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Nokia AIMS Releases “True” Automated Inventory Counting Capability

Gary Mintchell

Perhaps automation could have helped. Enables warehouses to automate inventory counting with higher accuracy and increased efficiency than manual counting. Top management awarded the task of the accuracy of the bills of material to me for several years. Counting was a royal pain in the behind.

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Custom Integrator Streamlines Panel Building

Automation World

Using Weidmuller’s Configurator, Blue Collar Automation simplified its control panel design process by using the software platform to select components, lay out panel designs, generate bills of materials and order parts.

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A BOM-Centered Digital Thread

Automation World

Definitions of the digital thread tend to vary, but Siemens’ bills of material approach gets to the core of data usage from engineering design through to the supply chain.

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Smart manufacturing, MES, automation make good business sense

Control Engineering

MES and automation and control systems work together to ensure the steps are executed properly and completely before moving on to the next step. Properly deploying an MES can result in reductions in material and labor costs, productivity and batch yield increases and reduction in material waste.

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Accelerate Program of Pittsburgh Robotics Factory opens applications for its third cohort

Robotics Business Review

Sector-specific programming includes understanding how to manufacture at scale and cost, developing a bill of materials, and designing for manufacturing and assembly. Journey Robotics : Journey Robotics offers an automated system to improve the safety and efficiency of loading, unloading, handling, and throughout of passenger cargo.

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Imagry moves to make buses autonomous without mapping

Robotics Business Review

A $30,000 car is different from a $60,000 car, with different hardware stacks and bills of materials, such as camera or compute,” said Ofir. ” Imagry has joined Partners for Automated Vehicle Education ( PAVE ) and will be exhibiting at CES in January 2025. and Japan sometime in 2027.”

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The future of safety in robotics with Ouster Lidar

Robotics Business Review

” The company said continuous design optimization has reduced the total bill-of-materials (BOM) costs by 70%. James Peng, co-founder and CEO of Pony.ai said: 2025 marks the inaugural year of Pony.ais mass-produced robotaxis.” Its wide array of innovative components has proven to be critical to customers success.