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Oct 03, 2018

In the end, you need to be rewarding your sales reps with more than just money if you want to keep them motivated and if you want your sales compensation plan to deliver on its promises.

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Oct 03, 2018

The first CRM launch truly changed the way sales were managed. We went from tracking customers on spreadsheets (and even in rolodexes) to tracking them and their attendant opportunities with software. It wasn’t long before reps started to feel ...

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Oct 03, 2018

Let’s explore some of the current processes around pipeline management and forecasting and how they can be improved.

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Sep 27, 2018

Traditional manufacturing methods have relied on surface finishing as a secondary operation. This is particularly true for metals. Processes such as casting, manual milling and lathes, and CNC machining produce a ‘raw’ part that typically...

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Sep 25, 2018

In traditional manufacturing, process qualification refers to tested validation data that ensures a specific manufacturing process can provide a consistent result. For Additive Manufacturing (AM), qualifying the process is essential to create parts t...

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Sep 17, 2018

Digital revolution is shaping factories around the world. IoT (Internet of Things), 3D Printing, VR (Virtual Reality) and Robots are driving productivity improvements, cost reduction and optimization in manufacturing facilities. However, in the race ...

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Sep 08, 2018

Quebec Manufacturers & Exporters (QME) is an association whose mission it is to improve the business environment and to help manufacturers and exporters be more competitive on domestic and international markets by bringing to bear its leadership,...

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Sep 01, 2018

Traceability can seem staggeringly complex. Barcode reading stations need to be integrated into complex systems to enable the collection, storage, and analysis of massive amounts of valuable tracking data on a daily basis. Unthinkable quantities of w...

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Aug 30, 2018

Laser additive manufacturing (LAM) is rapidly becoming an important method for the fabrication of both prototype and production metal parts. This document examines the need for laser beam characterization to deliver optimum results in LAM and then sh...

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Aug 24, 2018

The manufacturing sector is no stranger to change. Over the course of three industrial revolutions, companies have relied on everything from water and steam to electricity and information technology to power their operations, provide services and mak...

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Aug 12, 2018

Manufacturing has been shaped and then reshaped by multiple disruptive waves. A mechanical revolution was the first one to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. It was followed by waves of Industrial Automation and Robots. They took manufacturing...

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Aug 01, 2018

New digital molding technology from 3D Systems is revolutionizing the direct production of 3D printed plastic parts, and it is doing so at scale. 3D Systems not only invented the tool-less plastic parts manufacturing process, but laboratory testing h...

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Aug 01, 2018

As additive manufacturing (AM) enters serial production, new approaches for quality assurance are needed. For this, a range of new process monitoring systems is available. Some solutions are provided by AM system manufacturers for their own systems, ...

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Jul 30, 2018

Robotics Industries Association (RIA), the robotics industry trade group, reported in February 2018 that the robotics industry in North America set new growth records in 2017. Robot shipments in 2017 surpassed all previous records with shipments of a...

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Jul 26, 2018

ABI Research ranked these platforms based on their proven innovation/implementation criteria framework. ABI Research analyzed each platform on its innovation, out-of-the-box thinking, and plans to deploy and support transformative technologies, such ...

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Jul 23, 2018

Custom ICM solutions are built for you, not auditors, so they typically don’t offer visibility into actions performed over time. Auditors may lack confidence in your homegrown system, especially if they find errors or omissions. In fact, audit ...

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Jul 23, 2018

It all ties together. You want your sales reps to behave a certain way and close a certain amount of deals in specific verticals that match your company’s 3- and/or 5-year vision, but the systems you currently have in place to drive this behavi...

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Jul 23, 2018

You’ve reached a certain point in the evolution of your company and you know it’s time to invest in a CPQ system. But buyer beware: There’s a certain misconception around CPQ systems as being plug-in devices or turnkey-ready overlay...

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Jul 23, 2018

The spreadsheet conundrum... Joe Smith, sales director for Great Start-Up Number 5 Billion and Thirty-One, puts on a blindfold and reaches out blindly for something, ANYTHING, to help him organize his team’s deals and commissions. He’s ho...

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Jul 19, 2018

Today’s manufacturing buyers rely on online search engines to research and find potential suppliers. If you are in this industry, you know how hard it can be to compete. The best way to get ahead is easy: Optimize your website to ensure potenti...

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Jul 18, 2018

Initially, when we think of 3D printing, we imagine a strictly additive process stacking wafer-thin layers one by one. Each layer is either contributing to the end-user part or the support structure to maintain the build integrity throughout the prin...

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Jul 12, 2018

Bringing a product to market is rarely straightforward. Without the right technology or process in place to support each stage of design, development, and production, companies often face significant cost and efficiency challenges. Failing to thoroug...

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Jul 01, 2018

The Factory of the Future certainly a buzzword but what do people mean when they refer to it? It’s an evolving definition but at its core, the factory of the future refers to the recognition that things are changing dramatically. When we think ...

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Jun 18, 2018

The last couple of decades have witnessed the emergence of multiple disruptive technologies. They have defined, rather redefined the computing world. 90s saw an explosion in personal computing, thanks to lower cost PCs and an introduction of user-fri...

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Jun 18, 2018

The digital revolution is now breaching the walls of manufacturing, with a wave of new data acquisition and processing capabilities. Manufacturers are seeing the opportunities of this digital transformation of the industry (aka Digital Manufacturing)...

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Jun 13, 2018

Our client, a global manufacturing giant with annual revenue of around $13 billion from aftermarket services, used an in-house group to set prices and sell spare parts for the bigger machines that it manufactures. One of the client’s key object...

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Jun 13, 2018

Manufacturers are now facing unprecedented challenges of complexity and growth while connected technology, often known as Industry 4.0 or Industrial IoT, brings the possibility of building the ‘Digital Factory’: an industrial facility whe...

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Jun 11, 2018

Total knee replacements (TKR) are very common surgical procedures. Approximately 4.7 million Americans have undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and are living with a TKR. Approximately 600,000 TKR surgeries are performed each year. Despite how co...

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Jun 09, 2018

Thomas Edison first installed his incandescent light bulb in a New York City factory in 1881. Today, Edison’s filament technology is still used for industrial applications in the form of incandescent halogen lamps, but there are now other optio...

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Jun 07, 2018

Materials must be suited to the application in order to have successful results. The properties of any material become increasingly important as a product progresses from concept and functional prototyping to production. However, material properties ...

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Jun 04, 2018

Biologics have experienced steady double-digit growth over the last 15 years and now comprise slightly more than a quarter of all New Molecular Entity (NME) FDA approvals. Similarly, EvaluatePharma’s 2017 report on orphan drugs projects that by...

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Jun 03, 2018

Each year, healthcare needs and costs grow due to an aging population, the rise in chronic diseases, and more. In fact, global healthcare spending is projected to reach nearly $9 trillion by 20201. To address this, practitioners in the healthcare ind...

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Jun 01, 2018

Additive manufacturing (AM) has developed way beyond its inception as a mere rapid prototyping technology. It now presents itself as a viable alternative manufacturing process for fully functional parts. However, the non-recurring engineering costs i...

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May 29, 2018

The top two challenges for manufacturers implementing Smart Manufacturing solutions are finding skilled people and figuring out where to begin, according to SME’s Manufacturing in the New Industry 4.0 Era Survey.

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May 17, 2018

Welcome to a new era of 3D printing. Leap beyond the limits of previous technologies and enter a world where 3D printing allows you to move rapidly from thoughts to things, from radical prototyping to final parts manufacturing. A world where you can ...

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May 15, 2018

According to a 2016 survey, 62% of manufacturing industry respondents reported their company had activated their crisis communications within the previous year. This white paper will outline strategies to help your business address unfortunate circum...

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May 08, 2018

Metal powder re-use in additive manufacturing (AM) has been investigated using a Renishaw AM250 system and titanium alloy Ti6Al4V ELI (extra low interstitial) powder. The study is a follow-on from the encouraging results obtained in a previous study ...

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May 06, 2018

The Manufacturing Enterprise Systems Association has devised a five-layer roadmap to enable manufacturers to adopt smart manufacturing technologies, processes, and practices. Now, manufactures need to put the digital pieces in place to get there.

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May 03, 2018

From the phones in our pockets to the reality of self-driving cars, the consumer economy has started to tap into the power of deep learning's neural networks. This technology is now migrating into advanced manufacturing practices for quality insp...

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May 02, 2018

Hannover Messe was a vibrant and well-attended tradeshow. The impact of technology and the pursuit of digitization was evident in full. The appetite for new transformative technological approaches was hearty, yet some confusion within the market cont...

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Apr 26, 2018

During the last decade, Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has come into its own. Its growth opportunities are increasing exponentially, particularly in the aerospace, automotive and medical industries, where they are successfull...

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Apr 25, 2018

We are in the early days of a 4th Industrial Revolution, a far-reaching analog-to-digital shift that will completely transform the $12 trillion global manufacturing industry. It will fundamentally change the way we conceive, design, produce, distribu...

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Apr 23, 2018

Many manufacturers are well beyond talking about digital transformation, and some are already gaining the benefits. Find out how manufacturers have made strides by investing in new technologies, and what else the leaders are doing to ensure investmen...

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Apr 23, 2018

Historically, the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT/operations) departments within an industrial manufacturing company could function fairly independently. Operations kept the plant running smoothly, and IT managed business a...

