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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

The Internet is littered with articles about Industry 4.0. Such articles often leave out critical details, such as what is actually needed from the network. 2) Manufacturing logistics. Manufacturing Logistics. Logistics Communication Flows. For example, with digital twins and modular flexible systems.

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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

In modern conflict, it’s axiomatic that logistics wins wars. 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. Air Force and Xwing Inc. And in an interconnected global economy, it also wins the peace.

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How DB Schenker used Feedly to create an “innovation hub” to detect new business opportunities

Canadian Metalworking Magazine

This leading logistics provider scans the horizon to identify trends and opportunities in real time. Impact Disseminate 18+ newsletters with over 2,000 internal newsletter subscriptions Surface the latest trends, emerging technologies and competitors Stay on top of customers’ latest logistics investments through targeted intelligence.

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Stronger together: WA Super Branch supports national supply network

Manufacturer's Monthly

In addition, the Motion Industrial Centre’s position – both geographically and within the national supply landscape – offers possibilities to navigate the current import and freight delays. To read the full article, please go here. I don’t like leaving people behind,” Kodituwakku explained.

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Where to Focus Your Improvement Efforts

Mold Making Technology

This is the fourth and final installment in our series of articles. physical flow, material flow and/or logistical flow) and the flow of money. The flow of operations can also be thought of as physical or logistical flow. Hopefully this article revealed how the use of POOGI can guide your improvement and investment efforts.

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How digital transformation powers the machine economy

Control Engineering

Five machine economy-oriented business models As noted in recent articles [9][10] on Forbes, the emerging machine economy unlocks new opportunities for conventional IoT businesses to redefine their value propositions and customer engagement strategies. of physical assets when the freight carrier network is moving them.

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Next steps for digital transformation for manufacturers

Control Engineering

According to Dr Frank Possel-Dölken, chief digital officer at Phoenix Contact, the next big disruptor will be seamless, barrier-free data logistics based on the International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) data container standards which drive marginal costs for new and additional data flows down towards zero. “In Barrier-free.