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The Manufacturing Value Chain Guide

ATS

Share If you’re looking for opportunities to improve operations and increase your competitive advantage, analyzing the manufacturing value chain is a good place to start. Every manufacturing activity is composed of a chain of linked steps, and each one should be adding value. What is a value chain?

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Klöckner & Co. Acquires Industrial Manufacturing Services

Fabricating & Metal Work

Duisburg, Germany has agreed to acquire Industrial Manufacturing Services (“IMS”), Lancaster, S.C., We will significantly expand our metal fabrication business along our customers’ value chains. In addition, IMS will add unrivaled expertise in welding and finished parts manufacturing to our unique product portfolio.”

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IFR says harnessing AI in robotics can make work better

Robotics Business Review

We’re in the midst of a decade of unprecedented transformation, driven in part by the global pandemic and geopolitical events that are fundamentally changing the way we manufacture and deliver goods, according to the International Federation of Robotics, or IFR. million manufacturing jobs there will be unfilled by 2030.

Robotics 101
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Supply Chain as a Service

Dinesh Mishra

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) refers to a business model in which companies outsource certain or all aspects of their supply chain management to specialized service providers. These providers offer a range of services, such as warehousing, transportation, inventory management, order fulfillment, and logistics.

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View from India: Logistics carriers are economic lifeline of the country

E&T

Developed by the Commerce and Industry Ministry, the goal of the National Logistics Policy (NLP) is to make the country a logistics powerhouse. The policy has four features: Integration of Digital System (IDS); Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP); Ease of Logistics (ELOG); and System Improvement Group (SIG).

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Machine vision, automation streamline logistics and warehousing operations

Control Engineering

Due to staffing shortages and major supply chain issues, manufacturers are willing to emphasize automation more to meet surging demand. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used machine vision and sensing technologies to move around freely and a key part around automation when it comes to logistics.