Metrology

MAY 7, 2023

As the demand for precision manufacturing continues to rise, automated metrology systems are emerging as a game-changer in the industry. The post Automated Metrology – From Bottleneck to Productivity appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 18, 2023

US manufacturers have been moving the actual making of products out of the country for many years. We’ve seen Germany and Italy and China aggressively move to strengthen manufacturing in their countries. Only recently has there been a concerted effort to bolster manufacturing here. This, of course, is a concern for this country.

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Control.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Realtime Robotics has partnered with HLS Engineering Group to enhance automation cell optimization, aiming to eliminate production bottlenecks and reduce cycle times within a matter of weeks.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JANUARY 3, 2024

While visiting a manufacturing facility I always ask the same question to the production manager even though I know the answer: “Are you busy?” Answering questions along those lines starts the conversation around how we identify bottlenecks so that we can eliminate processes that are not creating a profit. They’re always busy.

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Control.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Inside the walls of a manufacturing or storage facility, AI is used heavily to prevent shortages and bottlenecks. Learn about the algorithms used within various warehouse applications.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This new relationship expands the Fanuc system’s capabilities by enabling the automation of manual gauging processes, helping manufacturers eliminate bottlenecks and improve productivity. New Scale Robotics has formed a new partnership with Fanuc Americas as an Authorized Systems Integrator.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Retrocausal, a leading platform provider for manufacturing process management, today announced a $5.3M Funding will be used to meet the increased market demand for its proprietary generative AI technology, Retrocausal’s Kaizen Copilot software for Manufacturing Assembly Optimization. The funding was straightforward.

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The Guardian Manufacturing

JULY 25, 2022

Supply bottlenecks, cost pressures and softer demand hit British industry Growth in UK factories’ order books and output has slowed to its weakest in 18 months as cost pressures, supply bottlenecks and softer demand hit British industry.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 20, 2023

In times of increasing volatility, the interaction of a multitude of network partners and global market forces, manufacturing companies need reliable data to make decisions in real-time. Jedox provides just that, helping manufacturing companies improve data quality, break down data silos and accelerate planning cycles.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

• CAM Assist Cycle Time Estimator, a new solution from CloudNC, uses AI to accelerate how quickly machinists can estimate new work will take - a bottleneck in any machine shop • By automating the estimation process for multiple parts simultaneously, Cycle Time Estimator allows CAM Assist users to turn around estimates for 3+2 axis parts up to 20 times (..)

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The balance between dependable suppliers and cost-effective materials seems to have reached its end for discrete manufacturers. The escalation of prices introduces a ‘knock-on’ effect, with each supplier passing on the burden to the next, ultimately squeezing the already struggling margins of manufacturers.

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Robotics Automation News

MAY 15, 2023

nTopology, the developer of generative design software for engineering, and EOS, an industrial 3D printing company, are developing a new “Implicit Interop” capability, solving what they see as “a major bottleneck in the additive manufacturing workflow”.

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3D printing Bottleneck Additive manufacturing Manufacturing 104

Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

labor can be a major bottleneck. TGW Logistics’ PickCenter can help alleviate this bottleneck in the automation process. It works with customers in the fashion and apparel, grocery, manufacturing, and consumer goods industries.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Without modern, efficient infrastructure, the benefits of reshoring could be lost to bottlenecks and inefficiencies. The smooth flow of goods is essential to a thriving manufacturing base, but aging roads, congested highways, and outdated rail and port systems can become obstacles.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 18, 2024

The Seeq AI Assistant provides organizations with the opportunity to further de-bottleneck their most precious resource – the people at the frontlines of their processes and decisions. The post Seeq Announces Generative AI Capabilities with Seeq AI Assistant appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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Artificial Intelligence Bottleneck Manufacturing 130

Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Video as a sensor has been a topic for several posts here at The Manufacturing Connection. You have been trying to point out bottlenecks to production on your machine. The video analytics point out the bottleneck. You are an operator on a production line. Vindicated. Proof in the data. The video is not for spying on employees.

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Plastics News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

While there may still be many plastics processors that continue to experience bottlenecks in the supply chain, a growing number of manufacturers now find themselves struggling with just the opposite problem — oversupply and lagging demand.

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MRPEasy

JULY 18, 2023

Production efficiency indicates how much a production unit manufactures with the given amount of resources. Measuring and tracking production efficiency enables manufacturers to identify bottlenecks, optimize processes, and improve their overall productivity and profitability. What is production efficiency?

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

MARCH 20, 2024

Small and medium-sized manufacturers with successful supply chains rely heavily on robust production planning. Optimizing the production plan, which takes into account the manufacturing process from raw materials to finished goods, can enhance a company’s operational efficiency, cost savings, and customer satisfaction.

