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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
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Rockwell Automation Launches Its Digital Partner Program
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Agile in a System Integrator World
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Aveva Integrates EPC Software for Collaboration
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Could Blockchain Solve Pharma’s DSCSA Challenges?
The industry is asking how to share serialization information between supply chain partners. Blockchain’s distributed record-keeping technology could be the answer.
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Tackling the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in 2017
GS1 US updates guidelines to help pharmaceutical manufacturers comply with new item-level traceability requirements.
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IT and Operations Disparities
Responses to a recent Automation World reader survey indicate marked differences between IT and operations personnel around cybersecurity, safety, supply chain and remote access/mobility technologies.
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3 Industrial Apps for 2016
If 2015 was a year of study and analysis, then 2016 should be a year of testing and implementation. The exercise to define objectives is done, now begins the daily activity and effort to realize them.
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Paralysis By Analysis
Having a specific, goal-oriented strategy in place is critical to breaking the paralysis-by-analysis stranglehold on your company’s automation technology mindset.
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Automakers Need Visible, Flexible Manufacturing to Compete
In-car technologies, vehicle customization, and the arrival of electric and autonomous vehicles all add to the complexity of automotive manufacturing. Improving the visibility and flexibility of the manufacturing and supply chain network will help.
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Organic Food Producer Uses ERP for Supply Chain Management
Wholesum Family Farms will roll out the supply chain ERP software across four facilities.
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Schneider Electric Introduces Unified Supply Chain Management Software for Refineries
SimSci Spiral Suite offers new cross-boundary workflows and creates instant collaboration across the full hydrocarbon supply chain to unlock profitability.
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Connecting Expertise Along the Supply Chain
A combination of video, audio and data can be used to connect remote experts in the manufacturing supply chain to avert or solve production bottlenecks and train workers.
