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TechTarget | March 29, 2019

Production planning in manufacturing is a vital part of operations management, despite the fact that most production planning applications don't really plan anything. Traditional planning systems, including material requirements planning and its derivatives, do a great job of sorting out the varying requirements and dates. They then apply a type of fixed logic to that mass of data and lay out a plan or schedule that seems reasonable and may actually work. But any experienced planner will tel...

ELEMENTUM 3D | January 13, 2020

Additive manufacturing research and development company Elementum 3D has received investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas through its Series A funding round. The undisclosed amount has been given to Elementum in order to support its endeavours in the development of advanced metal, composites and ceramic materials for 3D printing. It represents SCOA’s fourth investment in the additive manufacturing market, after backing aerospace supplier Sintavia, manufacturer AREVO, and service b...

Manufacturing Global | January 13, 2020

Shannon Murphy, Assistant Head of Risk Underwriting and manufacturing specialist at Euler Hermes, examines the last 12 months and explains where the risks lie for the sector in the year ahead. Manufacturers around the world have had a challenging year in 2019. The impact of the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China and uncertainty surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from the EU have both contributed to the slowing of the global economy, which will have given the sector’s leaders...

Outsourcing-Pharma.com | January 13, 2020

BMS and Catalent disclosed the deal for the site in June, at which time they hoped to work through the regulatory approvals and union consultations needed to close the transaction by the end of the year. One week into 2020, Bristol-Myers revealed it had closed the deal. The deal covers a 19,300-square-meter manufacturing facility in Anagni, a town in central Italy, that lists cardiovascular, neuroleptics, anticancer, metabolic and anti-inflammatory medicines among the drugs it makes and packages...