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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. HR ensures the right people are in place.

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Automate Day One: Turning data into information for better context

Control Engineering

Information management insights Manufacturers have access to enormous amounts of information, but they need to have put in context for them to make any sense of it. Give manufacturers data they can turn into information. Zachary Stank, product marketing manager for Phoenix Contact, described their PLCnext offering in a similar way. “We

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Machine Tool Provider Relocates Parts Warehouse for Faster Shipment

Fabricating & Metal Work

Customers will continue to place orders through established points of contact, but the same-day order cutoff will increase from 4:00 p.m. The facility also benefits from close proximity to major shipping operations at the Indianapolis International Airport, a prime location for logistics-critical warehousing and dispatch.

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ProMat 2023 exhibits show what is possible in warehouse automation, motion control

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Motion control advances, robotics help warehousing, distribution centers and logistics in factories, as shown by ProMat 2023 exhibitors. At left vertical warehousing was shown at the North Hall entrance; right, some of the South Hall ProMat 2023 exhibits are shown. Courtesy: Mark T.

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The Future of Smart Supply Chain with Industry 4.0

ATS

Once the supply chain experiences challenges, manufacturers will almost immediately see higher prices, longer delivery times and extended resource time to make alternate plans and maintain customer relations. enables — must be the new normal for any business that intends to be proactive and competitive in today’s manufacturing landscape.

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How automation storage and retrieval systems will shape the future of distribution operations

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Learn how effective traffic management and real-time communications among warehousing system robotics are enabled via EtherCAT. AS/RS Insights: Ongoing labor shortages and the rising cost of warehouse real estate have led to increased adoption of automation technologies among logistics providers.

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Robotics and Automation in 2022 – Can They be a Hedge to Recession?

i4.0 today

With the increasing likelihood of a global economic recession in 2023, many industries are struggling with increasing manufacturing cost, such as labor and raw material costs, and maintaining their profit margins. fold increase in demand for logistics and delivery robots and a 6.8-fold Industry 5.0 For example, IDTechEx predicts an 8.8-fold