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Bottleneck Analysis in Lean Manufacturing

ATS

This means bottlenecks are in many ways the natural adversaries of lean principles. Any point along your supply chain or production line where activity is throttled, for any reason, becomes a serious hindrance to your efficiency. Allowing bottlenecks to exist in your processes and facilities hinders your true potential.

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CynLr raises Series A funding to realize robot vision for ‘universal factory’

Robotics Business Review

It is developing technology to enable robots to manipulate objects of any shape, color, size, and form toward its “universal factory” or “factory-as-a-product” concept. This is the significant technological bottleneck that the team at CynLr is solving, paving the way for long-overdue evolution in automation.

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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. AM makes the supply chain independent from consumer demand and reduces waste.

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Modern digital technologies and Cloud plays a prominent role in the transformation of supply chains: Kaushik Mitra, Senior Director, Oracle   

Dinesh Mishra

Today, with the vulnerability of supply chains coupled with changing consumer expectations, supply chain management has become a critical area for the overall smooth functioning of operations for supply-oriented businesses. Kaushik Mitra, Senior Director, Oracle .

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Right-shoring and Innovation in Oral Dosage Forms Emerge as Top Growth Opportunities for Small Molecule Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMO)

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

The sourcing of key raw materials by Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations CDMOs was severely impacted and continues as a significant bottleneck post-COVID. Growth Opportunity 1—Innovative and Connected Packaging Solutions Pharmaceutical companies continue to face sustainability, serialization, and supply-chain issues.

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Young Guns shoot for AI automated shipping container

Manufacturer's Monthly

For the past 12 months, a YGCC team have been working with Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub (ARM) Hub and Queensland University of Technology School of Design to investigate automation of the container destuffing process to improve safety, productivity, and efficiency in the supply chain.

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MRO Inventory Optimization

ATS

MRO inventory optimization is crucial for supply chain efficiency , helping to ensure products are available and that you have transparency in your companys movement of goods required to keep up with predictive maintenance tasks. Improving MRO inventory plays a strategic role in managing the supply chain.