Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This news comes from Copia Automation who attempts to solve the problem of how controls engineers write, manage, and document industrial code. Core Capabilities Code documentation: Automatically create well-structured, clear documentation for PLC and other industrial code, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistency.

Automation 130

Automation Function Manufacturing 130

MRPEasy

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A bill of materials (BOM) is a document that defines the materials used in the production of a product. A bill of materials (BOM) specifies the […] The post BOM Management Guide for Growing Manufacturers appeared first on Blog for Manufacturers and Distributors. Here is how to expertly manage your BOMs.

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Bill of Materials Manufacturing 91

Gary Mintchell

AUGUST 1, 2023

OMAC birthed about the same time that I left manufacturing to become an editor at Control Engineering. Now called The Organization for Machine Automation and Control, it has found a home within the Packaging Machine Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) which also was the temporary home of my old magazine Automation World.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Automation Sourcing 130

Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 19, 2024

Comprehensive Documentation Access: Users can easily access all project-related documents, including invoices, quotations, and certificates. Sustainability Insights: I-Rent provides data on the environmental footprint of installations, helping customers optimize their projects for better sustainability.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing 98

Gary Mintchell

JULY 4, 2024

Read The Declaration of Independence The Preamble to the Constitution Actually the entire Constitution If not all, at least the first 10 amendments—the Bill of Rights Bonus points—read The Federalist Papers These documents are full of compromises—something that has made it last so long.

Manufacturing 147

Manufacturing 147

Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Images: Kito Crosby Manufacturers’ Monthly explores how Kito Crosby Australia, with its focus on lifting equipment, aids manufacturers during year-end downtime through preventive maintenance strategies. Kito Crosby Australia offers tailored on-site training, ensuring operators are well-prepared for effective equipment maintenance.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Function 98

The Fabricator

AUGUST 31, 2023

Here's what your shop needs: foster a culture that embraces automation, identify your goals, pick a process that will have the greatest operational impact, and then communicate clearly and document comprehensively.

Automation 105

Automation Manufacturing 105

Gary Mintchell

MAY 10, 2023

Some writers expound upon autonomous—machines and processes that run themselves, machines and processes that are self-diagnosing and self-healing, elimination of humans from manufacturing. appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. I disagree (or my favorite phrase from my high school years, “I beg to differ.”).

Manufacturing 147

Manufacturing 147

E&T

MAY 17, 2023

The prime minister Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from the car manufacturing industry to renegotiate the ' Trade and Co-operation Agreement' (TCA) with the European Union (EU). Stellantis, which employs more than 5,000 people in the UK, was responding to an enquiry into the supply of batteries for EV manufacturing in the country.

Manufacturing 110

Manufacturing Automotive Supply Chain 110

Automation Mag

DECEMBER 12, 2023

ASTM International shared in a press statement that its additive manufacturing technologies committee ( F42 ) is developing a proposed standard that will be used to assign part grades across automotive industries that use AM to produce parts. This document is one step toward adding part grades/classifications in all transportation areas.”

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Additive manufacturing Automotive Manufacturing Automation 105

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We are excited to announce that Cisco is now publishing life cycle assessments (LCAs) for some of our hardware products.

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Gary Mintchell

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Foxit’s solutions empower PC users to create, edit, collaborate and secure PDF documents with ease. The integration of ChatGPT provides intelligent automation and enhances the user experience by enabling intelligent interactions for tasks such as redaction, document annotation, and form filling.

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Form Automation Manufacturing 162

Gary Mintchell

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By streamlining the number of applications manufacturers need, the solution also reduces total cost of ownership, time to value, and cybersecurity risk. Addressing the talent gap: Through these offerings, Plex helps manufacturers empower their workers with advanced training and tools to stay competitive in the evolving workforce landscape.

Automation 130

Automation Manufacturing 130

Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 6, 2024

Image: AMGC The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) is backing two mining technology projects–from mDetect and EQ Resources–that are utilising cosmic rays and hyperspectral imaging for safety and access to strategically important materials. It has created an extra 20 jobs, upskilled 30 employees, and helped deliver an additional $3.6

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Form Advanced manufacturing Sourcing 98

Gary Mintchell

MAY 1, 2024

Content-based malware, which uses existing documents and scripting functions maliciously, is on the rise, accounting for 20% of malware. Over 13% of all malware blocked specifically leveraged the inherent capabilities of common documents, such as Word, Excel and PDF documents.

Function 130

Function Manufacturing Automation 130

Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Discover 8 ways an ERP will put your manufacturing company on the road to success. Read on to learn more ways in which ERP will put your manufacturing company on the road to success. Instead of storing important documents and spreadsheets on personal computers, you can house all your important documentation in a centralised database.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 104

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Manufacturing Compliance Electronics 104

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Image: Dragos As a cybersecurity expert specialising in non-standard forensics and incident response, it’s important to shed light on the pressing cybersecurity challenges facing the manufacturing sector and offer actionable strategies to mitigate these risks. The first group consists of commodity ransomware attacks.

Manufacturing 104

Manufacturing Sourcing 104

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.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) 147

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Bottleneck Digital manufacturing Sourcing 147

Gary Mintchell

APRIL 8, 2024

Generative AI can be a way of pulling data from documents without the pain of finding and opening the documents. The post Aras Follow Up With CTO Rob McAveney appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. Essentially PLM and similar systems are massive databases.

