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Flatbed Demand and Challenges for Construction and Manufacturing

Trinity Logistics

Let’s take a deeper look into these challenges and present some considerations for how those in the industry can overcome them. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey , 59.7 This comes from factory slowdowns and, in some instances, factory closures due to many reasons. FLATBED DEMAND VS. VAN AND REEFER.

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The Future Of Manufacturing Post-COVID

Blue Grace Logistics

Within the last year, manufacturers have had to cope with supply chain disruptions and the shutdown of factories due to restrictions caused by COVID-19. While China recovered its economy fast, a shifted consumption pattern to e-commerce presented new challenges to the industry. Cross Distribution Analysis. Industry 4.0.

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Do Shopping Trends Drive Singles’ Day Sales?

Locus

Known to have first been celebrated in universities in the 1990s by single men, Singles’ Awareness Day has grown immensely popular with unmarried people all over China treating themselves to presents. Factory audits, CO2 reporting on the supply chain, and compliance with regulations are some of the ways in which visibility can be ensured.

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The seismic potential of digitalised manufacturing

247 Customs Broker

Working Group presented their paper at the Hannover Messe, where more than 220,000 representatives of the world’s engineering and manufacturing industry gather every year to see the latest innovations in production and automation technologies. Smart machines, flexible factories. Industry 4.0 Where are we now? technologies. approaches.

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Positive Human-Robot Relationships Will Power the Future Supply Chain Workforce

247 Customs Broker

The military initially was the leader in drone use, but corporations also are adopting them to survey construction zones, deliver packages and monitor inventory in warehouses, among other tasks. Transportation: Although autonomous cars present a multitude of benefits, this is one robot that might struggle to work harmoniously with humans.

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How Southeast Asian manufacturers can use ERP to realign the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For decades, ASEAN manufacturing, once seen as a global phenomenon, had been overshadowed by the meteoric rise of Chinese factories. Recent lockdowns in mainland China left global manufacturers reeling even further due to deteriorating factory production. In 2019, China accounted for 28.7 Top leadership support for Industry 4.0.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

In 1994 Reza Raji described the concept in IEEE Spectrum as “[moving] small packets of data to a large set of nodes, so as to integrate and automate everything from home appliances to entire factories” However, only in 1999 did the field start gathering momentum. According to Gartner, Inc.,