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Jordan K. Speer | April 28, 2020

The coronavirus has dealt a stunning blow to supply chains, logistics and fulfillment, shutting businesses and economies down and revealing many of the vulnerabilities they contain. Like other epidemics and pandemics, but unlike most other disasters we commonly encounter (earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, fires, political unrest) that involve physical destruction of buildings and infrastructure, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on supply chains because it has knocked people out of the game. Factories, wa...

IndustryWeek | February 12, 2020

As manufacturers begin to integrate AI solutions into production lines, data scarcity has emerged as a major challenge. Unlike consumer Internet companies, which have data from billions of users to train powerful AI models, collecting massive training sets in manufacturing is often not feasible. For example, in automotive manufacturing, where lean Six Sigma practices have been widely adopted, most OEMs and Tier One suppliers strive to have fewer than three to four defects per million parts. The ...

Pfizer | October 19, 2020

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun manufacturing hundreds of thousands of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine ahead of its expected approval next month. The UK’s Daily Mail on Sunday published video showing a manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium with thousands of doses of the vaccine coming off the production line. Pfizer said last week it expects to file for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in late November, around two weeks after the November 3 US pres...

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Aerobotix | August 31, 2022

Automated painting system gets aircraft back in the sky 80% faster, saving U.S. Air Force $8.8 million since 2016 HUNTSVILLE, Ala.,  Aug. 31, 2022  – Aerobotix, an AS9100-certified FANUC r...