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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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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Of course, robotics does not tell the full story, as the world of manufacturing has evolved even further over the last few decades, with the rise of data and smart, autonomous systems. Manager and even the Smart Factory Manager. A 2021 study conducted by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute (MI) predicts that 2.1

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

At the end of 2019 that supply chain covered 38 PMI owned factories, 28 third party manufacturers, and more than 180 markets. The introduction of smoke-free products made the use of spreadsheet tools far less efficient in the capacity and sourcing planning as the new product categories had rapid growth. It was predictable.

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RFID Case Study: Can a Supply Chain be Digitised?

Logistics Business Magazine

The aim was to define the factory of the future and to implement its products in the digitised factory. Reliability was to be created through a more intelligent supply chain with new tools and valid real-time insights. The post RFID Case Study: Can a Supply Chain be Digitised? Solution: RFID hardware components.

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

A press release from October of 2021 stated that solutions sold by the Group over the course of one year result in the avoidance of around 1,300 million tons of CO2 emissions over those product’s lifespan. In Brazil, across 16 business units, they operate 56 factories and 126 distribution centers and outlets.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Seven technicians maintain and repair machinery at the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire – which recently took delivery of its tenth injection-moulding machine – while four employees in the toolroom produce and service tools to meet production requirements. “My

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

By handling inbound logistics yourself, you’re allocating time, money and resources away from your primary goals of increasing factory output and driving sales. While necessary, these activities do little to improve factory output. Putting it all together: a case study. 3PL inbound logistics services. Pay less for supplies.