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Manufacturers, Technology, and the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

Manufacturers have historically found themselves at the cutting edge of technological advances. The term “industrial revolution” pays homage to this fact. It’s surprising, then, to read stories encouraging manufacturers to jump aboard the Digital Age technology bandwagon. ” Technology and Industry 4.0.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. Although, at the same time, industry experts are pleased to see that high inflation has had little effect on container imports, some worry that the U.S. As the U.P.S.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST. On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.

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Predictive Analytics: Supply Chain’s Cloudy Crystal Ball

Enterra Insights

The 2019 MHI Annual Industry Report polled more than 1,000 industry leaders, with most hailing from manufacturing and supply chain industries. ” Systems, like the Enterra Intelligent Inventory Management System , are designed to help retailers and manufacturers better manage inventory fluctuations.

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It’s Turkey Time!

Kinaxis

Unlike other manufacturing industries, it’s a lot harder to make up for a miscalculation in raw material needs when you’re dealing with living, breathing animals that only reproduce at a specified rate. Speaking of spoilage, that brings us to stop number two – shipping. That means incubating eggs and allowing for maturity time.

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5 Future Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing & Logistics

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers are set to invest up to $70 billion in the Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) by 2020, reports John Greenough of Business Insider. Previous Applications of the Industrial Internet of Things in Manufacturing. Growth of the Industrial Internet of Things Continues. However, this mindset has changed.

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Technology Helping Truckers & City Planners Reduce Traffic

GlobalTranz

In a pilot program in Columbus, Ohio, government vehicles collaborated with public data-sharing programs to better understand traffic flow and greatly improve the “pacing” of their city’s traffic lights. She is a regular contributor to Manufacturing Transformation and American Machinist. The benefits here could be extraordinary.