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The automation best addressing supply-chain and labor issues

Design World

In its wake, the COVID pandemic left lingering supply-chain issues that are still affecting manufacturing and other automated industries. Now some slowdowns at least have cleared.

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Reduce Your Turbulence With An Agile Supply Chain

Cisco Industrial Automation

Uncertain global environments around trade and other geo-political events have made agile supply chains the difference between a firm’s success, survival, or failure. This is because of poor visibility, high data latency, and the unstructured nature of data present in many of today’s distributed supply chain networks.

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Simulation Helps Solve Supply Chain Problems

Automation World

As supply chains become increasingly perceived as strategic tools for business performance and growth, simulation technologies can help govern logistical calculations among entities and help those entities adjust to changing circumstances.

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The Next Phase of Supply Chain is Here. Are You Ready?

Automation World

Supply chain disruption remains a persistent challenge. Companies, especially in North America, are responding by rethinking global supply chain networks for greater resilience and flexibility.

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Agility Amid Tariffs & Supply Chain Disruptions

Speaker: Karan Talati: CEO and Co-Founder of First Resonance

Tariffs, automation, and supply chain disruptions are forcing manufacturers to adapt fast or fall behind. The rules of manufacturing are shifting—are you ready?

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Reshoring and supply-chain security

Design World

Discrete automation with motion systems and complementary forms of warehousing technologies remain core to reshoring and making supply chains more robust in the years since COVID-19. Meet the Experts Brian Burke | Product manager III •… The post Reshoring and supply-chain security appeared first on Design World.

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Budget for growth but markets and supply chain matter

SMMT

It was positive, therefore, that government reiterated its £2 billion commitment to automotive transformation funding as part of its modern Industrial Strategy, a commitment which promises to support the scaling up of manufacturing as we transition to net zero, digitalisation and automation. The cost of doing business, however, also matters.

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Accelerate Americas Manufacturing Agility & Supply Chain Resilience

Discover how to accelerate manufacturing agility and build supply chain resilience in our live webinar on February 6, 2025, at 3 PM PST. Learn from historical examples and modern approaches to innovation while uncovering how AI and real-time data can automate processes, strengthen supply chain operations, and ensure scalability.

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The Supply Chain in 2025: What to Expect

In 2025, the Supply Chain continues its evolution toward “Logistics 4.0,” inspired by Industry 4.0. Two major characteristics define this transformation: automation, driven by robotic solutions, and prediction, paving the way for an era of planning and simulation powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).