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

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

“Approximately 80% of the supply chain challenges we face today are due to upstream supply disruptions on ingredients and packaging materials,” said Miguel Patricio, chief executive officer of Kraft Heinz. A cloud-based manufacturing execution system (MES) can improve CPG supply chains.

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Cloud-based Solutions Accelerate the Transformation of Industrial Operations with Smart Digital Capabilities

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

For example, Rockwell Automation offers Plex, a multi-tenant SaaS, cloud-native smart manufacturing offering that includes fully integrated, easy-to-deploy solutions for advanced manufacturing execution systems (MES), quality management systems (QMS), supply chain management (SCM), asset performance management (APM), and production monitoring.

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Machine Data Collection in Manufacturing

ATS

The types of signals and records a machine data collection system can gather include: Sensor data Some of the i ndustrial machine sensors used for process control can also capture machine health data. It may be on PLCs, in the Quality Management System [QMS] or in the ERP system.)

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Case Study: Lockheed Martin’s Flight to Perfect Quality

iBASEt

Clearwater has more than 400 employees, more than 500 suppliers, and produces a low-volume high-mix of ruggedized, high-reliability electronic data and signal processing equipment. EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVEMENTS Technology investments are an important factor to achieving higher quality levels.

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15 pieces of automation advice from ROKLive 2022

Control Engineering

Sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) are increasing in importance for manufacturing. Keeping the system current has never been more important, but the scale of that task continues to grow in size and complexity, said Dave Rapini. Process automation software can combat the skilled workforce shortage.