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Robotics
More Disinfecting Robots Come to Market
Increasing numbers of autonomous mobile robots are being developed to help facilities address the need for repeated disinfecting in response to COVID-19.
Robotics
Cobot Deployment Shines in COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19
Can Robots Help Restore Manufacturing During the Pandemic?
Analytics
Hitachi Vantara Expands Its Digital Manufacturing Portfolio
Mobility
Remote Technologies From Honeywell Enable Continued Operations
COVID-19
Protect Your Staff, Protect Your Clients
As COVID-19 continues to shift the way organizations and manufacturing facilities operate, system integrators have the task of finding new ways to ensure that businesses are operating safely while protecting staff.
COVID-19
COVID-19's Impact on Industrial Automation
In this episode, we connect with Dan Malyszko of Malisko Engineering to get insights from the front lines of manufacturing about how industry is responding to the production challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Healthcare Counterfeiters Flourish During COVID-19
Healthcare Packaging's Keren Sookne makes her unPACKed with PMMI debut with PPE shortages, the potential for a vaccine and fake COVID-19 tests dominating the mainstream news.
Supply Chain Management
Operations & Supply Chains After COVID-19
How supply chain operations and processes will need to change to have the best chance of success after the coronavirus, and where system integrators can play a role in the transition.
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Hershey's Expectations for Suppliers during COVID-19
Hershey's Josh Becker explains how the chocolate giant has adapted and what it expects from visitors to its facilities.
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Field Service Technician Travel During COVID-19
What does back to work look like for field service technicians who are heading back out into the field?
Sponsored
Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project
Learn about planning and project management, building your machine or automated system, and technologies to improve manufacturing outcomes. Automation World’s free resource features 150 pages on managing automation projects from start to finish.
COVID-19
COVID-19 Spawns New Opportunities for Increasing Efficiencies
Though the coronavirus has put a lot of projects on hold, virtual conferencing, screen sharing, and remote access have changed the way system integrators are interacting and working with clients.
COVID-19
COVID-19—Let’s Look Beyond Today
As the coronavirus continues to shift the way manufacturing organizations operate, figuring out how to get staff back onto the line while maintaining proper safety standards is a crucial first step to reopening.
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OEM COVID-19 #13 - Adapting Industry Training During COVID-19
Typical industry training will be anything but typical as companies pivot to fit new safety guidelines.
COVID-19
Where the Pandemic Is Impacting Automation
Though it’s still too early to tell for certain, distinct technology areas—ranging from 5G, cloud/edge, and artificial intelligence to articulated robots—are expected to grow significantly in response to the business impacts of COVID-19.
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OEM COVID-19 #12 - Readiness Tips as Regions Reopen
Vice president of safety shares the global policies that have helped Amcor's 35,000-plus employees return to work as safely as possible.
Regulatory
Using Automation to Fast Track COVID-19 Vaccine Production
Honeywell combines batch software, virtualization, cloud, and more to prepare manufacturing capabilities in parallel with clinical trials.
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Virtual Reality Is Now the Real Deal
We are fortunate to live in an era where digital communication is quick and easy, and allows some of us to keep our jobs while working at home. In the near future, remote work will not be considered working virtually.
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Software Safely Manages Potentially Virus-Carrying Packaging
As the apparel retail industry opens its doors, phased re-openings hinge on a safe shopping environment. Inventory Quarantine software from Checkpoint ensures incoming inventory rests long enough to negate virus transmission on packaging.
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OEM COVID-19 #11 - State of the Packaging & Processing Industry
PMMI's Jorge Izquierdo predicts promising times ahead for packaging and processing despite current COVID-19 climate
COVID-19
Technology Steps Forward for Social Distancing
As more manufacturers are allowed to resume production amid the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping their workers distanced will be key to keeping them healthy. Here are some innovations to help achieve that.
COVID-19
The (Virtual) Grand Tour: Getting Creative with Restrictions
COVID-19 has forced many companies to shift strategies, causing many organizations to get a little creative. In terms of plant tours and inspections, going virtual may be the first step in working through the restrictions.
Communication
Technology Built for the Open Road Hits the Plant Floor
General Mills turns to Sena Technologies—known for its Bluetooth motorcycle helmets—to train machine operators while social distancing.
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ABB Offers Support Package to Customers Resuming Operations
ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business launched a special package of digital solutions as well as virtual and field service support initiatives to help businesses restart production lines that may have been idle during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Economic Outlook: 2020 and Beyond
Discussing the current economic outlook amidst a “double black swan event,” Alex Chausovsky of ITR Economics presented “Guidance in an Uncertain Economy” last week as part of PMMI’s Executive Leadership Conference.
COVID-19
COVID-19—Let’s Look Beyond Today
Though it may seem like a good idea to hold back on transformation projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrew Hughes shows how that may come at the risk of falling behind those who are continuing down this track.
