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GigaSpaces and OpenLegacy partner to modernize legacy systems
Modernizing legacy stacks accelerates time to market, reduces risk and simplifies legacy-to-cloud migrations.

3PL’s mobile robot fleet helps manage disruption and growth
Robots can be shipped between five facilities to manage velocity and ensure redundancy throughout the network.

Online retailer graduates to high-volume automated packaging and fulfillment
A range of automated packaging equipment options enables cost-effective, speedy fulfillment even during peak periods.

Opportunity in the packaging department
One man’s ingenuity led to a high-performance orbital stretch wrapper that saves time and labor as it protects shipments from costly damage.

Women in Manufacturing Association announces 2020 board of directors
WiM is the only national association specifically dedicated to supporting, promoting and inspiring women who have chosen a career in the manufacturing sector.

Other Voices: Know your barriers
The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) advises professionals in industrial facilities to recognize the importance of selecting fit-for-purpose guardrails.

Nokia partners with ABI Research to survey manufacturing investment in 4G/LTE, 5G and Industry 4.0
Research indicates need in every industry to quantify the potential ROI of investing in private wireless -- as well as the cost of inaction.

Conveyco and Exotec announce strategic partnership
Exotec's goods-to-person solution combines autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with a high-density automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS).

MHEDA joins Talent Exchange to help Covid-19 impacted individuals and companies
Eightfold.ai, the inventor of the Talent Intelligence Platform, together with MHEDA, today announced the sponsorship of Talent Exchange powered by Eightfold, a nationwide marketplace connecting HR and business leaders to immediately employ associates whose jobs are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Industry experts: Digital twins will have major impact on industrial building usage post-lockdown
White paper outlines impact of COVID-19 on the real estate industry and how digital twin technology will reshape future decisions for building owners.

ISM: April non-manufacturing data sees steep declines due to COVID-19
The report’s key indicator, the NMI, fell 10.7% to 41.8, coming off of March’s 52.5 reading, which stands as the highest reading in the last year. It is the lowest reading since the 40.1 recorded in March 2009 and contracted for the first time since December 2009, halting a 122-month stretch of growth.

Benchmarking study examines Industry 4.0 in consumer packaged goods manufacturing
SmarterChains releases first-of-its kind study of 336,000 data points across 500 evolving technologies to help manufacturers and global supply chain professionals accelerate digital transformations, adopt new technologies, drive automation and data exchange, and unlock value.

Other Voices: In times of social distancing, essential businesses turn to autonomous robots
Warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing companies look to autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to operate efficiently while maintaining the social distancing guidelines.

Safety netting manufacturer InCord producing hospital gowns
InCord quickly created zones on their production floor to assemble over 1,200 gowns for hospitals in need.

Other Voices: Balancing demand for faster and cheaper delivery in a socially responsible way
Social responsibility encompasses automation, green shipping, improving last-mile delivery, maintaining a positive workplace and more efficient planning.

Industry forecast: Technology will drive COVID-19 recovery
Report indicates modes moving smaller shipments are experiencing steady pricing overall as e-commerce usage from a largely remote-based workforce drives residential parcel delivery volumes. Meanwhile, rates in the truckload market are dropping sharply.

New report illustrates digital transformation of supply chain management
Lux Research analysts find warehousing and transport have the most innovation activity, while planning and forecasting platforms have outsized importance.

Other Voices: Pest hot spots to monitor for improved inventory management
A proactive approach to pest management will help lower the risk of a pest infestation, which will in turn protect the bottom line.

Combilift does the heavy lifting to ease worldwide ventilator shortage
Completed in five weeks, the project is the result of a collaboration between the engineering and manufacturing industry and the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE).

Other Voices: For essential manufacturers, employee experience has never been more important
A connection to purpose carries significant weight when it comes to employee experience.


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