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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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500,000th UK-made Forklift Donated

Logistics Business Magazine

The 500,000th forklift from the factory producing Hyster® lift trucks in Northern Ireland has been donated to a local branch of FareShare, the UK’s longest running food redistribution charity. The donated truck will be used in warehouses , based in Newtownabbey, where food items for redistribution are stored.

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What is Internal Logistics: Importance, Elements and Examples

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However, in most cases, we can talk about at least 5 types of internal logistics elements that will always be present in any example: Technical data: it is the information that must be processed in order to know and manage the internal logistics process. For example, the supply of raw materials for a factory is an external logistics task.

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

With a SICK Lector654 matrix camera installed above their workstation, operators can instead present the package to the scanner at the most ergonomic height, confident of highly-reliable read rates. With SICK’s innovative dynamic focus function, the camera can adapt flexibly to the working distance and the position of the code.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

We offer a range of opportunities for professional development – including digital training through the Utz Academy – and ensure that we provide attractive financial incentives and benefits, including an annual profit-sharing scheme.”. Training and professional development have always been a high priority at Utz. Family ethos.

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From Real-Time Visibility to Real-Time Decisions: Data’s Value Is Propagating Across Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Once you know where that truck (or train, plane or container) is, that’s when things get really interesting. A retailer places a make-to-order PO with an overseas factory. In other words, visibility is an enabler. Lesson learned. Co-Pack Planning and Execution: What is the impact on shippers and MOD?

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The Weekly Freight Report for July 1st, 2021

FLS Transport

FMCSA agrees to increased communication as new training rule deadline approaches. The trucking industry is less than a year away from upgrading its new entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements set by the FMCSA. The Top 5 Stories in Freight. importers panicking going into early peak season. New bottleneck has ‘U.S