Articles Tagged with ''automation''

Study: 80% of manufacturing, supply chain execs say digital supply chain will be the predominant model within 5 years

80% of survey respondents believe digital supply chains will be the predominant model within five years.
April 6, 2017
Nine technologies are working together to create next-generation supply chains that are digital, on-demand and always-on. In fact, these supply chain models will soon become the new supply chain reality, according to the fourth in a series of MHI Annual Industry Reports developed by MHI, Charlotte, N.C., in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting, LLC, New York.
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SencorpWhite to purchase Intek Integration Technologies

Intek’s supply chain execution platform complements White Systems’ AS/RS, providing a comprehensive selection of hardware and software designed to improve system performance and flexibility.
April 3, 2017
SencorpWhite, Hyannis, Mass., announced plans to acquire Intek Integration Technologies Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of software that helps manufacturers and distributors better manage their warehouses, inventory levels and supply chains.
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Study: 75% of manufacturers still employ manual data collection procedures

The findings revealed that 75% of respondents are still employing manual approaches, 53% use spreadsheets to collect data and 47% still rely on pencil and paper.
March 2, 2017
Research from InfinityQS International, Fairfax, Va., reveals that organizations are failing to automate their quality management and data capture methods.
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Study: 2016 breaks records for North American robot orders

Robot orders surged 61% in assembly applications while food and consumer goods orders increased 32%.
February 23, 2017
The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), Ann Arbor, Mich., announced that in 2016, the North American robotics market broke all-time records for orders and shipments.
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Swisslog WDS Americas opens new Americas Technology Center

. The new technology center will focus on the perfection and further development of the PowerStore Pallet Shuttle.
February 6, 2017
Swisslog Warehouse and Distribution Solutions, Newport News, Va., established its Americas Technology Center at its West Coast office in Salida, Calif.
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Partner Logistics refrigerated trailer

Partner Logistics invests in new trailers for frozen food shipment

The new Schmitz Cargobull S.KO COOL semitrailers will be used to move frozen food products between the Partner Logistics deep-freeze warehouse and the production facilities of Lamb Weston and Pinguin UK.
February 3, 2017
Partner Logistics, UK, invested in two new trailers for its shuttle operations at its near 80,000-pallet capacity cold storage center in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
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Lineage Logistics expansion

Lineage Logistics expands 2 facilities, acquires 2 more

The expansions, in tandem with the acquired buildings, will add 21 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehousing space to Lineage’s nationwide facility network.
February 2, 2017
Lineage Logistics, a Colton, Calif.-based warehousing and logistics company sponsored by Bay Grove Capital LLC, San Francisco, announced plans to expand two existing facilities, one in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area and one in Sunnyvale, Calif., as well as the completed acquisitions of two buildings, one in Phoenix, Ariz., and one in Bethlehem, Pa.
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Big Data, cloud-based platforms among converging technologies to produce growth in food, beverage

The convergence of technologies will enhance food safety, boosting growth in food processing, testing, packaging and production.
January 18, 2017
The global food and beverage industry is witnessing rapid uptake of technologies ranging from cloud platforms, gene editing, 3D printing and enzyme engineering, to new packaging techniques that encompass the use of environmentally friendly and hybrid packing materials, smart packaging methods and nano-technology innovations.
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