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New State of Smart Manufacturing study finds over 45% of manufacturers struggle to keep up with competitors

AU Manufacturing

The manufacturer’s report also revealed that the main obstacles for manufacturers in APAC are employee reluctance to technology adoption and change, a lack of management skills to oversee the implementation of smart manufacturing, and a lack of clarity regarding the value and return on investment of smart manufacturing.

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Microbix upgraded logistics software systems achieves “Go-Live” with ERP and eQMS solutions

Canadian Manufacturing

a life sciences manufacturer, and exporter, announces its successful adoption of software to upgrade, digitize, and integrate its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform and electronic Quality Management System (eQMS). MISSISSAUGA — Microbix Biosystems Inc.,

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Rockwell Automation’s global study reveals 85% of automotive manufacturers to maintain, grow workforce

AU Manufacturing

Automobile manufacturers, in particular, are interested in smart manufacturing projects for production monitoring, quality management systems (QMS), and manufacturing execution systems (MES).

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Building an Effective CPG Supply Chain Using a Cloud-based MES

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Cloud-based MES systems offer several advantages over on-premises MES such as: An on-premises MES requires time and capital investments.

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More answers on bridging the gap from edge to cloud MES to make automation more effective

Control Engineering

Question : How do you address the security risk of enterprise resource planning (ERP) data going through MES to Level 2 to run batches, start production runs, changes grades? Some may choose to split out important functions in this middle layer into different types of systems. Harrison: That depends.

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ERP Empowers Mold Builder to Increase Speed, Efficiency, Accuracy

Mold Making Technology

Results: Select Plex ERP system with integrated MES, QMS, CRM and SCMS. Accurate, Actionable Information Faster As part of its investment to streamline its financial processes, in 2017, Delta Mold decided to replace its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, which the company had outgrown.

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Increasing production with less capital

Control Engineering

The PLC system tracking file captured machine state, production/reject counts and the first fault for each machine. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) Integration for downloading production schedules automatically. Performance management for Line 4 and extension of data collection to additional machines.