Manufacturing Management

JUNE 13, 2024

By employing a 6-axis industrial FANUC robot to automate the palletising of its bottled salad dressing line, Swiss condiment producer Brunos has alleviated production inefficiencies, allowing the company to keep pace with its growing order book.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 7, 2023

6 focusing on manufacturing cybersecurity featuring Robert M. I wonder in your organization where the bottleneck to getting necessary systems implemented resides? The post Executive Insights into Manufacturing Cybersecurity with Rockwell Automation and Dragos appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

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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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Design World

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Control cabinet and switchgear manufacturing is under increasing time pressures and the lack of skilled employees may also be causing bottlenecks in many cases.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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ATS

AUGUST 2, 2024

Share Synchronizing manufacturing operations helps eliminate waste and increase efficiency. This blog explains kanban in manufacturing. Kanban is one of the most important tools in Lean manufacturing. By controlling production, it imposes a “pull” system that highlights bottlenecks and drives out waste.

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Control.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A shortage in skilled labor prompted EPLAN to create the new Eplan Smart Mounting software to alleviate manufacturing bottlenecks by efficiently mapping out control cabinets digitally before they are manufactured.

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Cisco Industrial Automation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

I am consistently asked by our customers: How can manufacturers contain customer satisfaction without excessive overstock? How can manufacturers better predict the output of manufacturing? Could there be a link between IT-OT infrastructure and manufacturing visibility and resiliency?

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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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Cisco Smart Manufacturing

MAY 20, 2024

By removing manual bottlenecks, systems can operate at their optimal capacity, delivering the desired outcomes efficiently. Automation is a significant driving force behind speed and an enhanced user experience. Ultimately, what matters to users is the experience they have with the systems and applications being used.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Realtime Robotics’ innovative optimization service was recently used by  Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles  in Hanover, Germany, in a proof-of-concept project for electric vehicle manufacturing. Customers need only send Realtime their simulation CAD file for the bottlenecked cells. Buzz vehicle line.

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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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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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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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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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ATS

APRIL 5, 2024

In other cases, manufacturers retrofit machines with IoT devices. The importance of machine data in manufacturing Manufacturing machine data gives visibility into what’s happening in the factory and can provide insights into equipment operation and performance. This is especially important at the bottleneck process.

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Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 26, 2024

GUELPH — Hammond Power Solutions, a manufacturer of dry-type, cast resin transformers, and related magnetics, to increase its planned capital program by approximately $20 million over two years.

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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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Universal Robots

MARCH 16, 2018

Universal Robots and OCTOPUZ work together to automate Fibreline’s manufacturing process while providing flexibility. In the search for a way to efficiently drill holes through the pieces of foam used for the upholstery to create the tufted look, Fibreline determined automation was the key to achieving their production goals.

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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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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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Automation Mag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Unirope, a company specializing in manufacturing, distributing, testing, certification, and inspection of high-performance wire rope and rigging products, has added 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space to its headquarters. The expansion represents the completion of a journey that started in 2018.

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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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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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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 31, 2024

Wolfram Manufacturing’s use of machine monitoring data from its own program, OnTakt, is evident from the equipment on its floor. The data showed chip management was causing a bottleneck, so the shop now has more chip conveyors than machine tools. Photos provided by Wolfram Manufacturing.

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Metrology

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The new relationship expands the FANUC system’s capabilities by enabling the automation of manual gauging processes, helping manufacturers eliminate bottlenecks and improve productivity.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 17, 2023

Offset a mile recession in 2024 and depression in 2030 in part with manufacturing automation. Be prepared: Companies have the opportunity to pull ahead and improve automation and efficiency in operations and reduce supply chain bottlenecks. Manufacturing economy insights. Manufacturers need to prepare for 2030.

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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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Manufacturing Tomorrow

APRIL 18, 2024

Cell Q™ uses a modular platform that can be expanded to incorporate new instruments providing the flexibility required to meet new IDMO client needs

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Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. Efficiency is critical for businesses to remain competitive, so these bottlenecks can be extremely damaging. There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 8, 2023

Learning Objectives Learn about new cybersecurity concerns that emerge when connecting manufacturing systems such as SCADA to enterprise IT networks. Learn how data analytics can help operators to identify production bottlenecks and optimize resource allocation. Learn how robotics technologies can help navigate the labor shortage.

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