Supply Chain - Articles, Stories & Interviews
The Rise of the Invisible Workforce: The Most Important AI Breakthroughs of 2025 for Packaging Manufacturers
For the packaging industry specifically — with its heavy reliance on document processing, planning logic, and throughput efficiency — the year proved one thing: AI is no longer a future advantage. It's a current competitive requirement.
BTM INDUSTRIAL IS HOSTING AN ONLINE SALE OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS ON DECEMBER 17-18, 2025
Includes more than 200 robots designed to automate tasks, such as welding, manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, and food processing. This court-authorized sale requires the liquidation of all assets, regardless of price.
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.
Supply Chain - Featured Stories
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.
How Freight Visibility Is Redefining U.S. Manufacturing Supply Chains
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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
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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.
Supply Chain - News Headlines
NORD Scales Up Production to Meet Growing Demand for Electronic Control Products
New building under construction at Aurich campus to increase NORD's electronic controls manufacturing capacity.
Schaeffler to Show Autonomous, Mechatronic Solutions to Solve Critical Manufacturing Challenges at CES
• Schaeffler to showcase autonomous material handling solutions and electromechanical actuators that address labor shortages and logistics demands
• Autonomous forklift demonstrator brings to life advanced motion technologies, intelligent sensors, and integrated mechatronic systems
• Comprehensive portfolio of precision bearings, digital monitoring, and automated solutions optimize efficiency and reduce maintenance costs
CompControl's WEControlDOME Automates Inbound Logistics of Electronics with SVS-Vistek Vision Technology
31.4-Megapixel Camera System with Intelligent Autofocus Delivers Zero-Touch Container Processing at Industry 4.0 Speed
Supply Chain - Featured Product
ResinDek® TRIGARD® ESD ULTRA FOR HIGH-TRAFFIC ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS
ResinDek® TRIGARD® ESD ULTRA FOR HIGH-TRAFFIC ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS
To maximize the productivity of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) or automatic guided vehicle (AGV) deployment, it's critical to create the optimal environment that allows the vehicles to perform at their peak. For that reason, Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC® (www.resindek.com) created the TriGard® ESD Ultra finish for its ResinDek® engineered flooring panels. The TriGard ESD Ultra finish is ideal for high-traffic robotic applications characterized by highly repetitive movement patterns and defined travel paths.
Supply Chain - Featured Company
PI USA (Physik Instrumente)
PI is a privately held company that designs and manufactures world-class precision motion and automation systems including air bearings, hexapods and piezo drives at locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded 5 decades ago and today employs more than 1700 people worldwide. PI's customers are leaders in high-tech industries and research institutes in fields such as photonics, life-sciences, semiconductors and aerospace.
