MRPEasy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
With the right tactics, inventory management can help reduce waste and greatly improve the overall efficiency of your operation. In this week’s post, we look at 12 tips to improve your inventory management efficiency. The importance of efficient inventory management Efficient inventory management is the backbone of a well-functioning production or distribution operation.
Robotics Business Review
DECEMBER 5, 2024
AMP ONE is designed to capture billions of dollars in value otherwise lost to landfills or incineration annually. Source: AMP Robotics AMP Robotics Corp. today said it has has raised $91 million in corporate equity in a Series D financing. The Louisville, Colo.-based company plans to use its latest funding to accelerate deployment of its AMP ONE systems, which uses artificial intelligence and robotics to sort municipal solid waste, or MSW.
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Manufacturer's Monthly
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Image: moodboard/stock.adobe.com A new grant program is available to support South Australian manufacturers adopt advanced technologies, helping the sector to develop new products and lift productivity. The $1 million Manufacturing Technology Adoption is set to support grants of up to $50,000. Funding is awarded on a competitive basis with businesses required to match each dollar invested.
SMMT
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Light commercial vehicle registrations rise 10.5% in second best November on record. Uptake of all van classes rises but pick-up demand continues to decline. Electric van volumes grow by a third but review of market regulation urgently needed as annual market share retreats further from 10% target. SEE LCV REGISTRATIONS BY BRAND DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE AND DATA TABLE The new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market recorded its fourth consecutive month of growth as registrations rose by 10.5% in Nov
Speaker: Karan Talati: CEO and Co-Founder of First Resonance
The rules of manufacturing are shifting—are you ready? Tariffs, automation, and supply chain disruptions are forcing manufacturers to adapt fast or fall behind. Join Karan Talati, CEO of First Resonance and former SpaceX Manufacturing Engineer, in this on-demand webinar to learn how leading manufacturers are: Navigating tariffs with data-driven supply chain strategies Leveraging automation and AI to eliminate bottlenecks Building resilience with predictive supplier management Adapting flexible s
Manufacturer's Monthly
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Image: oneinchpunch/stock.adobe.com Seven venture capital firms will be supported to invest in local WA start-ups, thanks to a $45 million commitment from the State Government’s WA Venture Capital initiative. The partnership will see the chosen firms invest a total of $150 million back into the WA innovation ecosystem, supporting local start-ups to scale up and create local jobs.
E&T
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Scientists and engineers from the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Bristol have teamed up to create the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery.
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Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
FlexLink, a Coesia company and a provider of material handling solutions, has launched the new RC12, its third-generation collaborative palletizer. Designed to enhance efficiency and safety in end-of-line operations, the RC12 provides a streamlined, flexible palletizing solution for demanding production environments requiring no robotics programming skills to operate.
E&T
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Mobile networks Vodafone and Three have been given the go-ahead to proceed with a merger on the understanding that the firms sign binding commitments to invest billions in rolling out enhanced 5G infrastructure across the UK.
Control.com
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Two new automation products are now available: one geared towards sensing and one towards safety.
E&T
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Nato has revealed that it will develop its own fleet of unmanned surface vessels (USV) to patrol the coastal waters of member states and protect undersea cables across the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
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Manufacturers face increasing pressure to curb energy waste and emissions. Emergent Energy specializes in optimizing industrial steam systems, leveraging Panoramic Power’s real-time energy intelligence to drive efficiency. By analyzing steam system performance, Emergent Energy pinpoints inefficiencies and implements targeted improvements. This article explores how data-driven steam optimization transforms wasted energy into measurable savings, ensuring compliance with sustainability regulations.
Control.com
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Corp. build upon their collaborative journey with their latest partnership initiative, bringing Azure IoT Operations and FactoryTalk Optix together to evolve the industrial landscape.
Cisco Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The future of AI will change the way people work and how business gets done. Generative AI will be central to that and only AI ready compute, networking, and data centers will be able to handle this new level of workloads. Cisco has the end-to-end AI data center solutions to deliver this hyper connected enterprise while providing the native compute, cyber security and observability tools to manage AI projects at scale.
Manufacturer's Monthly
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Augmented Reality uses transparent screens to overlay digital data, maintaining natural user vision. Image: Poobest/stock.adobe.com ABI research director Eric Abbruzzese spoke to Manufacturers Monthly about the rising adoption of Extended Reality (XR) technology among manufacturers. Described as an all-encompassing term for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), XR technologies are becoming a source of value among many manufacturers.
Automation Mag
DECEMBER 5, 2024
RoboSafety Canada and reasonX are joining forces to form reasonX Labs, an organization that will develop a safety engineering platform for autonomous systems. According to RoboSafety, this collaboration combines expertise, proven products and a forward-thinking roadmap, setting the stage for growth and innovation in ensuring the safe and scalable deployment of AI-powered systems. reasonX Labs will focus on developing modernized safety engineering tools for the early design, development and deplo
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Discover how to accelerate manufacturing agility and build supply chain resilience in our live webinar on February 6, 2025, at 3 PM PST. Explore insights from a former SpaceX leader on scaling hardware production, balancing speed with quality, and leveraging advanced tools like ION Factory OS. Learn from historical examples and modern approaches to innovation while uncovering how AI and real-time data can automate processes, strengthen supply chain operations, and ensure scalability.
