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Contoro picks up $12M to scale container unloading robots

Robotics Business Review

Unloading trailers and containers is a labor-intensive task that has been difficult to automate, but a number of companies have made progress. Were bringing AI-powered automation that enhances reliability, safety, and efficiencyallowing warehouse teams to shift from hazardous, repetitive tasks to more strategic and value-added roles.

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Top 6 Challenges in Warehouse Management & How to Overcome Them

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

As covered in our previous blog , warehousing and distribution management is of critical importance. Actionable Steps : Assess Current Procurement Processes: Systematically identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in your procurement cycle. Your warehouse is like the beating heart of your supply chain.

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The Future of Reshoring: Building a Stronger & More Resilient Manufacturing Base

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Domestic Infrastructure: The Backbone of Reshoring A critical factor in reshoring success lies in domestic infrastructure, particularly in three key areas: transportation, warehousing , and logistics. Without modern, efficient infrastructure, the benefits of reshoring could be lost to bottlenecks and inefficiencies.

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Reducing Prep Work With Precision Blanks

Modern Machine Shop

Keeping the workpieces in a production line as similar as possible is vital, as variances in dimensions can lead to machining errors or automation failures. But squaring blanks can also be a bottleneck that demands valuable machining time and slows down throughput. Heavily automated machine cells can see especially good results. .

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The Future of Smart Supply Chain with Industry 4.0

ATS

Smart procurement and warehousing: Sensor technology and data analytics can work hand-in-hand with AI and machine learning processes to enable smart procurement and warehousing — the practice of monitoring and analyzing inventory, ordering, fulfillment, and vendors in real-time and making decisions based on current scenarios and information.

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How to overcome obstacles to industrial data analytics

Control Engineering

Laurie Cavanaugh, director of business development, E Tech Group , and Matt Ruth, president of Avanceon , explain data analytic bottlenecks and how to overcome them in this partial transcript from the April 21, 2022, RCEP PDH webcast (archived for 1 year), “ Just enough industrial data analysis? The final barrier is data warehousing.

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Supply Chain Chaos: How Companies Are Responding and Adapting to the New Reality

21st Century Tech

But when we ordered a sofa trundle bed we ran up against a supply chain bottleneck. Recently, the CBS news program, 60 Minutes , ran a piece describing the very problem with global supply chain bottlenecks in the port of Los Angeles that likely had befouled our sofabed purchase. We repainted. No problem. We then ordered it.