Gary Mintchell

JULY 21, 2023

A story about how a division of Assurant has built a big business taking in traded-in mobile phones and reinserts most of them back into the supply chain. Now there is a flow to the system easing the bottlenecks. They send to a third party who can extract the various metals from the powder for reinsertion into that supply chain.

Supply Chain 130

Supply Chain Automation Bottleneck Robotics 130

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?

Bottleneck 270

Bottleneck Value chain Supply Chain Sourcing 270

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

AIs Industrial Takeover: The 10 Game-Changing Forces Reshaping Global Manufacturing In the upheaval of an industrial revolution powered by AI, global manufacturers are discarding outdated playbooks and embracing radical innovations and disruptive technologies.

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CMTC Manufacturing Tech

JANUARY 16, 2025

Your warehouse is like the beating heart of your supply chain. When its pumping reliably, your manufacturing operations benefit from predictability providing your business with a rock-solid foundation for growth. Minor problems can add up quickly, leading to issues across the entire supply chain.

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Six Sigma Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Supply Chain Bottleneck 82

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It presents an opportunity to strengthen local economies, improve supply chain resilience, and enhance long-term competitiveness. Without modern, efficient infrastructure, the benefits of reshoring could be lost to bottlenecks and inefficiencies. However, the path to successful reshoring is not without its challenges.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Image: ECI Solutions The job shop manufacturing sector in Australia is a significant part of the overall manufacturing industry, creating unique products with tailored specifications. However, job shop manufacturers face a variety of challenges that can impact efficiency and customer satisfaction.

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Manufacturing Lead Time Bottleneck Lean manufacturing 59

Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 22, 2022

The pandemic sent shockwaves through the global supply chain and the backlogs are mounting even as freight volumes fall in North America this year. The delays stem from several choke points along the chain, including backed-up warehouses, staff shortages and rail capacity. Canadian Tire Corp.

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Supply Chain Freight Cargo Bottleneck 81

Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 11, 2023

Whether it’s fragile supply chains, cost pressures, or increasing sustainability requirements, the logistics industry is facing increasingly complex challenges. To meet them, companies need to make their supply chains more flexible and resilient.  Website Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Bottleneck Logistics Manufacturing 52

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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Supply Chain Manufacturing Bottleneck Sourcing 98

Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

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. There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. Industry 4.0

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Supply Chain Additive manufacturing 3D printing Manufacturing 52

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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Bottleneck Supply Chain Manufacturing 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Scaling a manufacturing-driven growth strategy Adam and his wife Sharee identified a gap in the marketconsumers wanted premium dried fruit, and they were uniquely positioned to deliver it. Secure supply chain control for both fresh and manufactured products. Improve logistics & distribution efficiency.

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Beverage Logistics Supply Chain Bottleneck 59

Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 2, 2025

For manufacturers, adopting digital twins often starts with the foundation that is already present with data living within existing machines, processes, and the knowledge of the workforce. No matter where you stand on trade policy, theres no denying that manufacturing is in a challenging moment. The good news?

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Supply Chain Bottleneck Manufacturing Prototype  52

Robotics Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

CynLr CLX-01 stack provides real-time, versatile vision CynLr said its mission is to simplify automation and optimize manufacturing processes for universal factories. This is the significant technological bottleneck that the team at CynLr is solving, paving the way for long-overdue evolution in automation. Apply to speak.

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Robotics Robotics Bottleneck Sourcing 63

Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 7, 2022

OTTAWA — Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) says they applaud the recommendations found in the final report of the National Supply Chain Task Force and welcomes the call from Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra for a national supply chain strategy.

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Supply Chain Bottleneck Manufacturing 49

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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Electronics Supply Chain Manufacturing Bottleneck 98

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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Supply Chain Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Manufacturing Bottleneck 82

ATS

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The importance of the supply chain is most easily illustrated by the vast scale of the repercussions that follow when supply chain problems occur. Supply chain digital transformation — driven by Industry 4.0 Digital transformation in logistics and supply chain. developments. implementation.

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21st Century Tech

DECEMBER 15, 2021

David’s topic today addresses the challenge that COVID-19 has created on global supply chains and how companies are mitigating and adapting to a new reality. My wife and I recently had our own supply chain experience. But when we ordered a sofa trundle bed we ran up against a supply chain bottleneck.

