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Inventory management key to maintaining a competitive edge

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: /stock.adobe.com For Australia’s discrete manufacturers, inventory management is pivotal in ensuring the smooth operation of production processes, maintaining product quality, and achieving sustainable growth. Efficient inventory management helps manufacturers save resources, cut costs, and avoid disruptions.

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NIST Releases New Version of SimPROCESD Software for Discrete-event Manufacturing Simulation

NIST Manufacturing

SimPROCESD is used to model discrete manufacturing systems such as the NIST has released its latest software version of SimPROCESD v0.3.0, or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations and Conditions Evaluation to Support Decision-Making.

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Growing Into Mediocrity

Gary Mintchell

It is going deeper into discrete manufacturing rather than broader into other technologies—sort of the opposite of Siemens. Here are some thoughts he had reflecting on Apple’s recent iPad event and the resulting ad. I wonder if that reflects on the differences of the American and German markets.

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iBase-t Presents a Complete Digital Thread Vision at PTC LiveWorx 2023

iBASEt

Closing the loop between digital and physical worlds to optimize manufacturing engineering and manufacturing performance operations WHAT: iBase-t is an Elite Sponsor at the upcoming PTC LiveWorx 2023 Digital Transformation event. Sung Kim will share how discrete manufacturers can prepare for rapid growth through the cloud.

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How AI Transforms Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing: Boosting Productivity and Ensuring Zero-Error Quality  

iBASEt

In my last blog , I introduced the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in the complex discrete manufacturing space, noting that companies need to take certain steps to prepare for AI adoption. Finally, supply chain issues that began with the pandemic continue to slow production and delivery timelines.

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How the Digital Thread Supercharges Process Mining

iBASEt

Product launches are a key event for manufacturers, critical to revenue, growth, and reputation. In complex, discrete manufacturing, processes are a web of activities that touch every operation in the company – even from your suppliers , directly or indirectly. Smoother product launches. Continuous process improvement.

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Integrated and distributed safety for motion control

Control Engineering

For example, the line can be rerouted to compensate for safety events that have slowed particular cells. In this way, the delay from a safety event can be “absorbed” across the line through load balancing. Tracking safety will enable you to identify that a particular machine has experienced a higher number of safety events.