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Apr 17, 2018

Factories rely on a number of technology suppliers and partners. When these systems work together, manufacturers can experience significant benefits. Connected assembly tools and controllers are one part of this essential digital ecosystem. Industria...

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Apr 16, 2018

This whitepaper aims to provide a brief introduction to Blockchain, and largely, highlight the potential uses of Blockchain in a manufacturing environment. The implementation details of Blockchain are deliberately omitted in this document.

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Apr 15, 2018

Manufacturing in 2050 will look very different from today, and will be virtually unrecognisable from that of 30 years ago. Successful firms will be capable of rapidly adapting their physical and intellectual infrastructures to exploit changes in tech...

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Apr 12, 2018

Only machine vision can locate, align, and guide electronic hardware and OLED components with the required precision and speed to help manufacturers meet their production goals. Since 1986, original equipment manufacturers, machine builders, and end-...

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Apr 11, 2018

Blockchain is essentially a ledger technology that uses cryptography to provide an authoritative record of secure transactions. By doing away with a trusted centralized middleman responsible for the ledger, blockchain allows for a trustless trust. Th...

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Apr 09, 2018

The way most manufacturers see the quality is greatly influenced by Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Ph.D., best known as the father of the “plan, do, check, act” cycle. Thinking of manufacturing as a holistic system and applying such an approach t...

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Apr 09, 2018

Given the increasing pressure to speed up drug development and make the process more cost-effective, pharmaceutical companies want to ensure that their most promising drug candidates hit the market.

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Apr 01, 2018

Manufacturers are under severe competitive pressures to deliver and support higher quality and more custom products and services faster and at lower costs. To address these challenges, computer-aided engineering (CAE) is being integrated with several...

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Mar 27, 2018

Industry 4.0 is transforming chemical manufacturing. Companies are adapting to the digital world, recognizing the power of “connection” among products, production equipment, and personnel. But transformation entails challenges. Some are s...

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Mar 26, 2018

In the volatile 21st Century business environment, critical decisions must be made more frequently and more quickly than ever before. To do this, managers need immediate access to accurate and up to date information. Anything less than perfect data w...

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Mar 20, 2018

The compelling need for most manufacturers to digitalize and automate their operations is now very widely recognized by the leading manufacturers and specialist management consultants interviewed for this study. Ultimately, an ideal digitalized and a...

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Mar 20, 2018

Many manufacturers have realized significant cost savings and productivity improvements by integrating high strength additive manufacturing (AM) technology into their business, especially in support of their maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) ...

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Mar 19, 2018

In this issue, we explore processing equipment within the US food manufacturing space. The industry as a whole remains dynamic and powerful, generating billions of dollars in revenue and economic activity every year. Consumer and business trends in f...

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Mar 15, 2018

Chemical manufacturers are faced with increasing pressures across multiple dimensions of their enterprise. Heightened regulatory compliance requirements, while put in place for good reasons, create new and complex pressures manufacturers have never f...

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Mar 14, 2018

Blast Motion developed an innovative approach to maximize athletic potential. Blast designs and produces wearable sports technology to help analyze athlete’s body mechanics for golf, baseball, and softball. Like many OEMs today, Blast Motion ne...

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Mar 14, 2018

Electronics and high tech manufacturers, contract manufacturers and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) companies are under constant pressure to meet demands for innovative assemblies and products while increasing efficiency and quality.

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Mar 12, 2018

3D printing has turned into a helpful and possibly a transformative Innovation in a medicinal sector. As the use of this technology has increased, the effectiveness, performance, and availability of accessible materials have also expanded in the deve...

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Mar 12, 2018

PolyJet printing is one of the most common Additive Manufacturing printing types used in industry and in labs. PolyJet printing layers are jetted liquid photopolymers that are instantly UV cured to create 3D models that can be handled immediately.

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Mar 09, 2018

Manufacturing agility is increasingly important in today’s world of wildly fluctuating demand, short product cycles and constant change. Successful manufacturers don’t just grudgingly react to change, however, they embrace change as an op...

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Mar 06, 2018

We talked to manufacturers from the automotive, metal forming, food and beverage, and aerospace industries about their process of selecting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and gathered their responses. When you’re making a decision...

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Feb 28, 2018

Salesforce Research surveyed 291 customer service professionals in the manufacturing industry worldwide to discover how elevated customer expectations are changing the game. This report highlights 10 of the biggest customer service shifts that manufa...

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Feb 20, 2018

Manufacturers are under constant pressure to minimize downtime, improve quality, and respond faster to individual customer requirements, all while lowering costs. PTC’s newly released ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps provide the solution.

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Feb 16, 2018

Western economies have faced an onslaught of negative developments in their domestic manufacturing bases over the past 40 years. With the rise of Industry 4.0, the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, manufactu...

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Feb 15, 2018

Faced with stagnating wages for most Americans, business, civic, and political leaders across the United States are rediscovering manufacturing as a source of good jobs and lasting economic growth. In an era of unrivaled global competition, however, ...

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Feb 05, 2018

Manufacturing is experiencing a customer-focused revolution. On the global side, this means manufacturers are ramping up innovation in an effort to develop and produce more sophisticated offerings than smaller rivals. High-margin growth is the ultima...

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Feb 05, 2018

But now, manufacturers must understand, interact with, and develop closer relationships to their end customers to deliver truly exceptional customer experiences. This new landscape is shifting business models to put customers at the center of every e...

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Feb 02, 2018

Experts have estimated that less than 5% of the steps and time taken in producing a product actually create customer value. Lean thinking is a method that redesigns processes to optimize the entire product flow (the value stream), rather than singly ...

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Feb 01, 2018

The goal for medical device manufacturers that use EO sterilization to minimize patient exposure to EO residues and (and EO derivatives) from their devices and ensure that the levels of residual EO, ethylene chlorohydrin (ECH), and ethylene glycol (E...

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Feb 01, 2018

In this part of our food industry Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) guides series, we share the best practice methods for taking maximum control of your financial responsibilities within food manufacturing. The guide will explain how your company ca...

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Jan 31, 2018

Businesses in the U.S. spend more than $170 USB per year on occupational injury and illness related costs that eat away at corporate earnings. In Manufacturing, the risk of severe injury or illness is higher than most other industry sectors, making a...

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Jan 26, 2018

Modern manufacturing execution systems (MES) can deliver the flexibility to enable manufacturers to define the solutions that meet their strategic needs. MES is what you make it: Define the MES functions needed, use standards, consider modularity, an...

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Jan 24, 2018

This is an exciting and challenging time to be in manufacturing. Innovations in technology are affecting how you do business from the shop floor to the supply chain to the customer – everything seems to move faster than ever. The challenge ofte...

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Jan 23, 2018

Architects don’t build without modeling. They create “blueprints,” produce renderings, and build 3D models. But while these planning tools may resemble the actual building in shape, there is no resemblance in size or materials. As a...

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Jan 19, 2018

Production is the beating heart of commerce. But it is a double-edged sword, supplying necessities and amenities for humanity while depleting the global commons that sustain life on earth. This collaborative effort demonstrates how to harness the tec...

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Jan 18, 2018

The digital mission in manufacturing is to create experience ecosystems that transform the focus from designing, selling, and servicing complex products to one where the product becomes the platform through which new digital products and services are...

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Jan 17, 2018

Many manufacturers indicate they have a more positive outlook about the economy for 2018 than in 2017. The growing U.S. and global economies, rising energy and commodity prices, and improved business and consumer confidence support this positive outl...

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Jan 16, 2018

The aircraft industry is experiencing growth on the back of strong travel demand. To keep pace, aircraft companies are increasing production - which puts pressure on the industry’s supply chain. To sell more airplanes, aircraft companies depend...

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Jan 15, 2018

The purpose of this White Paper is to clarify the role that collaborative robots - or cobots - play in what has now become known as Industry 4.0. After reviewing the concepts Industry 4.0 and cobot, we will examine the suitability of cobots for use i...

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Jan 15, 2018

Performing a cleaning validation during the initial phase of a device’s lifecycle aids manufacturers in complying with current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and quality system (QS) regulation as set forth by FDA for medical device manufac...

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Jan 11, 2018

Temperature problems are well known in the high-tech industry. Everyone knows of cases where overheated products stopping working and in the best case scenario, resume their function, but only after an extensive period of cooling down. In past years,...

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Jan 09, 2018

Manufacturing companies contributed $2.17 trillion to the U.S. economy according to the most recent annual data. Manufacturers, of which 98.6 percent qualify as small businesses, have become more agile, more productive and leaner in recent years. The...

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Jan 08, 2018

The future of manufacturing is in technology. It’s obvious that the next generation of manufacturing champions will come from companies that leverage technology to drive innovation. However, only 10 percent of companies around the world describ...

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Jan 02, 2018

Before selecting a manufacturing execution system (MES) for a complex process, the company must take time to carefully describe their data flow needs both in current terms and in future scale-up scenarios. This is a matter of understanding the number...

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Jan 01, 2018

If you are involved in Metal 3D Printing, it is important to take into account that the type of recoater you use will influence the production process. What kinds of recoaters exist and which potential issues are related to them? And more importantly...

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Dec 18, 2017

Standards are essential to accelerating the widespread commercialization of new technologies in the global manufacturing industry. In recent years, government and private-sector partners have made significant investments in strengthening the competit...

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Dec 16, 2017

Today's competitive manufacturing arena demands lower cost, more product variants, shorter product introductions, and better compliance to industry standards and regulations. This has led many manufacturing companies to move beyond the old paper-...

