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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

Automation is the process of minimizing manual labor using machines Automation includes using various equipment and control systems such as factory processes, machinery, boilers, heat-treating ovens, steering, etc. Examples are industrial robots and multipurpose CNC machines.

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Analysis on 2021 Container Shipping Delays

ShipLilly

Chinese factories are facing challenges of meeting excessive orders that are way beyond their current capacity. The impact of the Chinese New Year when factories shutdown has also created an additional backlog. Take for example the increased emphasis on the purchase of household goods via e-Commerce platforms.

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Precision Pricing Software

Logistics Business Magazine

Forensic profitability analysis for small and global businesses alike is available at a click with today’s supply chain software, as Paul Hamblin discovers. This is where data software vendor The Information Factory came in. We can look at groups of customers when we have a potential problem somewhere in the network.

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BSH Group improves logistics transparency & carrier sourcing processes

Transporeon

BSH Group, manufacturer of domestic equipment, has strongly improved its transportation tendering and planning processes. Optimized tender processes The first step in the worldwide optimization project was the implementation of Ticontract, the tendering platform of the Transporeon group. All this is done webbased.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

And the reasons spanned from a global chip shortage, to embargoes, to factory fires, to natural disasters. For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping. A customer of the risk solutions begins by listing key suppliers.

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DENSO solutions help digitalise logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

DENSO Wave Europe , part of the Toyota Group, knows the challenges in logistics and the competitive pressure, which is increased by globalisation but also the call for more digitalisation. The UR40 RFID reader from DENSO, for example, can read 700 RFID tags per second. This makes the RFID reader one of the fastest in the industry.

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Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers Can Re-evaluate Factory Processes. . Since the skills gap reflects changes in how manufacturers operate, it represents the opportunity for manufacturers to re-evaluate their current factory processes, including a wide, diverse group of job positions, explains ThomasNet.