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The five-year agreement with Africa’s Nampak Corrugated uses ABB’s applications and expertise to improve productivity and equipment reliability through industry-specific predictive maintenance and management practices.. More
Warwick Chemicals will replace its aging DCS with Rockwell’s PlantPAx Process Automation System, which includes batch and sequencing production software, and manufacturing operations and asset management applications.. More
The new Quantum Architecture framework is said to give small and midsize businesses a leg up in the global competitive landscape by embedding IT mapping, data collaboration, workflow models, and real-time notification of business changes in an ERP structu. More
Keeping the technology on the right path will require course corrections in industrial investment as well as science and engineering education.. More
The company’s latest version adds high-precision machining, new manufacturing process coverage, and a reporting dashboard to give engineers an early view into production and component costs from within a CAD model.. More
From operations management jobs to line workers to product engineers, the language manufacturers use must change to attract the next generation of workers.. More
New applications deliver real-time operational metrics to iPads, iPhones, and other devices. Are they creating data overload or operational excellence in manufacturing? . More
Advanced manufacturing industries and operational excellence techniques appeal to those hoping to strengthen the United States’ industrial base, but they may not create jobs in great numbers, or revitalize the middle class.. More
Eliyahu Goldratt, the man business guru behind the Theory of Constraints, died on June 11, but his legacy will endure in the questions we ask ourselves. . More
Recent developments in China, including worker suicides and strikes, have put low-cost contract manufacturers there on the defensive, and may signal China’s manufacturing power is on the wane.. More