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Dec 12, 2017

This article discusses the challenges created by new suppliers from low-cost countries specifically for German automakers. These new competitors are increasingly reducing their deficiencies in skills, supplier structure and costs. Therefore, strategi...

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Dec 07, 2017

Bhavyabhanu Electronics Private Limited (BEPL) is a fully owned subsidiary of Astra Microwave Products Limited (AMPL). AMPL has 25 years experience in design & production of RF/Microwave Products and has established BEPL for providing reliable, h...

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Dec 04, 2017

New types of data means new improvements for your business. Industry 4.0 combines intelligent sensors, analytics, and artificial intelligence to let you optimize your operations in real time. What would you do with less unplanned downtime?

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Nov 29, 2017

Are you taking advantage of best practice labeling and coding for your company? With packaging demands and trends constantly evolving, it’s never been more important for Australian food & beverage manufacturers to stay alert and ahead of th...

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Nov 28, 2017

To be the authors of change rather than victims of it, manufacturers must innovate. The notion that the only constant in life changes dates back to ancient Greece, but in the 21st-century change seems to have accelerated. Business changes range from ...

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Nov 23, 2017

In the last decade, few industries have been impacted by rapid advancements in technology quite like manufacturing. Manufacturers have been faced with an evolve-or-die ultimatum as customers expect faster rates of innovation. A lower cost of entry ha...

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Nov 21, 2017

3D Printing is more than just prototyping. Today, 3D Printing offers transformative advantages at every phase of creation, from initial concept design to production of final products and all steps in between. Today’s competitive environment mak...

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Nov 19, 2017

Despite this colossal market opportunity, most of today’s industrial-class 3D printers are suitable only for prototyping and tooling and must be situated in additive manufacturing labs due to their size, expense, special facility and equipment ...

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Nov 14, 2017

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) takes advantage of the latest software and hardware capabilities to increase productivity. It stands to reason that greenfield manufacturing plants might be planned with native IIoT technologies. After all, to...

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Nov 14, 2017

Manufacturers around the globe are undergoing a profound transformation. External market shifts and technological changes are reshaping the competitive landscape for manufacturing firms, ushering in a new era of growth, change, and economic opportuni...

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Nov 06, 2017

Lean production removes bottlenecks and reduces non-value-adding wastes, getting your product faster to customers. This whitepaper explains what lean is and how it works, but more importantly, goes through how to overcome the black packaging hole by ...

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Nov 06, 2017

Industry 4.0 offers an unprecedented opportunity for transformational success, but companies must have plant floor software that is ready for that journey. The fact that Industry 4.0 is already predicted means companies can prepare themselves now.

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Nov 06, 2017

If you head up your company’s manufacturing operations, you are undoubtedly charged with producing better products faster while cutting costs, increasing production uptime, not to mention finding a way to efficiently meet customer demands for c...

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Nov 06, 2017

The company Achleitner was founded in 1932 and has developed from a skilled blacksmith’s shop to a commercial middle-sized company. The company is still a family business. An important step to realizing such projects is a close and healthy coop...

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Nov 06, 2017

Manufacturing companies contributed $2.17 trillion to the U.S. economy according to the most recent annual data. Manufacturers, of which 98.6 percent qualify as small businesses, have become more agile, more productive and leaner in recent years.

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Nov 05, 2017

Ultra and JustFood have been working closely together with a couple food manufacturing companies. One to note is a global snack food company, one of the world’s largest producers of salted snack products in addition to branded, private-label pa...

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Nov 03, 2017

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), not only dramatically reduces lead times, but can also provide significant cost savings through reduced material consumption, improved performance and added efficiencies. 3D printing processes a...

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Oct 26, 2017

Industry 4.0 is the vision of future manufacturing that allows not only lower cost, higher quality, and faster processing - but all of that with personalized products. It´s a marketplace where smart products and smart equipment interact autonom...

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Oct 26, 2017

We have a 168-year history of strategic, long-term thinking that has helped ensure the Freudenberg Group’s success. But frankly, the pace of global change we are experiencing today is unprecedented, and it keeps getting faster.

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Oct 25, 2017

Manufacturing has evolved substantially since the Industrial Revolution. And it continues to advance today with innovations from the Internet of Things (IoT). In fact, with the infusion and integration of IoT-enabled sensors and programmable logic co...

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Oct 20, 2017

A semiconductor wafer undergoes a wide range of processes before it is transformed from a bare silicon wafer to one populated with millions of transistor circuits. Such processes include Physical or Chemical Vapor Deposition, (PVD, CVD), Chemical-Mec...

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Oct 16, 2017

Configure-price-quote (CPQ) technology performs two overarching critical missions for manufacturing companies and their customers. The first mission of CPQ is to Get the Right Product. This means, in a high-level sense, that the sales rep and the cus...

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Oct 11, 2017

In an era which is being referred to as Industry 4.0, government departments are increasing their digital footprints and adapting their technology and engagement environments to remain competitive and relevant. As information and assets owned or used...

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Oct 11, 2017

To expand the chemical capabilities of 3D printed structures generated from commercial thermoplastic printers, we have produced and printed polymer filaments that contain inorganic nanoparticles. TiO2 was dispersed into acrylonitrile butadiene styren...

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Oct 09, 2017

Manufacturing education is in crisis. The evidence is striking and undeniable: Despite a consistently high United States unemployment rate for several years - ranging between 8% and 10% from February 2009 through March 20121  - as many as 600,00...

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Oct 08, 2017

Additive manufacturing offers the possibility of a highly flexible production at acceptable costs for a low number of pieces. As it is already used for the production of moulds for injection moulding, the usability for the production of forging tools...

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Oct 08, 2017

A MES migration project represents a big endeavor for any organization as it involves a significant amount of time, cost, risk and it involves many stakeholders within the company. It’s critical for the success of the migration project to get c...

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Oct 05, 2017

The world of additive manufacturing is at a crucial point. There have been breakthroughs in printing larger parts. More metals are being developed for use in 3D printers. An additive is becoming part of the game plan of many different manufacturers.

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Oct 03, 2017

Competition in business is inevitable. But, believe it or not, it can actually benefit your company in the long run. Healthy competition in the manufacturing industry eliminates complacency and encourages innovation, which can quickly gain consumers ...

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Oct 02, 2017

There are dozens of types of manufacturing environments, from individual ingredient for sale to another manufacturer to branded product for the store shelves at a retailer. Depending on where you sit in the supply chain, your requirements for manufac...

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Oct 01, 2017

Combination products are therapeutics that combine two or more products (drug/device, biologics/device, biologics/drugs, or drug/device/biologics), regulated and sold as a single unit. Examples of combination products include drug-coated implantable ...

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Sep 30, 2017

Additive manufacturing (AM) is making inroads into the automotive industry. Historically, AM was used primarily to produce prototype parts and models. Today, AM is also used to make tooling for assembly lines or to produce vehicle parts. One of the a...

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Sep 24, 2017

The greater the integration and visibility within a supply chain, the fewer delays there are in time-to-market, the greater the production quality and the more effective supplier collaboration becomes.

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Sep 24, 2017

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, was developed in the 1980’s as a process used to make three-dimensional objects. Additive manufacturing creates parts from the ground up by fusing together layers of material. Its counterpart, ...

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Sep 23, 2017

No two factories are the same. They vary in size, in the products they make – from high precision devices to commodity products – and in the volumes they produce. But all manufacturers, who want to stay competitive, share the challenge of...

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Sep 22, 2017

Semiconductor manufacturers are among the earlier adopters of MES. Once vital to maintaining the competitiveness of their operations, these applications are getting obsolete and the need to circumvent their limitations causes significant cost, and wi...

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Sep 20, 2017

The ways in which disposable systems simplify biomedicine production are persuading many to implement more of these devices into their production lines. Some have fully committed to this shift from stainless steel equipment, with the ambition to have...

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Sep 19, 2017

The application is jig and fixture making - which also includes gauges, organizational aids, and other manufacturing devices. AM produces these tools by adding material in an automated, layer-by-layer process rather than removing material with a cutt...

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Sep 19, 2017

Precision ADM developed a TiTO (Titanium Topology Optimized) Aerospace Panel Support Structure. The purpose of the project was to use topology optimization to redesign and replace a machined aluminum mount for supporting loads from a large panel and ...

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Sep 18, 2017

As a rubber product manufacturing company, you compete in a highly competitive marketplace. Your industry is driven by volatile commodity-based raw materials with end customers demanding quality products, fast delivery, and competitive prices in smal...

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Sep 14, 2017

At its core, a Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) is an information system used in manufacturing to track, control and monitor the transformation of raw materials to finished goods. Proper implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) u...

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Sep 14, 2017

The new workforce is computer savvy and are used to fast-paced graphic intensive video game interaction. Are we running the shop with 10-20-year-old procedures? Or leveraging the latest media-rich and 3D graphical tools? The new workforce is also mor...

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Sep 12, 2017

Kitron is one of the leading international electronic manufacturing services (EMS) suppliers with operations in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, China and the US, where manufacturing and related services are delivered to customers globally. The co...

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Sep 11, 2017

Life Sciences companies are attempting to improve compliance and manufacturing efficiency while they drive to grow revenue and margins. However, current market conditions are creating substantial headwinds to attaining these targets.

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Sep 09, 2017

Review any directory of medical device outsourcing resources and you’ll see an assortment of offerings and services: design and engineering, components, assembly, legal, regulatory, sterilization and many more. You can find virtually any compan...