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ATS

MARCH 20, 2024

The only way to succeed is to keep looking for ways to do things better, which is what fuels the drive for optimization of manufacturing processes. Optimizing a manufacturing process is like fine-tuning a race car. This blog dives into the subject of manufacturing optimization. What is process optimization?

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E&T

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For UK manufacturers, it’s a bit of positive news at a challenging time. This helps teams prioritise how they allocate time and budget to a project and drives them to identify the use cases most likely to deliver value fastest - typically those that tackle the most persistent, frequent and wasteful bottlenecks in their production processes.

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Digital manufacturing Manufacturing Supply Chain Bottleneck 98

ATS

MARCH 8, 2024

Share Production capacity is always finite — there’s a limit to the number of units that can be put out each shift, day or week — and manufacturers want to avoid promising unachievable delivery dates. These are two challenges, both of which can be addressed by a single tool: manufacturing capacity analysis. this is for you.

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Gary Mintchell

APRIL 27, 2023

You have been trying to point out bottlenecks to production on your machine. The video analytics point out the bottleneck. You are an operator on a production line. Then engineers install streaming video pointing not just at a specific point on you or the machine but with wide enough scope to see the larger process. Vindicated.

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Bottleneck Assembly Line Cycle time Manufacturing 100

The Guardian Manufacturing

AUGUST 23, 2022

Higher costs, weaker demand and bottlenecks sink manufacturing output to lowest level since start of pandemic Britain’s factories are bearing the brunt of the slowdown in the economy as higher costs, weaker demand and supply bottlenecks combine to send output plunging.

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Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The three role-based copilots—Plant Performance Copilot, Digital Manufacturing Copilot, and the Connected Worker Copilot—provide enhanced human-like interaction so workers can get beyond standard data analytics and analysis to understand what happened, why, and more importantly, anticipate future events.

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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Bottleneck Digital manufacturing Sourcing 147

Control Engineering

MARCH 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) insights The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has companies are entering a new revolution that changes the way original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) think about and approach manufacturing. Where testing is a bottleneck, this also increases overall throughput of the production line.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The new Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing of 2D Materials (AM2D) was formally opened by Member of Parliament Dr Carina Garland, Member for Chisolm, at an event that showcased the research activities of the Hub, and brought together researchers and industry.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 4, 2023

Markforged is collaborating with Australia’s brightest minds to push the envelope for additive manufacturing capability. Manufacturers’ Monthly spoke to Markforged’s CEO about how its platform creates digital inventory to build Australia’s sovereign production.

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ATS

MARCH 5, 2024

Share One of the tenets of lean manufacturing is that goods should flow like water through production. That flow is smoothed by determining the takt time and configuring manufacturing to achieve it. This blog explains takt time in manufacturing. In this sense, takt time creates the “pull” that characterizes lean manufacturing.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

That is today’s trend in our manufacturing/industrial software market. It’s the thing we’ve been working out for the past 10-15 years—aligning all our digital manufacturing data with physical reality. I worked on the beginnings of a project of digital data for manufacturing reality in 1978. People think that’s a new thing.

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Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The integration is planned for early 2025 and will enable improved visualization and simulation capabilities for manufacturing environments. As lines scale, larger digital twins require more computational power, risking bottlenecks. ” Rockwell Automation is dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation. .

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JUNE 13, 2024

Image: ECI Solutions The world of electronics manufacturing is in flux. While demand for smaller, faster, and more powerful devices continues to soar, manufacturers face complex disruptions. The global electronics manufacturing market is expected to reach $1.16 The electronics manufacturing landscape is rife with challenges.

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Robotics Automation News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Now that the global supply chain bottlenecks have eased recently, B&R wants to meet the high customer demand for automation solutions as quickly as possible. The ABB Group is expanding production at B&R, its global center for machine and factory automation based in Eggelsberg, Austria.

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MEM

AUGUST 7, 2023

Theorem’s suite of Extended Reality (XR) products is constantly advancing to meet the demands of our valued customers and the ever-evolving world of engineering and manufacturing with spatial computing. Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine | The Home of Manufacturing Industry News The post TheoremXR (2023.2)

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Metrology

JULY 29, 2024

It not only enhances precision but also streamlines operations, ensuring that quality control is no longer a bottleneck but a driving force for excellence. The post FastGAGE To Transform Automated Manufacturing Measurement Processes appeared first on Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine.

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Robotics Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Our Optimization solution is already helping several manufacturing companies to reduce cycle times and improve productivity,” Carlin stated. “With Ville’s expertise, we can evolve to meet additional customer needs and expand its adoption throughout the manufacturing and logistics industries.” ” Apply to speak.

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For the additive manufacturing industry, the largest event of the calendar year is nearly upon us as Formnext 2022 is ready to kick off November 15-18 in Frankfurt, Germany. Gartner’s Hype Cycle has made us all students of overblown trends and what they mean en route to new manufacturing realities. It’s the most magical time of year!

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