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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.
Supply Chain Management
Why Conveyance Technologies Remain an Industry Lynchpin
Supplier Submitted
Six Business Imperatives Driving a Connected Manufacturing Strategy
IIoT
Open Manufacturing Platform Expands
Supply Chain Management
7 KPIs to Fix COVID-19 Supply Chain Problems
IIoT
Meeting the Capacity Requirements for Industrial Blockchain
Though blockchain, as it is configured now, isn't capable of meeting the transactions-per-second needed for full-production industrial supply chain applications, private and permissioned configurations may be the key to changing that.
COVID-19
The Potential of ERP Amid a Pandemic
Automation on the plant floor can keep production flowing to refill store shelves. But the biggest problem manufacturers face right now is a disruption to the supply chain.
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Modular Machine Maximizes Production With Linear Transport Technology
With modular machines making their way onto the factory floor, the Swiss machine builder and system integrator, Credimex, took advantage of linear transport technology to enhance production and create flexible and expandable processing stations.
Supply Chain Management
When to Drop a Product
After spending time and effort building a product, it's hard to see when the time has come to drop it. But it you pay attention to the signs shown here, you'll know when the product's time has come.
Supply Chain Management
Meeting E-commerce Expectations with Automation
As online retailers shape consumer buying behavior by offering customized goods, manufacturers are turning to technology suppliers and machine builders to add flexibility into production, packaging, and supply chain processes.
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Wood Packaging Producer Achieves Productivity Gains
Denmark’s biggest wood packaging producer recently upgraded to a CC-Link IE communications network to achieve an estimated $330,700 USD in annual savings.
IIoT
Rockwell Automation Launches Its Digital Partner Program
As more industrial companies look to digitally transform their operations, Rockwell Automation is growing its Digital Partner Program to help guide and simplify the deployment of advanced digital technologies.
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Agile in a System Integrator World
From project development to general productivity, having an agile system in a systems integrator world is extremely beneficial. Jeff Miller lays out how your company can benefit from an Agile project delivery methodology.
Supply Chain Management
Aveva Integrates EPC Software for Collaboration
The integrated portfolio of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) software is designed to help customers streamline the way capital-intensive process industry projects are engineered and executed.
Networks
Bumble Bee Uses Blockchain to Track Tuna
As the first food company to use the SAP Cloud Platform with blockchain-as-a-service, Bumble Bee can provide visibility throughout the supply chain by following the fish from the ocean to your table.
Data
Blockchain and the Making of Machine-as-a-Service
New technology platforms that leverage a secure, distributed, digital ledger will transform the way OEMs and manufacturers interact.
Supply Chain Management
Walmart Gets Bold About Blockchain
The retailer is mandating some suppliers onboard to IBM’s Food Trust platform as the need for fast and transparent traceability across the supply chain increases.
Data
The Physical Supply Chain Goes Digital
As manufacturers adopt new machine technology to produce “batch of one,” Cloudleaf gives the supply chain a digital makeover, as well.
IIoT
Alliance Aims to Digitize Packaging and Supply Chain Processes
Quality Packaging Specialists International and Supply Chain Wizard are teaming up to build digital factory and distribution competency models for the pharma and CPG industries.
Supply Chain Management
Managing Serialization Data
Antares Vision introduced an enterprise-level software system that manages the flow of serialization information between manufacturers, third-party logistics, healthcare and government agencies.
Software
Demand-Driven Digital Supply Chains
Accenture and SAP collaborate to deliver predictive material requirements planning capabilities, providing more supply chain flexibility to respond to disruptions or new customer requests.
IIoT
Is Blockchain a One-Trick Pony?
Despite an array of applications for blockchain, the technology is fighting some headwinds from knowledgeable naysayers. Is it just an overhyped tool for cryptocurrencies, or does it hold critical answers for industry’s supply chain and cybersecurity issues?
Supply Chain Management
Blockchain Meets the Manufacturing Supply Chain
Despite early confusion about the technology, suppliers are developing network frameworks and apps that will make blockchain an essential part of food and pharma industries.
Supply Chain Management
Stop Counterfeiting Straight From the Farm
TruTag’s optical microtag authentication technology will soon be utilized to protect China’s livestock in the supply chain, beginning with pigs.
Supply Chain Management
Is Blockchain Coming to Manufacturing?
Wipro launches a number of blockchain-based offerings, four of which are directed at manufacturing to improve process efficiencies and reduce costs.
Supply Chain Management
Strengthening the Supply Chain
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This is becoming clear to the pharmaceutical industry as it struggles to comply with FDA regulations that will require the electronic exchange of serialization data.
Supply Chain Management
Serialization Lessons from a CMO
PACK EXPO East: Patheon, which has invested a lot of time and energy designing and building out serialization on pharmaceutical packaging lines, has learned a lot from the experience. Here’s what you need to know.