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Supply Chain Bottleneck 3D printing Warehousing 52

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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Bottleneck Automation Supply Chain Manufacturing 98

Control Engineering

JULY 14, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how rapid changes in supply chains created a need to share more information more effectively. Learn the advantages of improving data transparency for supply chains. See how tools can increase supply chain digitalization, integration and automation.

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Supply Chain Automation Function Bottleneck 52

AU Manufacturing

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The Australian manufacturing industry has seen dynamic trends in 2022 as it still recovers from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. For many decades, manufacturers have been working to create the right operational model that would dramatically boost production, improve product quality, and reduce hiccups in operation. .

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Supply Chain Manufacturing Additive manufacturing Bottleneck 80

E&T

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For UK manufacturers, it’s a bit of positive news at a challenging time. Speaking to PTC customers, digital transformation is widely seen as a common-sense response to a range of current challenges, including supply-chain disruption, rising energy costs and persistent skills shortages.

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Digital manufacturing Manufacturing Supply Chain Bottleneck 98

i4.0 today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Pandemic-induced supply chain bottlenecks for established manufacturers are leading to a slow clearing of full order books – one of the reasons why Chinese robot manufacturers are in higher demand than ever before. The robotics industry is experiencing sustained growth worldwide, with China in the lead.

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Dinesh Mishra

OCTOBER 4, 2022

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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Supply Chain Logistics Bottleneck Artificial Intelligence 52

Canadian Manufacturing

JULY 22, 2022

The airport’s increased cargo capacity will improve the movement of import and export trade routes and strengthen Canada’s supply chain. This funding will expand the operational capacity of the airport by adding more space for cargo handling operations and new transportation infrastructure.

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Supply Chain Cargo Bottleneck Logistics 45

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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Bottleneck Manufacturing Supply Chain 98

Automation Mag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) released a statement applauding the recommendations in the final National Supply Chain Task Force. The association welcomed the call from transportation minister Omar Alghabra for a national supply chain strategy. It has also worked directly with the task force.

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Supply Chain Bottleneck Manufacturing 40

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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Manufacturing Bottleneck Value chain Supply Chain 97

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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Manufacturing Composites Additive manufacturing Aerospace 105

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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Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics 98

Canadian Manufacturing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Shippers are calling on Ottawa to better protect supply chains from labour disruptions after a string of work stoppages over the past 15 months. On the other hand, Card said the mechanisms amount to “discretionary measures that politicize supply chains” and offer little predictability.

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Supply Chain Bottleneck Freight Compliance 40

Automation Mag

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Canada’s manufacturing economy showed improvement in September. The seasonally adjusted S&P Global Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered at 50.4, Supported by marginal gains in new orders and employment, operating conditions in Canada’s manufacturing economy strengthened during September.

Manufacturing 104

Manufacturing Bottleneck Freight Supply Chain 104

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 10, 2023

Syncron focuses on aftermarket services for a variety of manufacturing industries, with specific strength in automotive, agriculture, construction & mining, and industrial equipment. Service Supply Chain (inventory and retail inventory). Service Go-to-Market (contract price and pricing intelligence).

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Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence Warehousing Bottleneck 52

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 21, 2024

From logistics and fleet management to electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles, from manufacturing and retail to supply chain and in-vehicle features, from predictive navigation and personalized voice assistants to real-time traffic updates, ChatGPT is poised to transform the automotive ecosystem.

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Supply Chain Automotive Manufacturing Value chain 52

AU Manufacturing

JUNE 14, 2023

Article by James Robinson, Vice President Services, Asia Pacific, SYSPRO In the fast-paced manufacturing world, it can be challenging for companies to stay ahead of the curve and remain competitive. The recent economic volatility has tested manufacturers’ resiliency and ability to meet customer demand or connect with global supply chains.

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Supply Chain Manufacturing Bottleneck 69

Manufacturer's Monthly

JULY 19, 2023

On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced a $541,640 grant to the Australian PV Institute (APVI) to examine opportunities in Australia for solar PV supply chains. Delivering this step change in solar capacity requires robust and reliable supply chains.

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