Robotics smoothes tote loading

Pack Flow Concepts showed a robotic system that takes individual packs from a tote or case and places them efficiently in a delivery tote.

Pat Reynolds
Feb 4th, 2013
Sawmill processing stations turn logs into finished lumber for crates and pallets.
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.
Dec 7th, 2019
Blake Moret, CEO and chairman at Rockwell Automation, on the Perspectives stage during Rockwell Automation Fair.
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.
Dec 4th, 2019
Jeff Miller, director of project management, Interstates
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.
Nov 4th, 2019
Aveva Integrates EPC Software for Collaboration
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.
Oct 16th, 2019
Bumble Bee Uses Blockchain to Track Tuna
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.
May 28th, 2019
Machines that sense the world around them
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Machines that sense the world around them
ADI gives cobots the ability to sense, adapt and interpret its surroundings. Our motion detection and machine learning expertise is transforming factory floors. From invention to breakthrough with ADI.
Nov 6th, 2019
Walmart Gets Bold About Blockchain
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.
Jan 31st, 2019
The Physical Supply Chain Goes Digital
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.
Aug 28th, 2018
Alliance Aims to Digitize Packaging and Supply Chain Processes
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.
May 14th, 2018
Managing Serialization Data
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.
Apr 9th, 2018
Demand-Driven Digital Supply Chains
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.
Mar 20th, 2018
Discover the Secrets of a Successful Automation Project
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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.
Nov 6th, 2019
Blockchain Meets the Manufacturing Supply Chain.
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.
Oct 24th, 2017
Stop Counterfeiting Straight From the Farm
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.
Aug 10th, 2017
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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.
Jun 26th, 2017
Strengthening the Supply Chain
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.
Apr 13th, 2017
Chris Howell, senior director of global engineering and technology at Patheon
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.
Mar 1st, 2017
Could Blockchain Solve Pharma’s DSCSA Challenges?
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.
Jan 26th, 2017
Tackling the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in 2017
Tackling the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in 2017
GS1 US updates guidelines to help pharmaceutical manufacturers comply with new item-level traceability requirements.
Nov 15th, 2016
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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.
Aug 30th, 2016
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Luigi De Bernardini, CEO, Autoware
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.
Jan 12th, 2016
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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.
Nov 12th, 2015
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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.
Sep 11th, 2015
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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.
Feb 6th, 2015
Spiral Suite supply chain management software from Schneider Electric can help refineries save millions of dollars each year. Source: Schneider Electric
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.
Sep 22nd, 2014
An example workflow using a remote SME in manufacturing to minimize downtime by supporting rapid problem resolution from the plant floor to external suppliers. Source: Cisco
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.
Jul 22nd, 2014
Siemens Industry Automation Division CEO Anton S. Huber at the 2014 Siemens Automation Summit.
Siemens Aligns Around Industry 4.0
The keynote address at Siemens 2014 Automation Summit highlighted how the digitized vision of manufacturing, as prescribed by Industry 4.0, will play out in Siemens’ plans for the future.
Jun 26th, 2014
Jennifer Slack, product manager at Interstates Control Systems Inc.
Improving Food Safety with Integrated Systems
The Food Safety Modernization Act mandates the need for timely, accurate tracking information. Integrating systems takes the guesswork out of tracing products from front to back and beyond.
Jun 2nd, 2014
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Look to the U.S. for Low-Cost Manufacturing?
A new study indicates that China’s currency fluctuations and shipping costs are leading some companies to look more closely at the U.S. and/or Mexico for low-cost manufacturing operations.
May 6th, 2014
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IBM Cloud Network Connects India's Automotive Industry
The AutoDX cloud-based exchange is designed to standardize and automate transactions throughout India’s automotive supply chain.
Mar 20th, 2014
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AIOE & Ecodesk Collaborate to Improve Supply Chain Transparency for Sustainability Goals
The Alliance for Innovation & Operational Excellence (AIOE) is pleased to announce a partnership with Ecodesk, a cloud based platform for enhancing global supply chain sustainability.
Dec 17th, 2013
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Invensys: Off-sites Software Suite Updated
Release 2.3 improves integration support for online process optimization and yield accounting accuracy.
Nov 14th, 2013