Manufacturing

Industry veteran brings more than 23 years of experience in sales, service, product development and management.

Frost & Sullivan market analysis suggests passive RFID still has a competitive edge over active RFID, but technological advancements are helping to close the gap.

Global leaders combine software and hardware to co-develop solutions for digital supply chain operations in factories, warehouses and retail.

Food and beverage will account for nearly half of all new demand, and 16% of new box sales will come from the rapidly growing e-commerce segment.

Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) and Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. (TMHU), to become Toyota Material Handling.

Modern's cover stories in 2018 profiled some of the companies whose success is emblematic of a thriving industry.

Manufacturing output for the month of December finished 2018 on a downward slide, according to the monthly manufacturing Report on Business, which was released today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The report’s key metric, the PMI, dropped 5.2% to 54.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth). Even with the decline, the index has now grown for 28 consecutive months, with the overall economy now having grown for 116 consecutive months.

Optimism for the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors, in 2019, is firmly intact, albeit not at the same level as 2018, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Semiannual Economic Forecast, which was released this week.

With new business, leadership and investor, the provider of self-driving industrial vehicles plans enhanced production and innovation to meet growing demand.

In risk-averse market, research suggests adoption will grow only if smart manufacturing solution vendors 'define, prioritize, prove and present their business case before approaching this sector.'

Partnership to create solution that will effectively reduce reporting times from months and days to hours.

With 1,144,033 shipments, October was up 11.9% annually, which Panjiva said marks the fastest rate of growth for monthly shipments going back to March 2014.

Software and services clearly lead in revenue, but higher growth rate for connectivity and devices like 5G services and the rise of edge computing will drive revenue growth at a CAGR of 20%.

Research suggests industrial and manufacturing environments need to prepare for a 'long-term transformation rather than an overnight success story.'

The PMI fell 2.1% to 57.7, showing growth for the 26th consecutive month and the overall economy now having grown for 114 consecutive months.