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Sep 08, 2017

Today’s supply chains are in a race to deliver the highest quality products in the shortest, most economical time possible to win the chance to sell again. With such an intense focus on quality, speed and cost, only the suppliers most effective...

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Sep 08, 2017

Finishing or secondary operations encompasses a broad range of processes that change a manufactured part’s properties. appearance and reshape it to meet certain dimensions, or use it to enhance functionality, such as increasing strength, chemic...

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Sep 08, 2017

Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to offer many benefits over traditional manufacturing methods in the fabrication of complex parts with advantages such as low weight, complex geometry, and embedded functionality. In practice, today&rsquo...

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Sep 07, 2017

This white paper outlines the need for medical device manufacturers to evolve their business practices by transitioning from paper-based processes to digital in three main areas: business, technology and regulatory. To achieve success in today’...

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Sep 04, 2017

Today’s supply chains are in a race to deliver the highest quality products in the shortest, most economical time possible to win the chance to sell again. With such an intense focus on quality, speed and cost, only the suppliers most effective...

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Sep 01, 2017

The global manufacturing economy is at a pivotal crossroad. While technology and globalization have opened exciting new revenue streams and markets, they have allowed a sobering downside to sneak in behind them. Interconnectedness has led to interdep...

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Sep 01, 2017

The global additive manufacturing (AM) - 3D printing - the industry was valued at $6 billion for 2016, and is predicted to grow to more than $26 billion by 20221. This rapid growth has arisen mainly because of the evolution of AM from primarily a pro...

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Sep 01, 2017

It can be very challenging, even for Best-in-Class manufacturers, to both drive efficiency gains and then translate these gains to bottom line results. In this Analyst Insight, Aberdeen will examine what is driving manufacturers to focus on creating ...

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Aug 30, 2017

The assembly line as the core element of mass manufacturing hasn’t been in use very long, historically speaking. It’s been just over a century since automotive magnate Henry Ford implemented it at his factory in Dearborn, Mich.

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Aug 30, 2017

When genius inventor Henry Ford introduced the first assembly line in 1913, it changed the world. No longer would products need to be built one at a time by learned experts and master craftsmen, each with years of study as apprentices and journeymen ...

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Aug 28, 2017

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), has been around now for several decades, expanding into new markets and industries in unique ways as innovators have embraced the technology. It wasn’t until the last few years, however, t...

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Aug 24, 2017

Also known as additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping, 3D printing has left an indelible mark on manufacturing. Rapidly establishing itself as an alternative to traditional manufacturing, advances in 3D printing hardware and materials over the p...

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Aug 24, 2017

The data challenge, in big data terms, is variety. Big data means volume, velocity, variety. As far as we know, we're the only company that has developed a systematic, unified way to make widely varied raw production useful.

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Aug 20, 2017

Metal 3D printing is the ideal alternative to complex designs that machining or casting can’t achieve. It offers the mechanical properties of aerospace standard materials and the design freedom of 3D printing. The impact of metal 3D printing on...

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Aug 20, 2017

Advanced manufacturing is transforming everything about the way we make things in America. The technological advances that drive manufacturing today are drastically changing the way products are developed, produced, shipped and sold.

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Aug 15, 2017

Regardless of whether your group has been diligently planning for scale-up since Phase I or you have delayed scale-up work until now, it would be a mistake to assume Phase III will be clear sailing. The reality is that several manufacturability probl...

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Aug 13, 2017

With DFM, a product’s design is assessed early on for its manufacturability. Will the manufacturing be simple or complex? Can parts be altered to lower their cost and number? Can any parts or raw materials be standardized? This critical step he...

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Aug 12, 2017

This paper highlights the strategic importance of real-time manufacturing data, and how cloud ERP is uniquely suited to deliver company-wide visibility into operations. Getting the right information, at the right time, to the right decision-maker is ...

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Aug 09, 2017

SmarTech has identified four ways that the aerospace industry expects to derive value from additive manufacturing (AM) in the aerospace field at the strategic level. In this White Paper, we examine four supposedly critical aspects of AM in the aerosp...

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Aug 08, 2017

As manufacturers embark on their journey to Industry 4.0, they are accelerating digital to optimize, modernize and automate. Digital Transformation is accelerating across the value chain, Reducing costs, improving agility and speed to market are the ...

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Aug 04, 2017

Prototyping with 3D printing helps teams communicate with stakeholders and ultimately results in better end products. At a relatively low cost, teams can show 3D printed prototypes to customers, business partners, and people across the company.

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Aug 01, 2017

Globally, technology trends and industry shifts are emerging and growing in strength that will shape a future of manufacturing and change how products are manufactured and distributed. Demand from customers is driving the shift to mass customization ...

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Jul 31, 2017

The manufacturing industry is witnessing a lot of customer facing trends which present opportunities to engage with customers and partners in a more lasting and prolific manner, and at the same time, these trends also present challenges for the manuf...

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Jul 27, 2017

Industry 4.0 promises benefits not only for the operations team but for every stakeholder. This includes customers, shareholders, suppliers, and employees. However, there are IT challenges to overcome, including the volume of data IoT generates, cybe...

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Jul 21, 2017

ADDITIVE manufacturing (AM), more popularly known as 3D printing, describes a group of technologies used to produce objects through the addition rather than the removal of material. AM was first used commercially in the mid-1980s for the creation of ...

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Jul 21, 2017

The additive manufacturing industry grew 21% in 2017, as the industry expanded by more than $1.25 billion, creating new products and geometries that haven’t been done before, according to the Wohlers Report 2018. Metal Additive Manufacturing ha...

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Jul 14, 2017

SSMC, a joint venture of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXP) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC) implemented RFID inventory and production control to their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to improve visibility throughout th...

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Jul 07, 2017

The growing pressure to meet environmental compliance requirements has driven manufacturers to invest heavily in “green power” solutions that conserve water and energy. In addition, the expected arrival of a U.S. carbon market and the exp...

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Jul 07, 2017

Engineers and designers feel pressured to design products quickly, and managing the transition between the two disciplines can be tough. Now industrial designers can capture ideas without having to think about CAD, while mechanical engineers work sim...

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Jul 01, 2017

Manufacturing is rapidly entering the 4th industrial revolution where the old, complex and formerly closed environments, solutions and systems meet new, connected and more open ones. This offers immense possibilities for the manufacturing industry, a...

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Jul 01, 2017

It is no secret that the pharmaceutical industry is feeling intense pressure to transform their operations and the way that they do business around the world. Institutions that have manufactured products the same way for decades are now being forced ...

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Jul 01, 2017

Forward-thinking manufacturing companies are aware that digital transformation is essential for profitable growth and sustainable competitiveness. Digital is changing the game for manufacturers. Smart, connected products, plants, assets, and operatio...

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Jun 30, 2017

The road to take a drug compound from discovery to commercialization is long, expensive and often fraught with unforeseen challenges. While every project will undoubtedly face some bumps along its path, far too many programs hit insurmountable obstac...

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Jun 28, 2017

Custom foot orthoses have been linked to reduced risk and recurrence of injury through individualization of cushioning and support features. Applications include, but are not limited to pain relief, increased heel cushion, correction of flexible defo...

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Jun 26, 2017

One of the most hotly discussed topics in the manufacturing world today is Industry 4.0. A broadly defined group of emerging innovations in industrial automation and data exchange, Industry 4.0 demonstrates a tremendous potential to bolster productiv...

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Jun 20, 2017

Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of orthopedic medical devices are facing cost pressures like never before. To reduce cost and make their products more attractive to reimbursement-restricted purchasers, OEMs are curtailing the size of their sa...

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Jun 16, 2017

Workers in this industry are exposed to a wide range of hazards which include the following: Same level falls which are often caused by slippery conditions can result in sprains and strains, Exposure to sharp instruments such as knives, Collision wit...

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Jun 16, 2017

As robotics and additive manufacturing tools become less costly and more accessible, manufacturers across the state are increasingly tapping into these new technologies. Many macroeconomic factors are also driving this trend, including international ...

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Jun 14, 2017

Manufacturers must fully embrace social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies to achieve the operational excellence, agility, innovation and customer centricity required to remain relevant with customers, business partners, and the entire manufac...

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Jun 14, 2017

After the Great Recession-and, the loss of nearly 6 million manufacturing jobs-a coalition of concerned academic, business and government leaders crafted a plan to restore US leadership in manufacturing for the 21st Century. This year, they are rolli...

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Jun 10, 2017

Industrial manufacturers typically experienced single-digit revenue growth through the 1990s, but most recently, growth has slowed tremendously for many companies. All industrial manufacturing sectors, from industrial machinery and tools to industria...

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Jun 10, 2017

Manufacturing is an old process that has changed little in recent years. Worse than that, it is part of an older business process that many argue is no longer fit for the needs of the electronics market. New paradigms in buying patterns are putting p...

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Jun 10, 2017

Before setting out on any project, the end-goals based on desired benefits need to be decided on. The scope and depth of the project, especially the budget, is important. In the case of Industry 4.0 and Smart factories where implemented on a site-wid...

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Jun 10, 2017

What does the “Internet of Things” mean for electronics manufacturing? Is it a practical solution to the challenges facing the industry today? For the Internet of Things to be possible in manufacturing, a key bottleneck must be overcome: ...

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Jun 06, 2017

ORC International's report "Implications of Inaccurate Forecasting on Biologics Drug Substance Manufacturing" explores the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to forecasting challenges specifically related to biopharmaceutical...

