Supply Chain - Articles, Stories & Interviews
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.
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.
Supply Chain - Featured Stories
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.
Why Economic Uncertainty Demands a Real-Time Manufacturing Strategy
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Proactive manufacturers now treat economic uncertainty not as isolated incidents, but as ongoing tests of their operational readiness and digital maturity.
9 Evidence-Backed Predictions for the Next Decade of Auto Part Manufacturing
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As the industry navigates the next decade, it will adapt to the digital transformation and the emergence of smart vehicles. Here are nine evidence-backed predictions for the next 10 years of auto part manufacturing.
Supply Chain - News Headlines
Metaphase Lighting Technologies Introduces New Ultra-Bright TXFL Series Bar Lights for Machine Vision Applications in Logistics and Warehouse Environments
Combining three rows of LEDs, an integrated driver, pulse follow strobe, and overdrive, the TXFL Series delivers high-intensity uniform illumination at variable distances.
WAYLAND ADDITIVE AND AUTODESK FORGE POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE ELECTRON BEAM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
This collaboration between Wayland and Autodesk brings a powerful mainstream software solution to NeuBeam® users, streamlining the entire design-to-production workflow for additive manufacturing.
Hapman to Attend The Almond Conference 2025
The bulk material handling experts will feature the CablePro™ Tubular Drag Conveyor at Booth 420
Supply Chain - Featured Product
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
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.



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