Manufacturing and Automation - Articles, Stories & Interviews
AI in Manufacturing: Why Now Matters
In an environment driven by Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement, AI empowers shops to act faster and smarter, without adding more headcount.
Using AI to Solve the "Execution Gap" in Manufacturing
Max AI doesn't just bridge the execution gap - it sets a new standard for modern manufacturing. By acting in real time - watching, thinking, and doing - it removes the friction and firefighting that once consumed operators, supervisors, and planners.
The Library of Machine Malfunctions and Changing the Factory-Worker Relationship
The goal from day one was clear: build the definitive source of industrial reliability knowledge, and open it up to empower teams everywhere to shift from reactive troubleshooting to proactive control.
When Clean is the Key to Precision
Micro molded parts are often invisible to the naked eye, measured in millimeters or fractions of millimeters, with features that can be smaller than a human hair. In this context, a single dust particle can disrupt form, fit, or function.
How Machine Vision is Enhancing Automation Safety and Efficiency
Technologies to extract high-level meaning from images are increasingly common. Within the research community, such technologies are often considered different from machine vision. However, all are different ways of achieving machine vision and in many cases overlap.
10 Common Supply Chain Issues & How to Solve Them
Let's take a look at some of the major global supply chain issues of the past four years, then drill into the most common effects on businesses. You’ll be surprised at the number of strategies you can implement to mitigate the risks.
PILLARS OF TOMORROW - A hopeful vision of Government, Technology, and Human Dignity in harmony
For centuries, visions of the future have been dominated by dystopian warnings - cautionary tales of power gone wrong. Five Pillars of Tomorrow offers an alternative: a governance model where transparency, collective wisdom, and advanced AI safeguard human dignity.
Manufacturing and Automation - Featured Stories
"Building for the Surge: How to Prepare Your Factory Storage for Times of Peak Demand"
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To truly manage seasonal peaks efficiently and safely, facilities need a storage infrastructure designed to flex with changes in demand, regardless of whether they’re seasonal, planned, or one-time occurrences.
Why Manufacturers Must Balance Proactive Cybersecurity with Verified Recovery
Under more pressure than ever to protect their systems, many organizations are still acting on the assumption that proactive prevention will keep their operations safe and running. In reality, hackers can break through first walls of defense and wreak operational havoc.
From Heat to Shock: A Materials Playbook for Gigacasting Automation
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Gigacasting automation is the most innovative pathway for creating inexpensive yet structurally sound technologies in some of the most intense industries on the planet.
Manufacturing and Automation - News Headlines
DigiKey India Celebrates Official Launch in Bengaluru
DigiKey's Global Capability Center in India to support global operations
Flexxbotics Presents at Industry 4.0 Accelerator and Ford Motor Company's Innovation Expo 2025
The Innovation Expo convened Ford's manufacturing and IT teams to hear about leading solutions tailored to their specific initiative areas. For this year's conference 15 selected technology partners were invited to showcase breakthroughs in Robotics, Digitalization, Vision Systems, Industrial Mobile Robots, and other advanced manufacturing solutions.
Rootstock Software Launches New Subsidiary in India
Bangalore office will serve as Rootstock's Center of Excellence for engineering, enabling greater agility in delivering ERP advancements for product companies
E Tech Group's Sura Hadi to Lead Discussion on Digital Twins at SLAS Technology Idea Exchange
SLAS Technology Idea Exchange on November 12 features E Tech Group's Sura Hadi in a discussion on practical digital twin applications in laboratory automation.
Emerson's New Tank Monitoring Hub Optimizes Inventory Management and Operational Efficiency
Rosemount 2405 provides real-time inventory insights with integrated features to simplify use, free up data and reduce costs
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