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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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Fashion Transparency: China to Germany

Logistics Business Magazine

When it comes to manufacturing high-quality fashion, Walbusch Group relies on Polymax Group, among others. At the same time, users of the tool save a lot of time because they are more effective without having to use tedious Excel lists, e-mail traffic and phone calls. The group also complies with the OEKO-TEX Standard 100.

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OTTO Motors Commits to Production Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Many of my ARC Advisory Group colleagues were in attendance due to our company’s strong focus on manufacturing automation. The difference in the movement of tires across automotive manufacturing plants is an example that was used to illustrate the need for adapting the AMRs to site-specific workflows.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. This all changed shortly after WWII. The Long Wall Method. Productivity plummeted. They do nothing.

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. This information includes a supplier profile that sets out the criteria for which suppliers are used to support the manufacture of designated products, and which factories those vendors supply. at the ZF Group. The Transition from Lean to Resilience.

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New Electric Forklift Launched

Logistics Business Magazine

Baoli, the forklift manufacturer that is part of the KION Group, is launching a newly developed electric forklift series across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new KBE family is manufactured at the new production plant in Jinan (Shandong province), the fifth Chinese production site of the Frankfurt-based KION Group.

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Top 10 SCM Trends for 2024

Logistics Business Magazine

His statements are based not only on discussions with experts from the industry and research, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. To ensure that more truck drivers are back home in the evening, for example, the forwarding association Elvis wants to set up a meeting network for full truck loads.