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How Barcode Integration Can Lead Your Digital Transformation

Barcode labeling can be a critical piece of an organization’s technology environment to ensure products get out the door efficiently and seamlessly.

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CEO Offers Projections for US Manufacturing in 2021

"Flexibility and foresight are highly achievable and likely closer in reach than some may think, given the maturity of smart manufacturing technology solutions."

Asset Management

The Digital Transformation — Part I: From Post-Its to TV Screens

In the first of a three-part series, the author discusses recent advances that provide manufacturers with greater real-time visibility into shop floor production.

How Manufacturers Are Reengineering Themselves — and Their Futures

How Mobile Robots Help Food Manufacturers Compete

Solutions like topology optimization are driving the adoption of additive manufacturing as the geometries produced are difficult to manufacture using traditional production methods.

Speeding the Adoption of Additive Mfg.

Digital Threads

Weaving the Fabric of Manufacturing's Future

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What Supply Chain Transportation Networks Learned in 2020

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that visibility and agility within the transportation network are crucial.

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Answering the 'What Ifs' with Digital Twins

They don’t only see change; they learn and can guide change.

How Digital Twins Are Revolutionizing Industrial Efficiency

As a more thorough understanding of the technology's application potential grows, digital twins are saving time and money across product design and manufacturing.

Jürgen von Hollen, president of Universal Robots, delivered the company's 50,000th cobot.

Universal Robots Delivers 50,000th Collaborative Robot

The company's president even delivered it.

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11 Lessons in Digital Transformation

The following examples offer some framework in setting the right goals, proper planning, and how to realize those goals with greater speed and less pain.

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3 Ways to Enhance MRO Systems Integration

When done properly, MRO systems integration can add a significant element of automation and time-savings that drive down supply chain costs.

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How ‘Neural’ Manufacturing Could Create Even Smarter Systems

The next step in applying Smart Manufacturing initiatives could include assessing and predicting behaviors.

How the Industrial Sector Can Use the REC Tax Credit

Many think the research tax credit does not apply because they don’t conduct research in a traditional sense, but it can actually be applied for many daily activities.

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How Automation Tech Is Aiding a Safer Recovery

Increased productivity and reduced costs are obviously a boon to the bottom line, but these technologies are also helping to enhance new safety policies.

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7 Supply Chain Trends to Watch in 2021

They are trends that show the vital role of technology in the supply chain, and how its use has grown beyond inventory management and logistics.

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How COVID is Pushing the Convergence of Operations and IT

An insider's look at how the pandemic has forced OT/IT silos to be broken down in order to maintain output, improve remote working, and address cybersecurity.

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Supply Chain Disruption and the Digital Response

Ways to digitize and pivot in responding to changes in supply chain structures and product flow.