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The Industrial Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Logistics: Where Are We & Where Are We Going?

GlobalTranz

In place of long paper trails and maintenance schedules, machines with the capacity to communicate their needs and issues via the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming an essential component of effective processes. Fleet or transportation management is another aspect of manufacturing reaping the rewards of the IoT.

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ERP for Medical Device Manufacturers Part 2

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Those manufacturers who are still using legacy or customized computer systems will find it difficult to make the necessary changes. Integration of design and manufacturing. Many manufacturers use a CAD/CAM system for design and engineering control. Quality management. Customer interaction. After-sales support.

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How AI is transforming manufacturing Part 2: Inventory management

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manufacturers have incurred significant financial losses due to supply chain disruptions and the subsequent inventory management challenges. With companies producing more and more products worldwide, the issue of keeping track of enormous amounts of parts and materials used in the manufacturing process has grown increasingly complex.

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14 Trends Shaping the Future of Manufacturing in 2022

Locus Robotics

Recent economic pressures and labor shortages have forced manufacturers and factories to become more flexible and efficient, but many don’t know where to start. 14 Manufacturing Trends in 2022. Accessible Automation. Automation is not entirely new in the manufacturing world, but there is now widespread adoption of the practice.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. HarbisonWalker International Manufactures and Distributes Refractory Products. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year.

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3 Questions Supply Chain Leaders Should Be Asking

QAD

Some of the more popular technologies among survey respondents were cloud computing, sensors and automatic identification, predictive and prescriptive analytics, and the industrial internet of things.”. Rhodes concludes that manufacturers cannot meet tomorrow’s challenges using yesterday’s technology. So, what can be done?

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The Top 6 Trends in Logistics Impacting Shippers in 2017

GlobalTranz

According to PLS Logistics , global companies will install procurement managers in China for entire organizations by 2025. Today, the tech devices that entered the market in early 2016 are obsolescent, and more companies are looking for real-time data-driven decision making opportunities through the Internet of Things (IoT).