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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

Many of today’s manufacturing trends are in line with the industry’s goals to improve processes, create more efficiency, and meet consumer demand. Let’s dive into the latest manufacturing trends. WHAT ARE THE LATEST TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING? Diversifying the workforce is a trend that goes in hand with employee recruiting.

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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. So here goes – read on for a greater understanding of these concepts and the role they play in your journey to a smart factory.

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The future of manufacturing: trends and innovation for growth

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

in which factories are digitally transformed, manual processes are replaced with automated systems, and factories and supply chains are smarter. The common themes around manufacturing trends point to these changes. The digital factory. Digital factory. The 4th generation manufacturing environment.

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AI and the Future of Supply Chain with Yossi Sheffi

The Logistics of Logistics

His latest books include The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 (2020) and A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World (2021). Following the journey of the t-shirt from factory to retailer. Future trends in world supply chains and economies.

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The “First Five” Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017

GlobalTranz

Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

I remember reading an MIT paper on manufacturing technology trends a couple of years ago. AM has the potential to move manufacturing from mass production in large factories with dedicated machining and tooling lines to an era of mass customization and distributed smart manufacturing. Smart Manufacturing Driving Reshoring?

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

As we head into a new year it is a good time to take a look at the coming year and see what it may hold in the way of trends. We kick off today a month-long focus on trends in the following categories: Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Do you have the right people in place?