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Data warehousing provides more than analytics benefits

Control Engineering

Data warehousing is helping companies overcoming a trend where data collection is outsizing storage infrastructure, which creates a strain on the system and slows operations down. In a data warehouse environment, many disparate pieces of information can now be formally related in the data model and allow the user to create deeper insights.

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Automate Day One: Turning data into information for better context

Control Engineering

Information management insights Manufacturers have access to enormous amounts of information, but they need to have put in context for them to make any sense of it. Courtesy: Chris Vavra, CFE Media and Technology Turning data into information for better context What are many of these technologies and concepts designed to do?

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The Connectivity Revolution: How the Emergence of 5G Networks Are Reshaping Manufacturing

21st Century Tech

Based on data analysis, these technological capabilities not only improve productivity and efficiency but also enable more informed decisions. For real-time communications and control in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution this is critical. 5G is the successor of 4G, the fourth generation of mobile network technology.

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UMass Amherst says robots that organize their own teams are more efficient

Robotics Business Review

Source: Adobe Stock Instead of multipurpose robots, teams of robots can cooperate to execute tasks that would be tedious or hazardous for scarce human workers. He is associate professor in the UMass Amherst Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences and director of the Human-Centered Robotics Lab.

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Top 5 Use Cases of AI in Manufacturing Value Chain

Dinesh Mishra

Similar techniques can also be used to predict weak demand periods and slow down manufacturing to prevent spoilage of products and increased warehousing costs. Then, using this information, it was able to control production processes in real-time, ensuring that all components are assembled under ideal conditions.

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Chinese automaker to use UBTECH humanoid

Robotics Business Review

Ubtech says its humanoid robots can be used in industrial manufacturing, exhibition halls, warehousing and logistics, commercial office services, home services, and college and research institutions.

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Fastenal Company Reports 2024 Annual and Fourth Quarter Earnings

Fastener News Desk

Except for share and per share information, or as otherwise noted below, dollar amounts are stated in millions. Moderation in the rate of growth reflects a difficult comparison in our warehousing end market as a result of strong holiday-related shipments we experienced in the fourth quarter of 2023.