They’re easy to program with no engineering experience, and they can pay for themselves in less than a year.

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Logility merges the art and science of retail planning with new inspiration board, enhanced analytics and digital asset library

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Logility, Inc., a leading provider of advanced retail planning and collaborative supply chain optimisation solutions, has announced a set of enhanced capabilities available within the Logility Voyager Solutions Retail Optimisation platform.

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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.