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Create a Supply Chain that will Bend, not Break

Fabricating & Metal Work

Sometimes the supply chain feels like continuous chaos — that there is nothing to do but shrug your shoulders and wait for things to change. Consider that metalworking manufacturing operations are speeding up processes by adding the latest machinery, robotics and automation into processes — only to run into supply chain constraints.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

COVER STORY Metalworkers can build supply chains that can bend without breaking thanks to innovative strategies, processes and products. Where do things stand regarding the state of the supply chain as we enter the summer of 2023? “I In the meantime, supply chain challenges persist, hampering best-laid plans.

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Quantum computing and industrial automation: A revolution in the making

Automation Mag

emerged with process control systems, robotics and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in the 1970s through the 1990s. For example, quantum computing could positively impact industrial performance by helping to solve heady problems like optimizing logistics in a larger-scale network or supply chain.

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CBA releases Manufacturing Insights Report

Manufacturer's Monthly

This is notwithstanding broad challenges facing the industry, with 75 per cent expecting increases in operating costs and 92 per cent saying lingering supply chain issues are holding back capacity or growth. Most are navigating rising costs, inflationary pressures and supply chain issues, which often combine to constrain cash flows.

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Digital manufacturing, smart manufacturing, enable sustainability efforts

Control Engineering

6-9, included discussions about digitalization helps optimize operations, helps with energy efficiency, workforce shortages, supply chain, climate change and cybersecurity. 6-9, included discussions about digitalization, optimization of operations, energy efficiency, workforce shortages, supply chain, climate change and cybersecurity.

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ProMat 2023: Intralogistics, software and motion in focus

Control Engineering

By providing a focus on material handling, Siemens Logistics can: Provide an assessment and uncover any roadblocks during the planning stage when they are most economical to resolve. Software enables virtual commissioning for a material-handling facility and Siemens new product advancements provide additional help.

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Top 16 Frequently Asked Questions About Manufacturing Execution system (MES)

Factory Worx

We will learn about the fundamentals of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES), its benefits, objectives, how it compares to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in this post and much more. What is the difference between MES and ERP? What is MES in supply chain management? production strategy.