How to Scale Configuration Complexity Without Eroding Margins
Customization drives growth. But as configurability expands, many manufacturers face a familiar pattern: greater product variety paired with margin erosion, operational instability, and discount pressure.
Material Handling in Manufacturing Is Predicted to Change in These 5 Ways in 2026
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2026 is the year manufacturer-owned and -operated warehouses become more autonomous, modular and sustainable. These trends should accelerate upskilling and reskilling, ensuring that well-trained workers remain gainfully employed amid ongoing innovation.
The Power of Vendor Consolidation: A Strategic Imperative for 2026
As we navigate a year marked by geopolitical shifts and inflationary pressures, the design of a supplier network has become a core competitive differentiator.
The Margin Blind Spot Facing Advanced Manufacturers
While AI can help interpret constantly changing laws and fees across supply chains, most manufacturers are focusing on integrating AI where they can actually control it: their data and operations.
The No Collar Workforce: How Agents Bridge Execution and Strategy in Industrial Operations
Industrial operations have traditionally been divided into blue collar and white collar work - operational execution versus operational planning and decision-making. But this traditional division of labor is quickly falling apart in modern manufacturing.
Smart Automation: How AGVs and AMRs Help Manufacturers Manage Rising Costs
The time is now to invest in scalable, cost-efficient automation deployments, keeping in mind the importance of power and data delivery solutions that support consistent, productive operations.
Beyond the Device: The Real Drivers of Industrial Mobility
Accessories don't just complement rugged devices, they complete them. They turn durability into productivity, resilience into results, and hardware into workflow platforms.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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Supply Chain - Featured Product
Strain Wave Gearheads by maxon - Highly precise, compact, and efficient.
Strain wave gearheads are ideal for use in applications requiring precision motion control and high torque transmission in a compact design. maxon strain wave gearheads are a specialized type of gearhead where precision and compact design are crucial. This type of gearhead is often used in applications in a confined space. With their advanced gear tooth design, maxon's strain wave gearheads provide high efficiency and good back drivability. Typical applications include:
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ResinDek / Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products
At Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products®, we know and understand the importance of having the right flooring product for the right application. That's why we offer a variety of ResinDek panels in different thicknesses, densities, and with different surface finishes. Since 1994, ResinDek flooring panels have been installed in distribution centers, warehouses, manufacturing plants, and cold storage facilities for major corporations worldwide. The intent of Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products then and now is "We don't just make better mezzanine floors"¦We make mezzanine floors better". We strive to provide solutions that improve the ergonomics in work environments, reduce environmental impacts, and bring significant value to the professionals in many different industries.