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Jun 06, 2017

Consultants play a critical role in ensuring the long-term success of small biopharmaceutical companies, though much of their work happens behind the scenes. From lifecycle planning to marketing advice, consultants help fill gaps in knowledge while h...

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Jun 06, 2017

This white paper outlines and refutes the six most common myths and misconceptions that exist about cloud ERP software solutions for manufacturing. There’s no doubt that cloud computing is one of the most talked-about, important and disruptive ...

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Jun 01, 2017

Hazards that may place consumers at risk can arise at any point during a product's lifecycle. The FDA Importer Guidance includes recommendations concerning preventive controls firms can implement to mitigate these hazards.

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Jun 01, 2017

Governments around the world are increasingly putting emphasis on the interplay between manufacturing, innovation and economic growth. The 20th-century model where technological innovation was driven by a small number of countries with a handful of r...

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May 26, 2017

High-frequency (HF) RFID solutions have a complementary technology in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID. UHF technologies can provide manufacturing and logistics operators with longer read ranges and faster read speeds. Also, its simultaneous tag-r...

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May 25, 2017

The development of blockchain - a digital technology used to record transactions between business partners or to store data – is causing huge excitement in financial sectors. The technology promises to deliver a trusted, distributed ledger that...

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May 25, 2017

Manufacturing companies are benefiting from technology in most key areas of the flow from design through manufacture. This applies to the wire harness industry which is a key element of the modern automotive industry. Wire harness manufacturing engin...

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May 24, 2017

Robots and automation are an integral part of the manufacturing industry today, enhancing human intervention to process control, coordination, and higher order decision making. Automation is not a new age concept in Business Process Management (BPM) ...

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May 23, 2017

The international regenerative medicines market – which includes the likes of cell therapies, gene/gene-modified cell therapy, and tissue engineering – is set to climb to around $67 billion by 2020. Alongside, discovering therapies that w...

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May 20, 2017

Touch and tactile sensor are devices which measures the parameters of a contact between the sensor and an object. This interaction obtained is confined to a small defined region. This contrasts with a force and torque sensor that measures the total f...

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May 19, 2017

From a medical device manufacturer’s standpoint, tooling is often the least focused upon element in a product development process. Yet, tool design often has significant impact on product quality and cost; production scalability; and on-time de...

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May 16, 2017

One of the easiest, most cost-effective ways to increase your efficiency is through the use of RFID technology. RFID makes data collection easy and can eliminate the human dependency and errors. In the food industry, RFID can increase traceability an...

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May 15, 2017

The senior Cox was passionate about manufacturing and had a prowess for solving engineering problems. Those were the cornerstones on which he built a business that today is a leading supplier of precision machining services throughout the US Southwes...

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May 10, 2017

Global markets often drive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to outsource on a global scale as well. In some cases, the outsourcing strategy puts production near end markets to reduce time to market and logistics costs. In other cases, the goal...

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May 10, 2017

More quickly responding to changing markets and consumer tastes? Meeting the needs of consumers who are more connected, informed and outspoken? Contending with new competitors, like online food providers, specialty producers or supermarket brands? Co...

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May 08, 2017

Dimensional Metrology Systems facilitate critical measurement of medical parts, but the selection of a metrology system can be challenging. A wide range of options exists for hardware and software which can be combined to create different types of sy...

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May 08, 2017

Butt splices aren’t the easiest things in the world to handle. The small, circular component designed to join two ends, or butts, of two objects together without overlapping, have been known to slip through fingers when inserting a wire connect...

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May 04, 2017

A decade before the American Revolution, Glasgow instrument maker James Watt was assigned with repairing a Newcomen steam engine. He quickly realized the design could be improved by adding an external condenser coil, which greatly increased thermal e...

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May 01, 2017

Whether called Industry 4.0, Industrie 4.0, Smart Manufacturing or even China 2025, the basic idea is the same: The entire manufacturing value chain is experiencing a technology-driven transition in terms of capabilities and expectations.

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May 01, 2017

While hyperbolic claims may prompt you to question the value of such initiatives as Industry 4.0 and digital transformation, they can be strategically valuable and directly actionable. In the specialty chemicals manufacturing industry, where most org...

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May 01, 2017

Contract manufacturers have played a significant role in the medical device industry for decades, and that role will be expanding in the years to come – some analysts expect the volume of devices built by contract manufacturers to double in the...

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May 01, 2017

Competing in global markets requires OEMs and suppliers to continuously seek ways to more effectively communicate manufacturing requirements when bringing products to market. The collection of manufacturing requirements can be referred to as the prod...

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May 01, 2017

Following one of the most difficult economic environments in decades, manufacturers around the world have been reevaluating their ERP systems. Aerospace and defense manufacturers, automotive suppliers, food and beverage manufacturers and others are l...

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Apr 21, 2017

It was just a few years ago that the world of automation was dominated by fieldbuses with serial protocols such as CAN and Profibus, as well as central industrial control systems. Communication protocols based on the transfer of data packets (Etherne...

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Apr 10, 2017

This report outlines the current status of additive manufacturing (AM) research internationally and nationally, with a focus on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats posing UK AM research. AM is a technique which enables the creation ...

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Apr 05, 2017

PwC’s 2016 Global Industry 4.0 Survey is the biggest worldwide survey of its kind, with over 2,000 participants from nine major industrial sectors and 26 countries. The study explores the benefits of digitizing your company’s horizontal a...

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Mar 27, 2017

With the economic upturn, the times of low volume and rationalization are over. Volume is steadily rising for many, and manufacturers are now dealing with a different problem than cost-cutting-how to meet increasing demand after resource cuts and no ...

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Mar 27, 2017

Harness manufacturing is a low margin business where quality, accuracy, and speed are essential to success. A mistake in the specification of even the smallest component is magnified by large production volumes. Discovering an error in the customer s...

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Mar 24, 2017

There are many critical elements to the quality manufacturing of FDA-Approved medical devices. The purpose of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to safeguard the health of the American public through the regulation of certain products, includi...

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Mar 23, 2017

Starting up or growing a manufacturing company can be extremely challenging and involves making numerous crucial decisions regarding financing, location, choosing the right machines, targeting specific market segments, and setting the right team in p...

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Mar 13, 2017

The term Manufacturing Execution System was originally coined to encompass intelligent controllers often called System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), shop-floor data collection, quality management systems and granular scheduling functions (wor...

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Mar 07, 2017

ORC International’s 2016 study highlights issues inherent in forecasting biologic drug substances. From discussions with pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry leaders, it is clear that demand forecasting is a significant challenge when plan...

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Mar 02, 2017

Manufacturers have their own unique systems, processes, and procedures designed around the specific needs and characteristics of their products and markets. Some markets demand the flexibility of batch manufacturing while others benefit from the spee...

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Mar 01, 2017

Until the 21st century, all disruptive innovations followed the same adoption curve. But with exponential technologies and digital connectedness, disruptive innovations now have steeper adoption bell-curves as implementation rates accelerate. 3D prin...

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Mar 01, 2017

The ability to design and fabricate complex, 3D biomedical devices is critical in tissue engineering. Applications for 3D biomedical devices are a restoration of 3D anatomic defects, the reconstruction of complex organs with intricate 3D microarchite...

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Feb 28, 2017

This paper describes the Plex Manufacturing Cloud implementation and training process, a process perfected over hundreds of successes. Plex’s four-phase training takes place in stages: piloting, testing, systems enhancements, and go-live. Targe...

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Feb 20, 2017

This paper highlights what manufacturers need to know to take advantage of barcoding to improve their business performance.‹ The benefits of barcoding are improved accuracy, efficiency, and traceability, along with an ease in adhering to a customer o...

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Feb 16, 2017

Complex discrete manufacturers today are part of multi-faceted, fast-moving supply chains, with the production of distinct items in an increasingly global and competitive environment. Orchestrating the movement of parts and components around the worl...

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Feb 16, 2017

While the memories are painfully fresh, the data would suggest that the Great Recession has come to an end. The housing market has finally addressed the huge inventories (peaking at 12.2 months in January 2009) left by the subprime mortgage market co...

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Feb 15, 2017

The food manufacturing industry comprises food, confectionery, beverage, ingredients, and flavors and extracts manufacturers. New Jersey’s food manufacturing industry is a major component of the state’s food production and distribution co...

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Jan 31, 2017

We are at the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution. The most commonly used terms to describe this development, which is rapidly changing the industrial landscape, are Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, the Internet of Things, cyber-physical ...

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Jan 26, 2017

The goal of Pharmaceutical Process design has long been to implement a fixed process that can produce on-spec materials, which can be confirmed by quality testing. Fortunately, the data-rich nature of the continuous manufacturing process potentially ...

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Jan 24, 2017

Safety is the solid foundation of an enterprise's reliability, the basic requirement for an enterprise's sustainable development, and the most important way to maintain an enterprise's competitiveness. Strengthening safety management and ...

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Jan 23, 2017

Biopharmaceutical companies take on a lot of risks developing new large molecule drugs. With more complex molecules in development, changing capacity needs, uncertain forecasts and increased competition, the market demands flexibility and innovative ...

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Jan 07, 2017

Wire harnesses are vital components within modern transportation platforms such as aircraft and automobiles because they distribute power and signals between the various devices that deliver electrical and electronic functionality. They are also cost...

