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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Industrial IoT and big data are converging to enable demand-driven 'smart supply chains.' I remember reading an MIT paper on manufacturing technology trends a couple of years ago. The promise of AM is the use of less material, lightweight alloys and to provide faster cycle time due to rapid prototyping.

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4 Key Trends to Watch in Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain

The Logistics Academy

Industrial IoT and big data are converging to enable demand-driven ‘smart supply chains.’ I remember reading an MIT paper on manufacturing technology trends a couple of years ago. ” (Key trends in smart manufacturing and supply chain). This leads us into our final trend of distributed manufacturing.

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Take 5 – What Does the Connected Manufacturing Environment Look Like?

Now, That's Logistics

marches on, advanced technologies are playing a key role in helping companies attain new levels of automation, digitization, and data integration. Additionally, scanners can check raw materials for traits like paint color, alloy strength, or fabric composition to confirm accuracy before they are used for a finished product.”.

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5 More Manufacturing Technologies to Impact the Industry in 2016

GlobalTranz

Yesterday we started our two part series about manufacturing technology trends we will see impact the industry in 2016 by painting a picture of the top 4 trends. Let's take a look at the five remaining technology trends to watch for in the coming year. Increasing Use of Advanced Robotics. This is a 500 percent growth rate.

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Q&A: Florian Huettl

Automotive Logistics

Because obviously we can over-invest in all capacities and we will be able to follow all the trends, but we will not be efficient in terms of cost. It’s still early days but we are using the data and it’s part of our forecasting process. Algorithms are, after all, machines; they can’t look beyond the data that they are taught to use.