Topic: News

Companies are using customer data for operational decisions, but decision-making can go awry without appropriate analytical method to handle this insight.

For manufacturing, ISM is estimating a 4.8% annual increase in 2020 revenue, which is up from the 1.9% increase that was pegged for 2019 over 2018. What’s more, 58.1% of manufacturing respondents expected 2020 revenues to be higher than 2019. And revenue growth in 2020 is expected to see annual gains in all 18 manufacturing industries ISM tracks.

Report authors concerned that 64% of survey respondents cited workplace culture as their leading obstacle to mobile transformation.

Just over half of industry experts believe machine vision market will increase in the next six months, 38% believe sales will remain flat. Seven in 10 expect flat performance in the machine vision market, 24% believing sales will increase in the next six months.

In this era of technology 4.0, we must connect a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is touching our lives and reshaping our world.

The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 53.9 in November (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), which was 0.8% below October’s 54.7. The NMI headed up for the 118th consecutive month, and the November NMI is 1.9% below the 12-month average of 55.8.

Study suggests retailers must deliver a seamless multi-channel experience, managing inventory and building smarter operations by leveraging technology to provide more personalized services.

Suppliers following a traditional model of equipment sales should consider "a subscription platform in their business model to offer maintenance and upgrades, especially cloud-based software updates."

Pool of more than 200,000 companies considered for commitment to innovation, ongoing product development initiatives and outstanding customer support capabilities.

Solution to improve flexibility at all levels, including machines, to support shorter product cycles and smaller lots of greater variety.

The report’s key metric, the PMI, slipped 0.2% to 48.1 in November (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), following readings of 49.1, 47.8, and 48.3, in August, September, and October, respectively.

Future of logistics to be driven by artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, AR, drones, 5G and robotics.

Acquisition to expand Avery Dennison's Intelligent Labels platform across a variety of end markets and customers within the industrial and retail segments.

KION has awarded five apprenticeships to high school juniors, seniors and graduates, affording them at no cost a minimum of 2,000 hours of job-specific skills and half of their associate’s degree.

Founded in 1964, Unex manufactured the first cable-driven live roller conveyor.

According to a study by Persistence Market Research, the global industrial racking system market is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~7% throughout the forecast period.

Two market leaders in industrial automation and simulation help customers realize better business outcomes through simulation-based digital twins

Findings show new opportunities as Microsoft discontinues support of Windows CE mobile operating system

One of the key takeaways identified by CBRE was that absorption gains are expected to be limited in 2020, with available supply expected to outpace demand by 20 million-to-30 million square-feet, or 0.2% of total industrial inventory, for the first time since the 2008 recession, while rent growth is pegged to head up by 5% and the vacancy rate, which it say may see a slight rise, is expected to remain near historic lows next year.

Robotic Industries Association (RIA) statistics report more than 5% increase