Form 147

Form Automation Manufacturing 147

Gary Mintchell

JULY 25, 2022

From the news: The Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) announced updates to its Industrial IoT Internet Connectivity Framework (IICF) , a foundation document that guides the building of an Industrial IoT (IIoT) connectivity architecture. That is digital transformation. The Industry IoT Consortium is a program of the Object Management Group (OMG).

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing 130

Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

New York, September 12, 2022 : America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced today plans for the America Makes and ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) to develop version 3 of its Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing , last published in June 2018.

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Additive manufacturing Manufacturing Process control 98

The Guardian Manufacturing

JANUARY 22, 2023

All-party group including peers backs campaign by victims’ group, saying Cape ‘knowingly put people in danger’ MPs and peers have written to one of the biggest manufacturers of asbestos calling on it to make a £10m donation towards mesothelioma research “for knowingly putting people in danger”.

Manufacturing 121

Manufacturing 121

Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

ABB released a paper documenting ideas for its future of process automation that I wrote about a few months ago. The post ABB Latest DCS Linked to Accelerated Digital Transformation appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection. This release takes the platform a step in that direction.

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Function Automation Manufacturing Process control 147

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a redirection of funds from the Modern Manufacturing Initiative and Modern Manufacturing Fund to establish $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to diversify and transform Australia’s industry and economy. Manufacturing. The Budget also includes $14.2

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Sourcing 105

Gary Mintchell

JULY 8, 2024

Document Sharing: Allows sharing of relevant supplier documents such as CAD files and product specifications to all stakeholders trusting in one source of truth. The post Aras Introduces New Supplier Collaboration Solutions appeared first on The Manufacturing Connection.

Supply Chain 147

Supply Chain Compliance Sourcing Automation 147

Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Manufacturers pursuing accreditation with internationally recognized standards like ISO 9001 will be served by this new offering. With 80/20 Quality, inspectors on the shop floor can document a non-conformance directly with enough detail and pictures to illustrate the issue for decision makers.

Compliance 126

Compliance Manufacturing 126

Gary Mintchell

MAY 13, 2024

Partnering with Microsoft continues to be an important part of manufacturing software development. Under the new partnership, the Microsoft 365 ecosystem will plug into this data layer, enabling customers to connect their day-to-day office documents and processes with manufacturing tools.

Sourcing 147

Sourcing Form Function Manufacturing 147

MESA

MAY 25, 2023

Nasdaq: NNDM) (“Nano Dimension”, “NANO” or the “Company”), a leading supplier of Additively Manufactured Electronics (“AME”) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic Additive Manufacturing (“AM”) 3D printers, today announced that it has commenced a special tender offer to purchase between 38.8%

Electronics 130

Electronics Additive manufacturing 3D printing Rapid prototyping 130

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 8, 2024

While some manufacturers adhere to rigorous safety protocols, others offer cheaper alternatives that lack the same level of safety. AMADA’s laser welding machines are designed to meet a range of manufacturing requirements, optimising processing efficiency and minimising production costs. This disparity poses a risk to operators.

Manufacturing 98

Manufacturing Sourcing Automation Robotics 98

Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 26, 2023

million defence industry grants program, industry stakeholders are being invited to provide feedback on the expression of interest document before applications open. Western Australian defence industry firms and peak organisations can provide feedback on the draft expression of interest documentation via the Tenders WA website.

Manufacturing 119

Manufacturing 119

Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Image: APS Industrial Manufacturers’ Monthly recently sat down and spoke with APS Industrial, the national distributor for Rittal, to discuss enclosures for manufacturing sites. This is crucial in manufacturing plants where equipment is exposed to harsh cleaning processes. What are enclosures?

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Beverage Manufacturing Form Function 98

Gary Mintchell

JULY 25, 2024

So, when I receive a press release that looks relevant to The Manufacturing Connection (which is becoming ever more rare), I probe. Additionally, the ability to perform advanced calculations and obtain knowledge documented by previous team members has helped users cut the time required to become advanced analytics experts in half.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing 147

Cisco Industrial Automation

MARCH 24, 2022

Specific validation is dictated by a formal product requirements document that states exactly what compliance standards are required. Finally, there are formal reviews where all testing results are documented and certified as passing before the product can officially release to a production state.

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Prototype  Compliance Function Form 240

iBASEt

MARCH 7, 2023

It’s no secret that skilled manufacturing workers are in short supply. gain in employment in manufacturing through this decade, far below what’s needed to keep pace with growth in the sector. What’s more, much of the elite talent in the typical manufacturing organization is aging into retirement.

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Manufacturing Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Function Automation 97

Gary Mintchell

JULY 5, 2024

Industrial collaboration tools flourish as manufacturers discover better tools and better people leadership. He further adds, “HCLTech and Symphony AI are committed to advancing transformation of the manufacturing and industrial sector powered by Gen AI. This looks interesting. Anyone out there using it?

Function 147

Function Manufacturing 147

Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

5 the Quickbase Work Management platform for Manufacturing. I began working with manufacturing execution software a long time ago. I volunteered with the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) for more than 10 years. Manufacturing organization has changed significantly over the past 15 years or so.

Compliance 130

Compliance Function Manufacturing Form 130

Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 4, 2024

This article addresses frequently asked questions about Grant Acquittal Audits , including their purpose, who can perform them, how organisations should prepare, and what documents are needed. What documents are required for a Grant Acquittal Audit? Frequently asked Grant Acquittal Audit questions: What is a Grant Acquittal Audit?

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Compliance Fit Manufacturing 98