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Building an Effective CPG Supply Chain Using a Cloud-based MES

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Many consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are affected by supply chain shortages and are taking steps to avoid shortages or overproducing items, not in demand. Rising commodities, packaging, freight, and energy costs weighed on Nestle’s operating profit margin. and the country’s largest processor by sales.

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Know Your Würth: CEO AJ Strandquist on How Würth Additive Can Change 3D Printing

Fastener News Desk

Written by: Matt Kremenetsky AJ Strandquist is a different kind of additive manufacturing (AM) CEO. But if manufacturers design with it in mind, they can come up with this hybrid system that takes advantage of all forms of manufacturing. AM shouldn’t necessarily be the number one production method. And there’s no way around it.

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How digital transformation powers the machine economy

Control Engineering

Germany), Industrie du futur (France), Made in China 2025 (China), or Smart Manufacturing (US), to name a few. On the one hand, the machine economy addresses the traditional manufacturing and business processes in place in most enterprises and industries. of physical assets when the freight carrier network is moving them.

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2023

Foley

Agility and resiliency remain essential attributes for manufacturers in 2023. Manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Most major automobile manufacturers have set aggressive goals to electrify their fleets, many in the range of 40-50% by the mid-2030s.