September, 2020

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How BH Cosmetics took its cruelty-free vegan and inclusive products global with the help of Techcloudpro and Avectous

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

When the vegan and cruelty-free cosmetics company BH Cosmetics wanted to take its inclusive product line global, they knew the challenge involved in scaling to become a mass supplier globally, at a competitive price, and providing the same customer experience across geographies.

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Trends Driving Industrial Robotic Automation

Universal Robots

More factories and manufacturing facilities than ever before rely on robots to help assist and relieve human workers from tedious and dangerous tasks, ensure product quality and improve overall productivity. This article highlights some of the key trends driving the remarkable increase in adoption of cobots in industrial and manufacturing settings.

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Reduce Time to Market with Product Decision Analytics

Manufacturers Alliance

How can your company meet customer and market needs while reducing time to market? Combining product decision analytics with existing PLM software can help your organization make better decisions and reduce time across every stage of the product launch cycle.

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The Supply Chain in 2025: What to Expect

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).

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The New Cybersecurity Trending Dashboard (Beta)

Canadian Metalworking Magazine

An at-a-glance overview of the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape. Keeping up with the most critical threats, vulnerabilities, and threat actors can be time consuming and overwhelming. We have been working with a few existing Feedly for Cybersecurity customers to create a trending dashboard that offers an at-a-glance overview of the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape.

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Short-term anxiety around shopping in store continues to ease, EY’s latest Future Consumer Index reveals

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

UK consumers have grown more comfortable with returning to the shops, according to the latest EY Future Consumer Index, which finds comfort levels with traditional shopping behaviours – such as going to a shopping mall and trying on clothes or going to the grocery store – have all more than doubled since May.

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Cobots vs. COVID-19, Part III

Universal Robots

In Part III of the Cobots v COVID-19 series, we find our collaborative robots (or 'cobots') performing mobile disinfection, swab testing and medical component manufacturing tasks. We also discover cobots tackling COVID-related labor uncertainty and meet some cobot soccer fans.

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Manufacturing in the Age of COVID-19 - Part 4

Universal Robots

It takes a lot for a customer to be so impressed and happy with a service that they start sending catered lunches to the company that helped them out.

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Grilstad selects Blue Ridge supply chain planning solutions to execute a better S&OP process

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Blue Ridge, the supply chain planning solutions provider, has announced that Grilstad, the producer of meat products in Norway, has selected solutions from the Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning platform to execute a best practice sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. One of Norway’s largest producers of meat products, Grilstad began as a cured meat factory in Trondheim in 1957.

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Uncertain times call for certainty in your supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

In today’s uncertain environment, there are more factors than ever before that organisations need to consider when managing risk in their supply chains. Whether it’s mitigating the impact of COVID-19, the long-term effects of Brexit or the effects of global tariff changes, organisations need to have contingency plans in place.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

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?

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Managing your business and Supply Chain COVID-19 responsibilities

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

When the easing of lockdown measures began in mid-May, many businesses began a journey to assess the Coronavirus risks that applied to their workplaces. To make sure their working environments were COVID Secure, they went on to develop additional physical and procedural measures.

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6 River Systems announces next wave of enhancements to Its wall-to-wall fulfilment solution at FLOW 2020

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

6 River Systems (6RS), part of Shopify Inc., the global commerce company, has announced during its second annual user conference, FLOW 2020, a series of enhancements to its wall-to-wall fulfilment solution to help senior-level warehouse operators further improve site management, gain more concrete business transparency across singular or multiple sites and accelerate their return on investment.

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JYSK taps K?rber for supply chain megaproject in Hungary

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

K?rber, the global supply chain technology company from software to materials handling automation, has announced its selection by international Scandinavian home furnishings retailer JYSK.

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Buyers and suppliers to get tucked in at virtual food and drinks trade show

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Product Guru, the product discovery platform that allows brands to showcase their products to retail buyers, is continuing to champion emerging brands by launching The Pantry Live, a virtual alternative to food and drink trade shows.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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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Creating a smart warehouse with enhanced internet connectivity

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The European logistics industry is slowly returning to normal after months of supply chains being disrupted and overstretched with reduced workforces and higher demands, following the effects of the pandemic. With new hygiene and protocol measures in place within warehouses to increase employee safety; which in turn, might slow down procedures, now is the most critical time for companies to optimise their operations using data and technology.

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New survey reveals impact of COVID on supply chains

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

The non-profit Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISM) has released its third survey on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting supply chains around the world.

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Murata’s RFID technology helps Bayer to improve the transparency of its pharmaceutical supply chain

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Murata ID Solutions reports that it has helped life science giant Bayer’s Italian division, Bayer S.p.A., leverage radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking in the first large-scale application of the technology in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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CGS announces BlueCherry Next Platform, bringing a digital-first supply chain to retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

CGS, a global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services, has launched BlueCherry Next, a digital-first supply chain platform for consumer goods companies.

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The Future of Manufacturing: Behind-the-Scene Insights from the IMTS Conference

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Accelerating the digitalisation of supply chains: managing brand risk, enhancing the consumer experience, and removing defects

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

For many years, adding coding and marking technology to your manufacturing line was perceived simply as a compliance obligation. Now, with the advent of more complex requirements for supply chain trackability, coupled with increasing consumer demands for personalisation, provenance checks, and anti-counterfeit protection, that ‘simple’ coding and marking technology can be a big stepping stone towards both a fully-connected supply chain and an enhanced, interactive consumer experience.

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94% of UK shoppers will walk from brands if they don’t agree with their response to COVID-19, Braze survey reveals

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

Almost all (94%) UK shoppers warn they’d switch from a brand or company if they didn’t agree with their response to employees or customers during the pandemic, new research from customer engagement platform Braze reveals.

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The Ongoing Trade War: Section 301 Tariffs – Have You Filed Suit?

Manufacturers Alliance

The trade war has gone on for the last two years leaving manufacturers and importers to deal with having to navigate the damage to the bottom line. However, there has recently been some light shed at the end of the tunnel.