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Jan 04, 2017

Opportunities to transform an industry are rare, but often they develop from unexpected sources. Long considered an essential yet largely commodity-output business,  biopharmaceutical supply chain management may emerge as a hidden transformation...

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Dec 12, 2016

According to a recent study, the global single-use technology biopharmaceutical market reached $1.7 billion in 2014, a $0.3 billion jump from the year prior. Looking at the period of 2014 - 2019, the market is predicted to expand at a compound annual...

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Nov 30, 2016

Your Computer Aided Design (CAD) file tells the story of your potential part. It holds the data and information about the material, tolerances, geometry, and features. CAD applications use a universal set of surface and solid definitions that make up...

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Nov 15, 2016

The Factory of the Future for process manufacturing is coming, and it’s being built on technology, innovation, and advanced manufacturing capabilities. But what is it, exactly? And what are the technologies you need to know about to help your p...

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Nov 14, 2016

Manufacturing is experiencing a digital transformation with the advance of 3D printing in modern manufacturing facilities. The current strategic imperative is to embrace the breakthrough potential of 3D printing by integrating digital into your organ...

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Nov 01, 2016

Additive technology offers the ability to produce personalized products with lower development costs and shorter lead times during manufacturing and less material waste. It can be used to manufacture complex parts and enables manufacturers to reduce ...

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Nov 01, 2016

Mobility in the workplace sounds all well and good for Fortune 100 companies, but what about in a small to mid-sized manufacturing plant? Can mobility redefine the way manufacturing companies run their businesses and increase their competitive advant...

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Oct 26, 2016

Although the trend in manufacturing has been towards centralization to leverage economies of scale, the recent rapid technical development of open-source 3-D printers enables low-cost distributed bespoke production. This paper explores the potential ...

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Oct 15, 2016

Lean manufacturing’s greatest benefits are from eliminating waste from the many processes manufacturers rely on to anticipate, respond to, fulfill, and serve customers, making it more possible for them to be more aligned to the unmet needs of t...

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Oct 06, 2016

While food and beverage companies are expected to deliver more every day with tighter margins, traceability-and having deep knowledge about what is occurring on the plant floor is more important than ever. Traceability is imperative to avoiding and m...

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Sep 24, 2016

Business and manufacturing professionals are looking for new ways for operations to support improvements to their company’s products, services, and bottom line. At the same time, it’s important to optimize the leverage of their limited hu...

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Sep 19, 2016

From Henry Ford’s moving assembly line to Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota production system, now known as lean production, manufacturers globally have constantly strived to make their operations better. The concept of lean, widely known for its too...

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Sep 04, 2016

As a complex discrete manufacturer today, you’re part of multi-faceted, fast-moving supply chains in an increasingly global and competitive environment. Orchestrating the movement of parts and components around the world is an intricate process...

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Aug 19, 2016

Today’s consumer products manufacturers face intense global competition for market share and profitability. They must manage the challenges of increasing costs, shrinking profit margins, and continually changing buyer preferences in an environm...

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Aug 13, 2016

Faced with increasing global competition, evolving consumer and regulatory demands, and shrinking profit margins, consumer companies are being forced to deliver a growing mix of different products more quickly and at lower cost into the marketplace. ...

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Aug 02, 2016

One of the most critical elements for a pharmaceutical company launching a new drug product is forecasting market demand. Countless variables such as the competitive landscape, reimbursement and market acceptance, influence and contribute to how well...

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Jul 11, 2016

One of the challenges of designing and manufacturing medical devices is the fact that choices made in the product development effort can have a significant impact on regulatory approval lead-time, tooling complexity and cost, and production capabilit...

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Jun 23, 2016

When planning for the development of a new product, a pharmaceutical manufacturer must determine very early in the process what a product’s anticipated demand will be at the time of launch. Because of the arduous road manufacturers must follow ...

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May 20, 2016

The level of process efficiency behind today’s cell and gene therapies is said to rest at a low. The manufacturing behind them is mostly manual, due to the treatments mostly being within early development stages. There are, however, some cases ...

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Apr 29, 2016

Let the good times roll. Headed into 2015, the US manufacturing sector continues moving ahead with purpose, bolstered by a strong economy, low unemployment, cheap oil and advanced manufacturing technologies that are improving productivity, as well as...

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Apr 18, 2016

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a technology that promises to reduce part cost by reducing material wastage and time to market. Furthermore, AM can also enable an increase in design freedom, which potentially results in a weight saving as well as faci...

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Feb 22, 2016

The level of process efficiency behind today’s cell and gene therapies is said to rest at a low. The manufacturing behind them is mostly manual, due to the treatments mostly being within early development stages. There are, however, some cases ...

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Feb 01, 2016

A manufacturer’s sustainable competitiveness depends on its capabilities with respect to cost, delivery, flexibility, and quality. Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) attempt to maximize those capabilities by using advanced technologies that prom...

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The flexibility inherent in our site and resources means that Pearson Engineering can provide adaptable, scalable and optimized solutions to meet the many different needs of our customers. From small-scale support to large-scale production to meet th...

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Optimizing your part design from concept through production will help you eliminate unneeded costs and reduce the time frame to produce your custom injected molded plastic parts. High quality, efficient tooling relies heavily on good part design as w...

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Every product ensures a complex journey that begins at an assembly and ends at delivery to the end user. This journey is never as simple as going from Point A to Point B; it often involves a multifaceted, meticulously-calculated sequence of manufactu...

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Three-dimensional printing of useful objects and machine parts is becoming a reality. 3D printing offers the ability to produce-both rapidly and at low cost-short runs or one-of-a-kind parts. HP’s development of HP Multi Jet Fusion technology i...

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3D printing has become a powerful force in today’s manufacturing industry. The process can take many forms, as the industry offers a variety of materials, methods, and machines. Many businesses struggle to find additive manufacturing solutions ...

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A key component of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte) and the Council on Competitiveness’s (Council) multi-year Manufacturing Competitiveness Initiative, this study emanates from a year-long effort to understand and identify current an...

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Chemical manufacturing creates products by transforming organic and inorganic raw materials using chemical processes. There are over 100,000 chemicals in the marketplace. Chemicals can very broadly be classified into two groups: commodity chemicals a...

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The numbers tell their own story: 11,000 work place devices - from tablets to desktop computers – are assembled here each day. It’s the future of manufacturing made real on the outskirts of a beautiful and historic town. And it works hard...

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The factory production line demands constant process improvement and streamlining. Each factory has its own history of innovation and employees may find it hard to make further improvement. However, operations can be made even more efficient through ...

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A combination of powerful forces – both technological and macro trends – are altering where and how goods are made and shifting labour demand. Jobs will be displaced by automation across global production value chains, but there will also...

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker captured the global importance of the IIoT to manufacturing when she said that “advanced manufacturing is the engine driving the future of both [U.S. and German] economies” at Hannover Messe 2016....

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The globalization of manufacturing puts immense downward pressure on production costs. Manufacturing companies face the challenge of generating productivity improvements in areas that are already relatively efficient. Additionally, providing after-sa...

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Today, Intel manufacturing consistently reaps the benefits of year-over-year improvement in the following areas: Reduced costs. Accurate and timely information in the hands of process engineers improves product cycle time, process equipment uptime, m...

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Half of all UK business leaders fear that their industries face significant digital disruption within the next two years. Whilst manufacturing is the backbone of the UK economy employing 2.6 million people, the UK Manufacturing Review 2016 is quick t...

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It is heartening to know that India is the fastest growing major economy in the world and will continue to be so in the coming years. According to the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects, June 2017, India is projected to grow at a strong 7.2...

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It is well known in the medical device industry that the success of a company is driven by its ability to bring innovative, cost-effective products to market quickly. And, in today’s global medical device market, proactive strategies are needed...

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The Valor NPI software from Mentor Graphics is a unique new product introduction (NPI) solution that seamlessly links printed circuit board (PCB) layout design and manufacturing processes and operations. Valor NPI enables the industry’s first i...

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ODB++ is a complete PCB manufacturing exchange data format that contains all of the data required for defining a PCB product in manufacturing. “ODB” stands for Open Data Base, with the format openly available to anyone who registers as a ...

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An integral engineering element across major industries, from transportation to electronics, thermal management continues to challenge designers in several applications. 3D printing, a.k.a additive manufacturing (AM), offers a unique solution for nex...

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Digital Technology has fundamentally changed the manufacturing landscape. Regardless of what industry your factory serves, information technology and connected systems are making it possible to extract value further through the production lifecycle.

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Additive manufacturing (AM) is having a huge impact on manufacturing and not just in the legacy use for rapid prototyping or the anticipated use of end parts. Businesses are finding that AM can be used to fabricate manufacturing tools, such as jigs, ...

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Industrial equipment is becoming more interconnected and automated. However, leaving the big data gathered from automation unanalyzed ignores business values. Using a cloud-based open IoT operating system, like Siemens MindSphere, engineers can build...

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The technology for 3D printing with metals is poised to effect sweeping changes across the manufacturing sector. If you’re ready to take the plunge and integrate metal additive capabilities into your operation, there are a number of questions y...

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Designing sheet metal parts can be a complex process. Though an end product is designed fully formed and assembled, sheet metal parts actually begin as flat plates. Getting that design manufactured into a physical part requires numerous consideration...

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Engineers often find that manufacturing short runs are costly, time-consuming and impractical. Additive manufacturing, however, has a lot of potentials to optimize these production processes.

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Direct Manufacturing promises a wide variety of metal additive manufacturing applications. This 14-page report is a guide to best practices when designing 3D models for metal 3D prints such as: Minimizing and optimizing necessary support structures, ...