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
VANCOUVER — Ballard Power Systems signs a long term supply agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City, including the initial supply of 98 fuel cell engines for use in the North American freight rail market. Each engine has a nameplate of 200 kW, totaling approximately 20 megawatts (MW) of fuel cell power. Deliveries of all 98 engines are expected in 2025.
Manufacturing Management
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has published a new playbook containing a collection of the best available knowledge and learnings to tackle RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete).
E&T
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Efforts to stymie the pace of climate change are under threat from an explosion in the number of new liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals, which have received $213bn (£167bn) of funding in recent years.
Manufacturing Management
DECEMBER 5, 2024
SYSPRO, a global software provider for the manufacturing and distribution industries, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire long-standing partner, NexSys, a specialist provider of digital manufacturing and distribution software in the UK, and part of Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed K3 Business Technology Group Plc
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Energy inefficiencies are silent thieves eroding manufacturing profits and sustainability efforts. From overworked pumps to leaky compressed air systems, these hidden drains often go unnoticed without advanced energy monitoring. Panoramic Power empowers manufacturers with granular, device level energy visibility, and real-time insights to identify and eliminate inefficiencies, transforming waste into savings.
Manufacturing Tomorrow
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Gartner recognizes GreyOrange in "Item-Level RFID in the Store" research for gStore, its Retail Software as a Service (SaaS) inventory management and store execution platform, which delivers 98% inventory accuracy
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
As gigafactories and recycling plants scale to meet rising demands, the need for innovative solutions that address both safety and efficiency continues to grow. To meet this demand, Drev and Kollmorgen Autonomous Mobile Solutions have agreed to jointly develop “a groundbreaking Automated Guided Vehicle with integrated contamination control technology”.
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
MISSISSAUGA — Skyservice Business Aviation becomes an authorized Starlink dealer. “At Skyservice, we are committed to growing our avionics offerings and ensuring our customers have access to the latest technology as soon as it becomes available,” said Benjamin Murray, president and CEO of Skyservice. “Offering Starlink in-flight connectivity meets our clientele’s expectations and the ever-demanding growth for internet speeds and reliable, uninterrupted connectivity.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Exotec, a provider of warehouse automation and robotics solutions, has agreed partnerships with two new organisations in the pharmaceutical sector: Hygie31 and Hartmann Group. Both companies will adopt Exotec’s Skypod robotic system to automate warehouse processes and increase efficiency.
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In 2025, the Supply Chain continues its evolution toward “Logistics 4.0,” inspired by Industry 4.0. Two major characteristics define this transformation: automation, driven by robotic solutions, and prediction, paving the way for an era of planning and simulation powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Dr. Pratibhash (Bosh) Chattopadhyay: Chief Business Officer at AtomVie (CNW Group/AtomVie Global Radiopharma Inc.) HAMILTON — AtomVie Global Radiopharma (AtomVie), a radiopharmaceutical CDMO, announces the appointment of Dr. Pratibhash (Bosh) Chattopadhyay as Chief Business Officer. Dr. Chattopadhyay brings commercial and technical experience in the life sciences, having led numerous commercialization initiatives for technologies in oncology.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Locus Robotics, a warehouse automation company, working with its customer, Geodis, a global logistics provider, has surpassed 10 million units picked using Locus’s warehouse automation solution at its Carlisle, Pennsylvania, distribution center.
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
QUÉBEC — Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Quebec Lieutenant, on behalf of François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced a federal contribution of $40 million through the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to support Aramis Biotechnologies’ $80 million project to advance plant-based vaccines and therapeutics and to proceed with the development of an influenza vaccine.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Mobile robot shipments will remain the highest across all robot form factors. ABI Research, a technology intelligence firm, forecasts shipments to grow from 547,000 units in 2023 to 2.79 million by 2030, a compound annual growth rate of 24.1 percent.
Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Marketable, on spec, battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate produced from the CV5 Spodumene Pegmatite. (CNW Group/Patriot Battery Metals Inc.) VANCOUVER — Patriot Battery Metals Inc. announces that it has successfully produced a marketable and on-specification battery-grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate sample using spodumene concentrate from the CV5 Pegmatite.
Robotics Automation News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
It’s been said that we know more about the surface of the moon than the floor of Earth’s oceans. For more than two decades, Virginia Tech’s Center for Marine Autonomy and Robotics has been developing robots that can find what lies beneath the sea surface with the support of the Office of Naval Research.
Canadian Manufacturing
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The parliamentary budget officer estimates Canada’s tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, aluminum and steel will increase federal revenues by $473 million over five years. In October, the federal government began imposing a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese-made EVs as well as a 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum imports. The Liberal government has cited unfair trading practices and “abysmal” environmental and labour standards that allow China to unfairly price and dump pro
i4.0 today
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Minebea Intec, one of the World’s leading manufacturers of weighing and inspection technologies is responding to growing customer demand for its‘ inspection products, particularly in the South of UK. The Minebea Intec UK team have experienced a large increase in requests for inline inspection projects with the expansion of the product range and the launch of the new generation of checkweigher.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
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