Manufacturer's Monthly

MAY 4, 2023

While the government’s first National Electric Vehicle Strategy launched last week is a major step forward for Australia, the freight and transport industry believes trucks and logistics will be left in the slow lane to decarbonisation if the scope of government policy isn’t expanded. “We just need to get the policy settings right.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. It’s a lot of freight, requiring lots of airframes, engines, and, of course, pilots. And in an interconnected global economy, it also wins the peace. For many airlines, cargo represents up to one-third of revenue.

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Robotics Business Review

MARCH 16, 2025

ProMat coverage on Automated Warehouse 7 warehouse robotics exhibits to visit at ProMat 2025 Fox Robotics launches FoxBot Mk3 forklift with 4 new functions Slip Robotics adds SlipBot+ attachments to unload more freight Podcast sponsored by Wandelbots Simplify automation without limits.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

Glidance guides people with vision impairments The latest prototype of the Glidance device is fully functional for public demos and includes a camera in the handle and radar sensors in the base. Embodied recently announced new tutoring functionality with the latest software release for Moxie, and it demonstrated the software at the expo.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

APRIL 10, 2023

In general, such a feature is not only crucial for freight efficiency but also allows for the incorporation of different battery sizes as electrification trends gain momentum. Indeed, the use of such technologies will enable improved predictive maintenance, better uptimes, and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO).

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Through the VPE program, customers can now interact directly with a SINUMERIK CNC product expert and have their specific operation and programming questions answered — from the basic functions of the control to the most advanced machining technology aspects of the hardware and software suites.

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Freight Value chain Automation Function 98

Cisco Manufacturing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If you think of a supply chain as a system which can then be broken down into smaller links, each of which forms a function, e.g., transport from A-B, optimal use of warehousing, inventory control, and product manufacturing lifecycle. Each of these domains includes at least one link that can be optimised with wireless technologies.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 20, 2024

” On the topic of cost efficiency, Moore draws attention to the rising freight costs and logistical uncertainties associated with global shipping. The electroplating process that the molds undergo at Astro adds both aesthetic and functional properties to the plastic.

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SMMT

JUNE 27, 2024

This project will help raise the profile of sustainable freight, demonstrating how routes can be more effectively planned, drivers can be kept more local to their homes, and environmental benefits can be achieved by all.” The post It’s electric: A look at the eFreight 2030 trial appeared first on SMMT.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By transitioning operations from the company’s previous parts warehouse in Woodridge, Illinois, customers have also realized freight shipment savings of up to 70%. Additionally, the warehouse employs the latest logistics technology such as dynamic inventory management and predictive intelligence to optimize part availability.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Its weight saves on freight around Australia, and it survives our climate from the ocean to the deserts. And thirdly, it is sustainable,” he said. And importantly, aluminium can be recycled at the end of a product’s life. Once it ticks all the boxes and goes into production, we order a tonne of it,” Silcox laughed.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

AUGUST 29, 2022

Autonomous trucks have long been seen as the solution to overburdened road freight networks and inefficient logistics chains. Our forecasts indicate that Level 4 autonomous trucks – if commercialized as anticipated by 2024-2025 – have the potential to transport about ~22% of the annual freight tonnage in the US by 2040.

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AU Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

As a cornerstone of the new energy ecosystem, in future, SEA Electric will utilise the batteries within vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functional trucks on-site, where the trucks could provide power grid stability by feeding energy back at times of peak demand or grid disruption. GVM vehicles capable of being driven on a car licence, through to 22.5t

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2022

These are usually based on an individual and consistent central data model for which different functional modules are available that are often closely interlinked. In many cases, this fact currently prevents disruption in value creation processes and business models,” argues Possel-Dölken.

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SMMT

MAY 1, 2025

Schmitz Cargobull has introduced Electronic Brake Performance Monitoring System (EBPMS) functionality on its Manchester-made trailers. We expect this new functionality to prove very popular amongst road transport operators. Why do so now? EBPMS is now an option out of the factory gate on our UK made trailers, the S.CS Freepost, S.CS

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The updates will help manufacturers better compete with deep industry-specific functionality, connected services to integrate and optimise workflows, and deliver a smoother user experience journey. “ New capabilities across the latest release of Epicor Kinetic for Manufacturing include: Deep Industry-Specific Functionality.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 27, 2022

The business co-manufactures dump truck bodies and mining buckets with a Chilean partner, who designs a four-piece body which arrives to Australia on standard freight. They can control their own functions.”. This is heavy engineering where you can manufacture and repair items up to 100 tonne in the workshop,” he said.

