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Reshoring and supply-chain security

Design World

Discrete automation with motion systems and complementary forms of warehousing technologies remain core to reshoring and making supply chains more robust in the years since COVID-19. We recently asked several industry experts about trends they’re seeing in this space. Here’s what they had to say.

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Humanoid robots promise a multi-trillion-dollar market, but pose challenges

Robotics Business Review

Were now at an inflection point where these machines are ready to transform the manufacturing , logistics , and warehousing industries. While this requires some learning and adaptation, the integration process is often smoother than with other forms of automation.

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Horizon Industrial Parks signs warehousing tenancy with newly launched logistics brand MOVIN 

Dinesh Mishra

The new warehousing facility in Horizon’s high-quality modern logistics park will be an important step for MOVIN to establish its presence in the market. Horizon Industrial Parks has one of the largest portfolios of high-quality modern warehousing and industrial parks in India. About MOVIN. For more details, visit www.movin.in .

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3 women share advice for navigating the robotics industry

Robotics Business Review

“I was super passionate about building stuff and doing practical engineering things, but I didnt have anybody I could talk to or form a team with.” These mentors can come in many forms, whether it be women or men, people at the company you work at, or people who don’t even work within the robotics industry.

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Unifor asks Walmart to bargain first contract in wake of Canada Cartage acquisition

Canadian Manufacturing

Warehousing and logistics workers have a right to a union, and we expect the company to bargain a first collective agreement with our members as soon as possible,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. Unifor is alleging that Walmart punished workers with a wage freeze after they formed a union in December.

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#Trending: From humanoids to low-cost automation – IFR reports on what’s next for industrial robotics in 2025

Automation Mag

Most of these projects are being carried out in the automotive industry, which has played a key role in pioneering robot applications throughout the history of industrial robotics, as well as in the warehousing sector.

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

If you think of a supply chain as a system which can then be broken down into smaller links, each of which forms a function, e.g., transport from A-B, optimal use of warehousing, inventory control, and product manufacturing lifecycle. Each of these domains includes at least one link that can be optimised with wireless technologies.

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