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The location of manufacturing operations is one of the most basic and important strategic decisions. In this ten paged white paper, you will learn how economics, innovation, supply chains and government incentives are convincing manufacturers to rest...

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The analysts at IDC Manufacturing Insights recommend that we all become familiar with the following terms: "Demand aware", "Supply visible” and "Innovation networked". Those concepts will become the three lobes at the c...

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With chemical substitution rising in necessity for many chemical R&D and manufacturing facilities, the chances of technical performance and safety of substitutes can be increased by considering their effectiveness, compatibility, existing control...

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Green chemistry is being implemented in chemical manufacturing to advance sustainability. A scouting survey and recent industry-wide reports find that several green chemistry principles and related metrics are routinely being implemented in the chemi...

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In 2012, shipments from the U.S. manufacturing sector totaled $5.7 trillion. So, what do we make in the United States? This series of manufacturing profiles will answer that question one industry at a time. The focus of this profile is chemicals. Pre...

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These reports would not have been possible without the dedication and insights from individuals around the world who shared their perspectives on this important topic. The Manufacturing for Growth project team would like to thank all involved for con...

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The food business is changing. Food and beverage manufacturers are already experiencing the demand for healthy and eco-friendly packaging; reaping extended shelf life from modified atmosphere packaging; witnessing the development of grocery store hou...

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Today, food manufacturers face significant challenges. Increasing costs, government regulation, safety concerns, margin pressures, and constantly changing consumer tastes are a way of life. It examines these food industry issues, and explains why an ...

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Digital technologies, 3D printing, robotics — how are you using these? Disruptive trends already underway in the manufacturing industry: products are becoming more intelligent, customer expectations are increasing, and new production technologi...

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Companies most often cite sustainability initiatives that improve manufacturing processes by reducing energy use and waste and toxic chemicals. According to a recent global survey of chemical industry executives, companies most often cite sustainabil...

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Transitioning to Industry 4.0 is an emerging imperative for chemical manufacturers. “Smart” equipment, products and factories are transforming how companies do business, both internally and with suppliers and customers. This white paper p...

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The United States has long been known for its automotive leadership. For generations, we’ve helped move the world with our strong foundation of transportation manufacturers and suppliers. Our pool of innovative, skilled talent has been second t...

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From simulated workplaces to industry partnerships, progressive high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, geared toward manufacturing, are implementing creative ideas to sustain and grow. As the skills shortage continues to increase,...

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The position paper identifies specific, actionable tasks in response to recommendations outlined in the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology report of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee. It expresses ...

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Chemical manufacturing is on the verge of a renaissance. Low feedstock costs and more investment capital have generated a spate of new chemical projects. While this growth is a boon to the industry, the resulting increase in transportation demand und...

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Imagine two manufacturers. Both have the same cutting-edge equipment, the same processes, and the same materials. One struggles with continuous improvement and new product development, resulting in lost time and money. The other demonstrates dramatic...

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Over the past several years, the fiber-optic industry has faced many challenges in the production of critical components. One can argue that the downturn—by making it unnecessary to scramble to meet ambitious production quotas—offers a go...

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To begin with, ADVALON® stands for a whole range of top-quality fiber-industry products that are available or can be ordered worldwide. Products such as redispersible powders, dispersions, solid resins, powder binders and surface coating resins f...

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The most important business challenge for manufacturing companies is how to increase the flexibility and speed of production while keeping costs down. One of the key technology is —automation. In response, Fujitsu Peripherals (Kato City, Hyogo)...

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Automation, sensors and data-based monitoring have long been used in manufacturing. But today, advanced networking, real-time controls and machine intelligence are helping to create dramatically new, more efficient and more innovative – that is...

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This whitepaper looks at Australia’s beverage industry, covering both the non-alcoholic and alcoholic sectors. It outlines market and consumer trends, some issues in the market, and an analysis of end-of-packaging-line challenges. Finally, it c...

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The phrase Industry 4.0 has proliferated across trade, business, and national press in recent years, and is largely hailed as the next industrial revolution of the 21st Century. There is currently a general understanding that Industry 4.0 refers to t...

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The U.S. solid-state lighting (SSL) industry sits on the cusp of major technology advances that will revolutionize the industry and greatly accelerate energy efficiency here and around the world. In 2007, lighting manufacturers employed almost 60,000...

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Traditional modes of manufacturing have given way to ‘virtual factories’ and 3D manufacturing. The industry has come a long way and will continue to evolve. This paper throws light on what’s next in this metamorphosis of the manufac...

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Global competition, price deflation and rising commodity costs are eroding product-based profit margins for manufacturers. Developing and delivering superior aftermarket services is, therefore, a competitive priority. Original Equipment Manufacturers...

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With all the buzz around IoT, it is easy for industrial manufacturers and their service business heads to get carried away with the hype and rush headlong in to IoT initiatives. While IoT opens up a world of value creation opportunities for manufactu...

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The Manufacturing industry is realizing benefit ts of mobile applications in driving productivity and optimization, reducing costs, improving efficiency and enabling better field service, however, compared to other industries, enterprise mobility is ...

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Manufacturers spend significant amounts of money on research and development (R&D) to create new products. Unfortunately, globalization and technology have made imitation of products easier. Seeing competitors imitating their new products is a ni...

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Why your shop floor today begs IT as the economy improves, manufacturing is witnessing unprecedented turmoil. Manufacturing is moving to low cost geographies.

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A recent study indicates that manufacturers have a long way to go in using warrenty best practices , data and analytics to bring down their after sales cost.

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The volume, velocity and complexity of data is growing exponentially. equipment, devices process and even consumer actions are generating data.

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Until recently there was a clear route for success in manufacturing. The Changes in the business environment today call for a Renew New approach transform existing systems to meet current business need.

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Business imperatives are changing for every industry, and manufacturing is no exception. Controlling costs and improving efficiency have always been important. However, as manufacturing models change and competition heats up, the primary focus is now...

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Manufacturers large and small are improving their return on investment (ROI) because of the increased productivity that digital technology brings. Digital radios help them streamline processes, automate controls and run operations more efficiently. B...

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A staged approach to process industry product development improves the likelihood that a sellable, profitable, and high-quality product hits the market on time. It allows executives to reevaluate product concepts as they become more refined, within a...

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Manufacturers must strive to overcome this fallacy that branching into uncharted territories to develop new products is wasteful, and against lean philosophies. Innovation can’t be curtailed, as it brings the next generation breakthroughs that will c...

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Many components in the space, electronics and other industries require surrounding materials to be electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe to prevent damage from static discharge. Stratasys has developed an industry-tailored material for these components ...

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Over the past 20 years additive manufacturing technology has migrated from use in rapid prototyping to a full-fledged manufacturing solution, which is referred to as “direct digital manufacturing” (or rapid manufacturing). Increasingly, companies are...

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Direct digital manufacturing (DDM) can be difficult to characterize because it does not fit neatly into previously established categories built around conventional manufacturing processes. Due to its unique processing capacities and innovative advant...

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Manufacturing organizations are using cloud technologies to transform their business and lower IT costs. Forrester Consulting looked at ways manufacturers benefit from Microsoft Office 365 and found it lowered the solution’s total cost of ownership (...

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Since the end of the Great Recession, much of the public’s attention on America’s manufacturing renaissance has centered on the return of a significant, but relatively small, number of manufacturing jobs. More than 5.7 million manufacturing jobs were...

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For this report, we surveyed more than 130 manufacturers on the technologies they rely on and the tools they plan to incorporate in the coming years. Respondents are both global and growing: 89 percent of respondents reported rising revenue during th...

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Strategic management of the supply chain is a critical component of product development and life cycle planning, as well as a necessary element for risk mitigation. Leading companies no longer treat it as a tactical cost center that is purely an oper...

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What does a sustainable food and drink manufacturing business look like in Great Britain today? How will this change in the future? What will a sustainable factory look like in 2050? How will the needs of customers and society change, and how will th...

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Let’s take another walk, this one through the Periodic Table of the Elements. Yes, most of us learned about the elements in high school chemistry class, but it’s probably been a while, so a refresher might be in order. We’ll zoom through most of it. ...

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Over the past decade, drug shortages and product recalls in the US have occurred at unprecedented rates, limiting patient access to critical medicines and undermining health care. A majority of these shortages and recalls have been due to manufacturi...

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This white paper discusses the importance of the network fabric in today’s information-enabled manufacturing environments, outlines the steps that proactive manufacturers can take to capture its full value for years to come and describes a four-stage...

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This white paper is the first in a series in which PwC shares insights generated from interactions with companies facing the Industry 4.0 challenge. The central theme of this particular white paper is additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing...

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Conditions for U.S. manufacturing are certainly better than they were a decade ago, as employment and output are both growing, albeit slowly. Despite this improvement, there is not yet evidence to support the notion of a U.S. manufacturing renaissanc...

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The health of the U.S. manufacturing sector has long been of great concern to Congress. The decline in manufacturing employment since the start of the 21st century has stimulated particular congressional interest. The Obama Administration has underta...

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As the manufacturing sector is poised to enter a new era—with additive manufacturing, cluster manufacturing, and near-shoring—and as digitization of the shop floor is creating new connections and new data streams, the need for responsiveness is more ...

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This new era of consumers is also increasingly difficult to define, no longer neatly fitting into traditional marketing segments. With the rise of emerging markets and micro-segments, manufacturing is confronting the challenge of mass customization. ...

