Ford Provides Peek of Its Digital Manufacturing Strategy The digital investment coincided with a general revamping of the plant as new transmissions were introduced. Industry 4.0 and IoT technology enables operators to monitor data generated at different work stations. Individual parts can be tracked. Inspections occur during production. The company also has stepped up its […]
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When you’re looking for an MRP system, it’s important to distinguish between Material Requirements Planning (sometimes referred to as MRP I) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (known as MRP II).
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Cluster Raises $1.9M to Transform Hiring Engineers in the Manufacturing Industry Cluster launches the first U.S. marketplace matching Industry 4.0 skills to jobs at Aviation, Aerospace, Defense and Automotive companies in Southern California.
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Every manufacturing company must deal with inventory. It is part of doing business.
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Global manufacturing growth plumbs new depths amid trade tensions Global manufacturing growth decelerated in 2018 as a result of trade and tariff barriers, according to the UN’s latest International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics.
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If you have been around the manufacturing industry for any amount of time, you have likely heard someone talk about discrete manufacturing and process manufacturing.
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The US just got the latest sign manufacturing activity is slowing down The Commerce Department said factory orders edged up 0.1% in December, compared with economist expectations for a 0.5% increase.
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Knowing production capacity and utilization is extremely important for efficient manufacturing.
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US Manufacturing Production Unexpectedly Contracts in January U.S. factory production unexpectedly contracted in January, shrinking the most in eight months on weakness in the automotive sector and indicating a weak start to the year as headwinds including a trade war with China weighed on factories.
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All manufacturing organizations hope to contain the costs of production and get their products shipped as quickly as possible.
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Manufacturing wage growth hit its highest level in over a decade The 12-month moving average of wage growth rose to 3.9 percent in December.
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Again, the introduction of new enterprise software creates big problems for a company. This time it hits the gummy-bear manufacturer Haribo.
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