Supply Chain - Articles, Stories & Interviews

Manufacturing Asset Monetization: What It Is and How It's Done

This article will explain what manufacturing asset monetization is, outline the main methods companies use, and walk through the process step by step.

Must-Have AI Features in your next ERP: Why AI-Enabled ERP Is a CEO's Best Investment

The next wave of competitive differentiation lies in embedding artificial intelligence (AI) directly within ERP/MIS systems - not as an add-on, but as a native capability driving data, decision-making, and automation across operations.

Organic Soda Producer Implements Traceability System in Just a Few Weeks

Fresh Fizz Sodas from Long Island needed a system that would help them comply with traceability regulations, and found the perfect solution in MRPeasy.

The Next Industrial Epoch is Here: Why Acting Now is a Strategic Imperative for Manufacturers

The convergence of technological maturity, proven financial returns, and a strategic need for resilient domestic production has created a generational opportunity, and the window to act is now.

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.

Maximizing ROI with Mobile Automation: What the Data Shows

Technologies like autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are helping companies bring autonomy to material movement more efficiently, safely, and cost-effectively than ever before.

How Collision Awareness Systems Help Meet OSHA Forklift & Pedestrian Safety Guidelines

According to OSHA, approximately 35,000 serious injuries and 62,000 non-serious injuries involving forklifts occur each year in the U.S., many of which are due to poor visibility, blind spots, and uncontrolled intersections in warehouses.

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How Freight Visibility Is Redefining U.S. Manufacturing Supply Chains

With freight visibility, you can search for alternative sources and routes when shipments hit a snag. You can find the best ways to increase your resources for demand spikes, and you can search for the most cost-effective solutions during demand droughts.

The 'Halo Effect' of Manufacturing Facility Location: Why Smart Manufacturers Are Choosing Locations Near Complementary Businesses

This strategy is not about simple convenience; it's about creating a powerful, mutually reinforcing "halo effect" of shared success, instant market credibility, and profound operational synergy across engineering, tooling, fabrication, and logistics networks.

Why Manufacturers Must Rebuild Their Factories Around the Buyer

Today's generation of buyers expects products built to fit their needs, transparent pricing, reliable delivery, and ongoing support that extends beyond the initial sale.

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Finding Skilled Workers Remains a Major Challenge That May Worsen

OEMs that modernize equipment design and training/support models will be best positioned to help close workforce gaps plaguing CPG firms.

AMT Launches Robotic Roll Handling Solutions for Converting Industry Applications

Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT) has deployed four robotic roll handling systems, expanding its material handling automation solutions for coil and roll movement in packaging and converting operations.

RS now offers Phoenix Contact's pioneering new NearFi technology

NearFi plug-and-play contactless couplers for industrial applications enable the real-time transmission of power and Ethernet data across air gaps of a few centimeters, providing critical convenience, versatility, ruggedness, reliability, and time and cost savings.

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Cold air to -50°F (-46°C) from your compressed air supply - with no moving parts!
Cold air to -50°F (-46°C) from your compressed air supply — with no moving parts!

Cold air to -50°F (-46°C) from your compressed air supply - with no moving parts!

A low cost, reliable, maintenance free solution to a variety of industrial spot cooling problems. Using an ordinary supply of compressed air as a power source, vortex tubes create two streams of air, one hot and one cold, with no moving parts. Vortex tubes can produce: "¢ Temperatures from -50° to +260°F (-46° to +127°C) "¢ Flow rates from 1 to 150 SCFM (28 to 4248 SLPM) "¢ Refrigeration up to 10,200 Btu/hr. (2571 Kcal/hr.) Temperatures, flows and refrigeration are adjustable over a wide range using the control valve on the hot end exhaust. EXAIR Vortex Tubes are constructed of stainless steel. The wear resistance of stainless steel, as well as its resistance to corrosion and oxidation, assures that EXAIR Vortex Tubes will provide years of reliable, maintenance-free operation. https://exair.co/184_530

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EXAIR

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