Posted on 28 Feb 2023 by The Manufacturer UK manufacturing is in desperate need of current and future skills to remain globally competitive. Key to this is ensuring that automation and robotics are built in to education programmes, allowing for a digitally competent future workforce, according to Oliver Selby, Head of Sales at FANUC UK
Posted on 24 Jun 2022 by The Manufacturer Recent events and their impact on manufacturers’ supply chains have highlighted the need for change in operating models. Just as manufacturers recognised before most other sectors that they could produce better goods faster and with less waste when they automated processes, so levels of understanding are growing
Posted on 1 Jun 2022 by The Manufacturer Technology has become the great equaliser, putting tremendous control in the hands of consumers and business buyers alike. Thanks to digital disruptors such as Amazon and Netflix, buyers expect you to know their likes and dislikes, regardless of whether you’re selling technology, energy, or equipment. Seamless transactions…
Posted on 27 May 2022 by The Manufacturer In this article, The Manufacturer speaks with Lorraine Howell, Vice President of Innovation and Continuous Improvement at Illumiti about how SAP can make businesses’ supply chains more resilient. What challenges are businesses currently facing as a result of supply chain disruptions? Recent supply chain disruptions have highlighted…
Alex Smith, MES Business Consultant at Cimlogic, discusses the key takeaways from the ensuring Digital Transformation success blog series.Hopefully, you might have stumbled across my series of blogs, Ensuring Success (if not, you can download the complete 5-step guide below). I must admit it wasn’t entirely without an ulterior motive. It was meant to get…
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has chosen Liferay as a core digital infrastructure component in the factory of the future at the Digital Manufacturing Accelerator (DMA).The initiative lets manufacturers experience the advantages of industry 4.0, IoT, smart manufacturing, robotics, and automation in a risk-free environment with accurate financial and operational projections in relation to selected…
We’re all guilty, every once in a while, of putting off tasks we’re not eager to deal with. In fact, statistics suggest that procrastination is a very common habit, with 25% of the adult population considering it a personality trait. However, when it comes to industrial equipment, there are some things that just cannot be…
How are manufacturers and logistics companies using new advancements in machine vision to transform their operations? In this whitepaper, techonology provider, Zebra, looks at the enterprise-technology solutions that can provide visibility as to what is happening in your manufacturing environment. The world is changing quicker than at any other time in history, and the manufacturing…
In the wake of landmark climate event, COP26, manufacturers are striving to align their activities with the global net zero targets. But the sector has a long way to go. It currently produces more than 16 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year.Here, Johan Jonzon, Co-founder and CMO of edge analytics pioneer, Crosser, explains how…
Artificial intelligence, Engineering, and Data Science used to be disparate disciplines with little overlap, but now these specialist domains are rapidly converging. Altair believes that engineers hold the key to capitalising on the potential of AI across the manufacturing sector.Nowadays product development and simulation engineering teams have access to a wealth of data that should…
Productivity issues, skill shortages and business project backlogs are the main reason that low-code solutions will make up 65% of application development by 2024, according to Gartner. When looking towards the future, low-code platforms will be key in accelerating digital transformation.In this article, Johan Jonzon, CMO and Founder of edge analytics pioneer Crosser, explores why.…
As a key industry player in the manufacturing space, Mitsubishi Electric (MEUS) was under pressure. Despite the company’s international reach, its legal and compliance team was spread thin.Third-party due diligence checks were usually conducted in an ad-hoc fashion, frequently resulting in cursory internet searches, which often proved cumbersome and ineffective. Furthermore documents were largely paper…