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The smart factory Part 4: What skills do manufacturers and distributors need in the factory of the future?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

As manufacturers and distributors inject their operations with innovative technologies in an effort to transform them into smart factories, a shift in how those factories are staffed has emerged. Reskilling and attracting a smart factory workforce. As factories add smarter tech, they’ll need people to manage it.

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How to Deal with Damaged Freight: Freight Damage Types

GoShip Blog

Parties involved in physically handling cargo include: Supplier and factories Local trucker or delivery Origin and arrival port staff Customs or warehouse staff Receiving damaged freight requires complicated paperwork, so you will want to eliminate any chances of your products arriving in a damaged state.

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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look like

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. In the last decade alone, we have seen factories move from basic digitization to more predictive power. In part 1 of the smart factory series we unpacked digitization, digitalization and digital transformation.

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The smart factory Part 3: What does the factory of the future look

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

IoT sensors in the supply chain and robotics in factories are fluently available. In the last decade alone, we have seen factories move from basic digitization to more predictive power. In part 1 of the smart factory series we unpacked digitization, digitalization and digital transformation.

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Can Australian Manufacturing be Brought Back Home from China?

Logistics Bureau

Why China Became Australia’s Factory. Just by how much it is difficult to say, but we can deduce that if companies are cutting their production costs by 20 to 40 or even 50 percent by using China as their factory, their costs will rise by at least that much if they bring manufacturing back onshore. Economic Benefits.

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Digital Marketing in 2021: Social Media for Home Services

WorkWave

For example, take a lawn and landscape business that’s offering a fall deal for homeowners who need to grade and seed their lawns. This business has the opportunity to first educate these potential customers with content, such as a blog or video explaining why the fall is the best time for planting grass, delivered right to their news feeds.

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

This blog examines the “red” times, like the roughly three-month period we have just entered that is historically one of the regular disruptors in the ocean freight market. Although factories don’t shut down in the same way as during Chinese New Year, carriers are likely to have limited staff. Regular disruptors. Golden Week.