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Additive Manufacture: In-house 3D Printing versus Outsourced 3D Printing Service

In this 3-part series of articles, we will embark on a comprehensive exploration of 3D printing / additive manufacturing (AM), where our main focus is empowering you to make informed decisions about how to engage with the technology across an ever-evolving landscape.

Unlocking Customer Experience: The Critical Role of Your Supply Chain

Cost implications play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional experiences for end-users. By optimizing expenses, businesses can allocate resources to enhance product quality and service delivery, ensuring customer satisfaction.

BOOSTING PANERA BREAD'S EFFICIENCY WITH CIMON'S PLC AND HMI SOLUTIONS

The initiative aimed not only to streamline operations but also to fit seamlessly within the limited space of retail restaurants, a challenge in the bustling food service industry.

The AI Imperative: Crafting Your Manufacturing Future

How does a business begin to build a compelling AI case? It starts with a problem worth solving. Here is how businesses can leap onto the AI train with a strategy that is as pragmatic as it is ambitious.

Winds Of Change For Vestas: 3D Printed Tooling Transforms Wind Turbines

There aren’t a lot of technologies that can propel towering wind turbines to new heights of time and cost efficiencies, but large-format additive manufacturing rose to the challenge and delivered with its eclectic range of applications.

Fostering Innovation: The Keys to Success

In a world that's always evolving, innovation is how we keep up, grow, and thrive. So, when we talk about nurturing innovation, we're really talking about fuelling the very essence of human progress and hope.

Mastering the Master Production Schedule (MPS) – Tips for Growing Manufacturers

The master production schedule (MPS) is an essential production planning tool. But how to make the most of it?

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Three layers of predictive maintenance - New horizons in a world of AI and Big Data

The key difference between preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance is that the latter means completing maintenance only when needed, as opposed to scheduled intervals.

Revolutionizing Sustainability: igus Unveils AI-Driven Solutions for Industry 4.0 at Hannover Messe

Smart maintenance, low-cost robotics, AI-based online tools: igus® showcasing pioneering solutions for the lubrication-free and CO2-neutral industry and automation of tomorrow at the Hannover Messe

Lean is the Future of Manufacturing

Reducing wait times and eliminating extraneous handling and labor through lean improves your bottom line. The capital saved can then be reinvested in new and better products and processes to further improve the customer experience, which in turn fuels business growth.

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Wire Expo 2024 Event Highlights

The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. announces highlights of its Wire Expo 2024, which will be held at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino, Uncasville, CT, USA, June 11-12, 2024.

Very Technology to Showcase How IoT, AI and Automation are Reshaping the Manufacturing Industry at Automate 2024

Very helps enterprises including SUN Automation, Koller, Fortifyit and many others bring industrial digitization to their new and traditional business with custom hardware, edge and cloud computing, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence.

Middleby Corporation's TurboChef Selects LeanDNA to Provide Visibility into Production Readiness and Shortage Management

TurboChef is implementing LeanDNA to provide visibility into all parts of the supply and demand chain.

DigiKey to Showcase Full Automation Offerings and Value-Add Services at Automate 2024

While visiting the DigiKey booth, show attendees can view demonstrations by DigiKey team members and the company's five collaborating sponsors: Siemens, Phoenix Contact, Schneider Electric, Omron Automation and Weidmuller. DigiKey's automation offerings include a roster of more than 450 industry-leading suppliers in categories including PLCs, robotics, sensors, safety and more.

Machine Vision: MVTec presents itself and its software products at Automate

• Exchange with long-standing partners, customers and interested parties is the focus of the trade fair appearance • Machine vision portfolio enables complete automation workflows • MVTec has been represented in the USA with a subsidiary since 2007

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The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc.

The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc.

The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc., founded in 1930, is a worldwide technical society for wire and cable industry professionals. Based in Madison, Connecticut, USA, WAI collects and shares technical, manufacturing, and general business information to the ferrous, nonferrous, electrical, fiber optic, and fastener segments of the wire and cable industry. WAI hosts trade expositions, technical conferences, and educational programs.

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SAE International

SAE International

SAE International is a global association committed to advancing mobility knowledge and solutions for the benefit of humanity. By engaging nearly 200,000 engineers, technical experts and volunteers, we connect and educate mobility professionals to enable safe, clean, and accessible mobility solutions. We act on two priorities: encouraging a lifetime of learning for mobility engineering professionals and setting the standards for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our philanthropic SAE Foundation, including award-winning programs like A World in Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™.