Pandemic Adaptive Supply Chains: A Future-Proof Approach June 11, 2020 COVID-19 vividly underscores the vulnerability of global manufacturing operations and supply chains. The disruption in our supply chains will hamper manufacturing for months and perhaps years. As we reopen and rebuild our economy, we must focus on sustainable manufacturing operations that are pandemic adaptive, resilient, and secure.
Finance Chiefs Concerned About Second COVID-19 Wave: PwC June 16, 2020 Corporate finance chiefs are concerned about a second wave of infections from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), consulting firm PwC said.
Making Robots Smarter and Safer August 19, 2020 COVID-19 has taught manufacturers a valuable lesson: when humans fall ill, machine tools and equipment sit idle. Granted, they already knew it, just as they knew that employees take lunch breaks and vacations, arrive late because their car won’t start, and go work at the shop down the street for fifty cents more an hour.
Auto Industry Gets Back Into Gear Following COVID-19 Shutdown August 17, 2020 The North American auto industry slammed on the brakes in March because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The sector already had been forecast to slow down in 2020, with lower light-vehicle demand. That turned into a sudden stop as the coronavirus spread.
Tenured robotics integrator turns on a dime to help manufacturers do the same April 5, 2021 In October, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, a smaller machine shop in Wisconsin needed a robot to deburr parts—and fast.
2021: The Year of the Connected Worker March 31, 2021 In 2020, the ability for manufacturers to rapidly pivot to changing market demands and challenges became critical for success—and in many cases, survival.
Addressing great need for automation of composites April 1, 2021 The aerospace industry is setting itself up for a massive conjunction of need for industrial capacity to produce parts in the near future.
New Data Collection Technology Ensures Speed, Accuracy, Scalability and Security May 21, 2021 Roush Yates Engines explored ways to improve the accuracy, integrity and throughput of its measurement data, and decided to implement DataSure 4.0, a data acquisition solution developed by The L.S. Starrett Co.
Sustaining Dixie County’s Economy and Workforce May 24, 2021 Dixie County lost one of its largest employers in the 2007-2008 recession, a Georgia Pacific (GP) Lumber facility. For more than 10 years the mill remained closed, but with help from the North Florida Economic Development Partnership (NFEDP), a new buyer has reopened the mill, made millions in new investments and has a projected annual payroll of $5.5 million in a very rural county.
GE, GMIS to Explore Benefits of Digitization May 25, 2021 GE and the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) have announced a partnership to explore the role of digitization, lean manufacturing, and workplace safety to support the transformation of manufacturing and economic regeneration.