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E&T

MARCH 7, 2023

Then there’s the on-shore and off-shore functions. While the off-shore subsystem takes into account all the technical-technological systems on the water and/or sea in the function of the nautical market. The on-shore subsystems extend to the marinas and their environment.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Unfortunately, JIT simply cannot function in a world where prompt, reliable import/export logistics no longer exist. This could substantially reduce the carbon footprint of the freight sector.

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Digi’s smart railways solutions can communicate real-time data about a range of asset-monitoring functions, from wagon tracking for rail freight customers to air-conditioning performance on passenger trains. Rail transit remains an attractive alternative to air travel and personal vehicles in some U.K.

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Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 28, 2023

Logistics Operations: This service covers infra setup, sourcing, packaging, transportation, storage and handling, network inventory management, and freight management. Deviation from Core Competencies: For most businesses, the supply chain serves as a crucial support function on which the core of their business relies.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 3, 2022

We’re looking at sectors like advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defence, freight and logistics, agribusiness, because all those businesses will proliferate once the airport comes online. At AMW, the IMCRC hosted an industry network which function which offered a fresh perspective on innovation.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 21, 2024

In working with customers over the past few decades, history shows some best before-and-after stories have made the following 10 functions of ERP software the heartbeat of their business. Automated purchasing based on material requirements, planning functions, and purchase history helps prevent stockouts and excess purchasing.

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SMMT

DECEMBER 22, 2022

ZF’s EPS is currently ready for steer-by-wire and can potentially accommodate future automated driving functions up to Level Five. As an active steering system, EPS can integrate with ADAS to support safety functions including, for example, continuous lane keeping.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Wabtec Corporation is a global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for the freight and transit rail industries. Freight too can work on decarbonisation measures quite like the railway stations. That’s how industries of the future will function.

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i4.0 today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Technology developed through the programme has included the world’s first pothole-fixing robot, self-driving passenger and freight vehicles, and advanced radar and safety software solutions enabling vehicles to navigate extreme weather. A total of 22 SMEs have been supported by the CAM Scale-Up UK programme since 2020.

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SMMT

JUNE 13, 2024

For example, Dunstable-based Falcon Freight has seen an improvement in planning times after introducing transport management system (TMS) Mandata Go last year. The depot is now functioning much more smoothly and efficiently than ever before.”

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AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Unfortunately, JIT simply cannot function in a world where prompt, reliable import/export logistics no longer exist. This could substantially reduce the carbon footprint of the freight sector. .

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MARCH 14, 2024

Kodiak has an order of 800 autonomous trucks from the freight company Loadsmith, which was announced in 2023. Qualcomm and Bosch unveiled a central vehicle computer designed for digital cockpit and ADAS functions targeting passenger vehicles, leveraging the Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC. It merges real-time vision-based perception with AI.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Blanket grinding comparison table Recent events have applied extreme pressure to supply chains, with labor and raw material shortages, freight delays and increased energy costs. Tool size and application will determine which machine is right for you.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

How Do You Perform RCCA? So, what does this process entail? We break it down into 10 steps. Above the surface (easy to see and identify): Obvious material defects Broken parts Paperwork “triggers” - missing information to kick off the next process step Cost to replace parts Cost to process return merchandise authorizations (RMAs) 2.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 22, 2025

For instance, consider a plastic part that supports the functionality of another component, such as a housing for electronics that needs to dissipate heat at a specific rate. The purchasing subgroup sources the mold build, sets the schedule and sources production molding cost, which includes raw materials, packaging and freight.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 26, 2023

Recent events have applied extreme pressure to supply chains, with labor and raw material shortages, freight delays and increased energy costs. The two main features offered by the TX, beneficial in performing the blanket grinding function are the large working envelope and the high torque spindle.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 15, 2024

Functionalities also include signature-based network intrusion and attack detection via the SINEC Security Guard Sensor, an Industrial Edge app, which gives users live information about their industrial network.

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E&T

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Its aim was to come up with an aesthetically attractive, functional and affordable alternative to conventional solar panels that will look (almost) as pleasing as a natural tree in a car park or front garden, and mimic nature to reverse hundreds of years of environmental damage.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Defects are expensive in both obvious and subtle ways; on the surface, e.g. a product might incur additional production, inspection and processing costs due to aesthetic or functional defects, time to replace the parts, and process the RMA for the customer.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Throughput-margin is simply the job, product or service’s Revenue minus Material, Purchased Components, Outside Services, Freight In/Out, Packaging and Sales Commission. The POOGI team should comprise a cross-functional group of managers. The money flow that each job, product or service generates is call throughput-margin.

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