Manufacturer's Monthly
MARCH 11, 2025
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.
Gary Mintchell
MAY 10, 2024
It should be interested to all of you within the discrete manufacturing market. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has announced the launch of PRESTO System – an innovative modular suite of automated robotic inspection cells revolutionising the landscape of 3D measurement for automotive and aerospace manufacturing.
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Control Engineering
APRIL 30, 2023
Traditional automation has many barriers that have kept manufacturers, especially in the small to medium category, from getting started. Lengthy deployment lead times, hidden integration costs, hefty upfront capital investment, lack of task flexibility –the list goes on.
Control Engineering
JANUARY 11, 2023
While the situation has improved for many commodities since the depths of the pandemic shutdowns, especially mechanical components, vendors of motion control systems expect extended lead times to continue through at least 2023.
Control Engineering
AUGUST 17, 2022
As this trend progresses, it will impact vendors’ ability to secure the electric steel necessary for production, resulting in longer lead times and higher prices for customers. This will ultimately result in supply shortages which will manifest into longer lead times and higher prices for motors. Final thoughts.
Control Engineering
AUGUST 28, 2023
Regarding supply chain, Festo’s reduction to eight CMMT part numbers strengthened the company’s ability to support servo drives customers – fewer parts to inventory and fewer drives to manufacture and support. Machine builders welcome this move as servo drives across the industry remain in short supply and have long lead times, Festo said.
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 25, 2023
While every motor vendor faced supply chain issues, WEG’s significant vertical integration allowed it to operate with shorter lead-times. This led to WEG capturing market share from those who could not meet the lead-time demands of customers.
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