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Modern Manufacturing Expo To Showcase How Robotics and AI Can Turn Supply Chains Into ‘Value Chains’

Manufacturer's Monthly

“The upcoming Expo is the perfect platform to share our insights into how robotics can help supply chains transform into value chains. Robotics and the creation of a value chain. Robotics and intelligent automation improve the visibility of the supply chain by automating inventory processes.

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Visibility & Resiliency: Letting Your Factory Work For You

Cisco Industrial Automation

Industry research shows that by 2023, 30% of manufacturers will enhance their shop floor digital twin with real-time signal transponder data, leading to an 80% reduction in logistic bottlenecks in shop floor and storage areas – Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2021.

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The Manufacturing Value Chain Guide

ATS

Share If you’re looking for opportunities to improve operations and increase your competitive advantage, analyzing the manufacturing value chain is a good place to start. Every manufacturing activity is composed of a chain of linked steps, and each one should be adding value. What is a value chain?

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Accenture, Mujin form robotics integration joint venture

Robotics Business Review

Accenture and Mujin have created a joint venture to help bring robotics and automation to the manufacturing and logistics industries. Mujin said it designed its controllers as a common platform for industrial and collaborative robots for pick-and-place and other logistics applications. Mujin was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo.

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Industry 4.0 and Lean Management – How to Manage the Chaos

Seeburger

Value chains are becoming increasingly complex and networked. This article looks at the demands these approaches place on data logistics and how […]. This is not only due to globalisation, but also to the increasing use of industry 4.0

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4 ways robotics, AI will transform industry in 2024

Robotics Business Review

That makes me confident that 2024 will see the growth of data-driven logistics and manufacturing systems. This transition is a strategic necessity, supporting the shift towards high-volume, high-mix production, resilient supply chains, competitive data utilization, and sustainability goals. The stand-out projected growth area?

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Pyka raises $40M for autonomous electric aircraft

Robotics Business Review

Pyka is commercializing autonomous electric aircraft for a variety of applications, including agricultural crop protection, commercial cargo transportation, and defense logistics. Additionally, the Series B funds will advance the development of new capabilities to support contested logistics operations for the U.S. The Alameda, Calif.-based

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