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Sustaining a Positive Manufacturing Workplace in an Evolving AI World
If businesses approach the transition to an AI-enhanced workplace strategically, it can lead to a workforce that is invested, outcome-oriented, and well-positioned for a successful future.
Why Automation, Not Wafer Size, Determines Semiconductor Fab Cycle Time
New 200 mm capacity is often built from scratch or heavily refurbished, making it easier to apply the same automation patterns used in 300 mm fabs. The result is convergence; wafer diameter still affects output per lot, but it no longer indicates the level of automation.
How Real-Time Manufacturing Operations Drive Competitive Advantage in Volatile Markets
Manufacturing executives confronting today’s operational challenges recognize a fundamental truth: traditional execution systems designed for stable markets have become organizational liabilities.
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.
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.
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How to Employ AI in Manufacturing Sales
AI agents can help ensure every interaction across every channel contributes to a single, intelligent sales motion, including always-on gathering insights like on which SKUs are trending to develop and implement real-time optimizations.
"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.
The Data Imperative for Smart Microfactories: Enabling Real-Time Agility and Resilience
Microfactories, digital twins, and AI-first manufacturing strategies are not science fiction, they are here. But their success depends not just on sensors and robotics, but on how well data is connected, contextualized, and consumed.
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Reducing Energy Loss and Improving Safety in Glass Production with Acoustic Imaging
Precision and efficiency define modern glass production, but undetected compressed air and gas leaks threaten both.
Allient Inc. to Showcase Advanced Industrial I/O and Power Solutions at Rockwell Automation Fair 2025
Visitors can explore Allient's technologies at Allient Bellevue (Spectrum Controls) - Booth #723 and Allient Milwaukee (TCI) - Booth #2113, or schedule a meeting in advance.
How SECS/GEM Simulators Revolutionize Semiconductor Manufacturing
SECS/GEM simulators reduce equipment integration time by 40-60% through virtual testing environments
Engineers can validate communication protocols without accessing expensive production hardware
Simulation tools catch 80% of interface errors before deployment, preventing costly production disruptions
Modern simulators support SEMI E5, E30, and E37 standards with realistic equipment behavior modeling
Cloud-based and desktop simulation platforms accelerate development cycles and reduce testing costs
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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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PNY
PNY Professional Solutions provides customers with powerful tools to manage heavy workloads. PNY offers NVIDIA Professional, Consumer GeForce RTX, and Data Center GPU Solutions, along with PNY Memory upgrades and Solid-State Drives. All PNY products are designed and built with system integrators in mind to provide advanced application performance, top productivity, and greater power efficiency.
