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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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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Transitioning from manual operations and implementing automated solutions enhances processes and improves performance monitoring and decision making, avoiding rework, downtime, defects, and bottlenecks and ultimately improve customer service and increase profitability. Digitization: from analogue information to digital data.

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Exploring the Ford Factory in Almussafes: the ASRS

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Probably one of the most important factories in the region of Valencia, is the Ford Factory in Almussafes, which is one of the most profitable ones in Europe. After my first week at the company, one of my colleagues asked me if I wanted to go with him to the Factory. Cranes can move cars much faster than a human operator.

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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

Another reason for increased output is the changes in manufacturing factories and their companies. Technology is advancing, becoming more accessible, making these factories and companies more efficient and able to produce more with fewer people. It creates opportunities for new talent and can help make operations more resilient.

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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

With tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming more accessible, companies should be able to become more efficient and able to produce more with fewer people. According to a study by the Manufacturing Institute, less than 30 percent of manufacturing workers are women. Industry 4.0

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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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How Automated Guided Vehicles Transform Material Handling

Conger

These driverless machines have replaced some manual labor and forklifts, moving materials efficiently and safely, thus redefining industrial operations. They are often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around industrial buildings, such as a factory or warehouse environment.