LEVERAGING ERP TO DRIVE OPERATING PERFORMANCE FOR METALS PRODUCERS AND SERVICE CENTERS

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.Metals producers are not manufacturers in the traditional sense. They don’t put things together; rather, they transform material from one form to another. It is an all-in-one continuous process that doesn’t mirror what is happening at the automotive factory, for example. Of course, every industry has its economic ups and downs, but the pressures of the metal industry flow upstream to directly impact their customers ranging from automotive and aerospace manufacturers to construction companies

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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METALS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

whitePaper | July 31, 2022

Additive Manufacturing (AM) developments go back several decades, but stereolithography was the first commercial use of AM in the late 1980s using polymeric materials, and was widely used initially in the automotive industry sector. The aerospace industry adopted AM in the mid-1990s using polymer AM parts for non-structural production applications, and there are now a multitude of AM parts on commercial aircraft such as air ducts, brackets, and clips.

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Security:Remote Access in the World of Manufacturing

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

Mpac’s remote service helps industrial manufacturers to keep up daily production, identify and resolve problems, and improve processes - all without a physical visit on site. We have been connecting machines to our network since 2004 and thousands of devices worldwide. Using a VPN service, we can access hardware and software, to service and debug the machines remotely.

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AUTONOMOUS SWEEPERS IN MODERN PRODUCTION FACILITIES

whitePaper | June 12, 2022

Automation has been a driving force behind greater productivity and efficiency in manufacturing companies since the 1980s. In the 2020s, a new generation of applications will enable even more production companies to benefit from the potential of automated processes. Advances in sensor technology and networking enable increasingly complex tasks to be performed reliably and safely by robots. Thanks to high-performance sensor technology, they can automatically react to many changing circumstances. Connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), the robots automatically provide information about progress and incidents. Via a remote connection, the IoT technology can be provided with new instructions, monitored, and remotely operated if necessary.

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Industrial Sustainability: Moving Sustainability Forward In Manufacturing

whitePaper | August 9, 2023

The industrial sector contributed approximately one-third of the 35 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted in 2020. Industrial market engagement is going to be crucial to meet the climate change targets being set by governments around the world. However, challenges extend beyond just the industry’s carbon footprint, with concerns around raw material depletion, harmful emissions, pollution, and water consumption.

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Discrete manufacturing in a changing world

whitePaper | March 2, 2020

Discrete manufacturers in Great Britain and around the world have undergone huge transformation in this fourth Industrial Revolution – for a number of reasons. A combination of factors that include economic and market uncertainty, changing customer expectations around technology and a fast-moving green agenda are putting pressure on businesses to hone their supply chains and explore more sustainable and digital business models.

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Industry 4.0 Business Model Dilemma for OEMs

whitePaper | September 14, 2023

Industry 4.0 is often associated with the Smart Factory and from a technical perspective, it focuses on the end-to-end digitization of all physical assets in a manufacturing value chain and integrating it into digital ecosystems with value chain partners.

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