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Many components in the space, electronics and other industries require surrounding materials to be electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe to prevent damage from static discharge. Stratasys has developed an industry-tailored material for these components ...

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This white paper describes how the affordable Mojo 3D Printer enables users to turn designs into reality without leaving their desk. Through case studies and expert perspectives, readers will learn about applications in the following areas: Making id...

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Sustainability is often pigeonholed as a purely “green” initiative. Manufacturers feel pushed to implement sustainable processes to comply with governing and other regulatory bodies and to appear a good corporate citizen. However, sustainability offe...

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At DHL we are experts in supply chain management and aim to understand our customers’ businesses and markets. That said, we are convinced that customers are also our most important source of information. We therefore asked a number of key customers a...

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Additive manufacturing (AM) has the potential to create geometrically complex parts that require a high degree of customization, using less material and producing less waste. Recent studies have shown that AM can be an economically viable option for ...

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If you can believe that Imagination plus Innovation equals Realization, then the imagination part begins with thinking in an unconventional sense. Whether it is an old or stillunrealized manufacturing model, the goals are always the same profitabilit...

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Japan’s economy has been steadily on an upward trend, while the positive effects of Abenomics have been seen. Corporate earnings have improved mainly in the manufacturing industry, and also there is a growing movement towards raising wages, whi...

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According to a survey by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) in 2014, 82% of organizations who have implemented smart manufacturing claimed to have experienced increased efficiency. “49 % reported fewer product defects and 45 % experienced i...

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There is nothing new about a quest for an Optimal weld. Attempts to improve weld quality are a routine challenge for most folks in the welding industry.

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As FabTrol Pro product manager, Brian combines his bent for technology with real-world steel fabrication knowledge. Fabricators sometimes discover that a shop or bay is late on work they should be doing while focusing on work that doesn’t ship ...

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In the last decades, the manufacturing ecosystem witnessed an unprecedented evolution of disruptive technologies forging new opportunities for manufacturing companies to cope the ever growing market pressure.

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Manufacturers struggle to get real insight and realize payoff from Smart Manufacturing data. The key challenge is in the foundational step: building better data which requires capturing, structuring, integrating, and enriching machine data. This proc...

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Manufacturing is one of the fastest-changing industries in the world, as such the industry faces tough challenges and intense global competition; so intense that if decisions aren’t made swiftly and intelligently, it could have devastating effe...

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Recognizing the importance of production to their industrial future, countries have launched programmes to support the deployment of these technologies to their domestic manufacturers. Included in this schematic diagram are additional topics that fil...

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Luckily, the manufacturing world is also rapidly evolving. Connected, information-enabled manufacturing – or smart manufacturing – is creating new opportunities to help you better understand your operations and get more from them. Smart m...

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3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has been described as a disruptive technology that powers the next industrial revolution, thus transforming the way designers visualize concepts, companies do business and manufacturers develop and c...

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CPG Manufacturing continues to feel pressure to perform. This low margin industry is consistently challenged to do more with less but still deliver the same quality necessary to protect their brand. The Rockwell Software CPG Integration Gateway appli...

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The question is not if but when companies need to consider 3D printing. A.T.Kearney is helping forward-thinking players over-come the challenges and take advantage of powerful opportunities in this next generation of manufacturing.

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The Engineering & Manufacturing (E&M1 ) sector is on the brink of change. The trends we identify and describe in this paper confirm that E&M companies are getting ready for fundamentally new and competitive market conditions over the next...

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We see incredible opportunities in high-growth industries like advanced manufacturing, information technology, and health care. Many dynamic companies in these sectors aren’t just expanding their workforces. They are creating jobs that pay midd...

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The aerospace industry was built on the vision and dreams of entrepreneurs and risk-takers who have continually pushed the limits of technological innovation. Guided missile and space vehicles (and related parts) manufacturing employment has grown by...

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The history of manufacturing is a story of change. From the earliest industrial process innovation of mechanizing the manufacture of textiles with power generated by a centralized mill in 18th century England, to the computer-aided shop floor of toda...

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Many manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path towards a “5S” workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. Many companies are seeking to making opera...

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Gear production has long been one of the most complicated metal cutting processes among manufacturers. Modern advancements in full 5-axis multi-tasking machines, however, have given shops the ability to easily and cost effectively cut any desired gea...

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Pharmaceutical manufacturers are implementing vacuum conveying technologies to deliver drugs to consumers faster, safer and more economically. The increasing use of vacuum conveying systems, is due in part, from FDA guidance and clarifications that a...

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The use of aqueous cleaning in pharmaceutical manufacturing can provide numerous benefi ts in terms of effectiveness, minimal surface residue, and easier cleaning validation. Virtually any pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment — from tablet pr...

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You can’t fix what you haven’t measured, and you can’t measure unless you collect, correlate and analyze the right data. What is the right data? That’s a trick question – all the data is the right data. Collecting it is ...

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The United States is a major global producer of manufacturing technology, including emerging sectors like additive manufacturing. With over $8.1 billion worth of exported machinery in 2015, U.S. producers provide a broad array of high-tech equipment ...

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The continuing practice of counterfeiting and diverting drugs has given rise to the need for sophisticated anticounterfeiting technology. Counterfeiting is a major issue for drug manufacturers, as the unauthorized diversion and falsification of drug ...

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Big Pharma tends to outsource later in the development pipeline, potentially phase 3 towards commercialization to decide if they will manufacture the product in-house. Every one of these moves strategically changes what’s going on within t...

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Recent advances in nanoscience are bringing novel opportunities to master matter at a nano-scale size, leading to the creation of even more complex, hybrid structures by both new top-down fabrication and bottom-up manufacturing techniques. QbD emphas...

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As FDA guidelines evolve and drug products on the market begin to age, Bio/Pharmaceutical  manufacturers face scrutiny of the original methods used to support these products.Therefore, manufacturers must re-evaluate these methods to ensure they ...

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A mid-size pharmaceutical company with a promising active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) was ready to move into clinical trials. However, the company needed to outsource manufacturing to a contract provider with the equipment to scale its formula fo...

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As FDA guidelines evolve and drug products on the market begin to age, Bio/Pharmaceutical anufacturers face scrutiny of the original methods used to support these products. Therefore, manufacturers must re-evaluate these methods to ensure they comply...

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When it comes to manufacturing, there is no bigger story than the impact of globalization. As the world flattens and interconnects more than ever before, the global market becomes a winner-takes-all affair. The global economy rewards manufacturers th...

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We were curious: how do manufacturers practice project management across their organizations? Do they find it valuable? And how do they envision project management playing a role in their business strategy in 2017? These questions led us to surveying...

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Flavivirus vaccine development and production constitute many challenges and can be both space-and resource-consuming. This white paper gives an overview of modern tools and solutions, adding flexibility and speed to both upstream and downstream oper...

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The benefits of employing aqueous cleaning in pharmaceutical manufacturing are numerous. Virtually any pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment from tablet press to a stainless steel mixing tank can achieve their defined critically clean criteria using...

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That’s the number one reason manufacturers purchase and implement ERP software. ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. It is a comprehensive system that includes all the software pieces you might need to run your manufacturing operation. ...

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If you see companies in your industry outpacing their peers, the secret is likely to be the implementation of an ERP software system that has streamlined their processes and enabled them to meet their Lean Manufacturing goals and standards. They&rsqu...

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Successful negotiation of the right deal for Britain will require closer cooperation than ever before  between Government and industry. For manufacturers, trade will be one of the most important measures of success. More specifically, the conclu...

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The research-based vaccine manufacturers are committed to the goals set by the Decade of Vaccines (DoV) Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2012. Our industry believes in the value innovation can bring in improvi...

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Engineer-to-order & Make-to –order custom Manufacturers. Genius Engineering to Manufacturers. New compare and merge feature, allowing a fluid transaction of the bill of material. Synchronize product design with factory production with direc...

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Before implementing its SMART manufacturing infrastructure, Alcoa had data silos across the plant and business units. This required collecting data manually from different data sources, individual spreadsheets, and more. To begin the transformation t...

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The U.S. solid-state lighting (SSL) industry sits on the cusp of major technology advances that will revolutionize the industry and greatly accelerate energy efficiency here and around the world. In 2007, lighting manufacturers employed almost 60,000...

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The mechanical nature of manufacturing is an illusion. Today’s products are largely dependent on data availability, with the manufacturing line at the hub of an expanding digital network connecting suppliers, distributors, partners, and custome...

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The metals industry is a cyclical business that rides the ebb-and-flow of raw material pricing and mounting pressure from global competition. The homegrown legacy systems currently in place can’t keep pace with the changing market dynamics.Meta...

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Understanding the effects of processing a polymer on its molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, and solution viscosity are important to manufacturers. Two different sets of PLA samples were analyzed for this Application Note. The first set ...

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Atlantic Coast Crushers manufactures and sells innovative size reduction machinery for use in the Chemical Process Industries. We specialize in designing machinery that uses impact to shatter chunks, lumps, and agglomerations formed from friable mate...

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Industrial organizations today are under tremendous pressure to not only stay competitive, but to establish themselves as industry leaders. For many companies, the challenge to achieve operational performance at a top quartile level often appears dif...

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In a fast-changing market environment, and despite the promise of modern-day product planning and evolving manufacturing systems, production-oriented businesses face daunting challenges. Factories aren't going away -- but they are changing and th...