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Supply Chain: Managing Additive Manufacturing Variation, Qualification, & the Entire Process 

Additive Manufacturing

In recent years additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and materials have evolved into being able to achieve industrial-grade parts production, which means AM parts are now entering the supply chain. The implementation of digital inventories and AM-focused suppliers is key to the new approach. “So

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ERP Empowers Mold Builder to Increase Speed, Efficiency, Accuracy

Mold Making Technology

. “We were also impressed that although it’s described as an ERP system, Plex incorporated more than just IT, accounting, procurement and human resource management [HRM] capabilities. to manage nearly every aspect of the company’s business, from sales and estimating to supply chain management.

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Learning From Additive Manufacturing Qualification In The United States Marine Corps 

Additive Manufacturing

With new technologies, materials, and post processing capabilities making their entrance into the industry, it’s important to validate end-use functionality. To understand the qualification standards of the Marine Corps is to understand the bins system. Examples include: . Below are examples of blue bin parts and requirements. .

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Cloud-based Solutions Accelerate the Transformation of Industrial Operations with Smart Digital Capabilities

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

It’s common for organizations to struggle with cross-functional alignment, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) teams. Toyotetsu America (TTAI) has worked closely with Plex and Toyota to enable integration of the Toyota Production System throughout its supply chain.

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3D Digital Data, Additive Manufacturing and Medicine – The advantages and gaps

Additive Manufacturing

Patient-matched prosthetics have been evolving since 3D printing began, but even with a well-established workflow, high-functioning software, reliable 3D printing hardware, this particular application remains difficult to learn and has had slow uptake. Prosthetic design using 3D surface scan data and Geomagic Freeform software.

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Increasing production with less capital

Control Engineering

Rollout to the second factory with all the functionality listed above. Quality management implemented to replace a legacy point solution that did not support most of the quality forms required. Rollout to the third factory with all the functionality listed above.

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Intro to the AS9100 Standard

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

We’ll explore the standard, the quality management system (QMS) manufacturers will have to build, the benefits of certification, basic steps in the certification process, and more. What is a Quality Management System (QMS)? This blog will serve as a general overview of AS9100. What is AS9100?