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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manager and even the Smart Factory Manager. While the robotic arm has been around for decades, the success behind the factory of the future will still rely heavily on a human-first digital culture. Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future appeared first on SYSPRO Blog. This challenge remains prominent today.

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Survey Reveals Switch away from China

Logistics Business Magazine

A Gartner, Inc, survey of 260 global supply chain leaders in February and March 2020 found that 33% had moved sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China or plan to do so in the next two to three years. Survey results show that the COVID-19 pandemic is only one of several disruptions that have put global supply chains under pressure.

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US Manufacturing Caps Best Year Since '04: ISM

Material Handling and Logistics

Manufacturing expanded in December at the fastest pace in three months, as gains in orders and production capped the strongest year for factories since 2004, the Institute for Supply Management said on January 3. The group’s factory index climbed to 59.7 Factory inventories index showed a third straight month of contraction.

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Manufacturing in US Expands at Fastest Pace Since May 2004

Material Handling and Logistics

factories expanded in February at the fastest rate since May 2004, indicating sustained strength in manufacturing as demand remains solid, according to figures from the Institute for Supply Management released on March 1. The factory index climbed to 60.8, This was due to factories having some difficulty keeping up with demand.

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AI in manufacturing

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

A 2023 survey by McKinsey reported that 79 percent of all respondents had at least some exposure to gen AI, either for work or outside of work. The smart factory is an environment, enabled by digital technologies including AI, to monitor and control the physical processes of the factory and provide data for decision-making.

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How Many Warehouses Does the US Have? Nobody Knows

Logistics Viewpoints

The US Energy Information Administration, within the DOE, does periodic surveys to understand the total energy consumption and consumption across different types of buildings. Their last survey was in 2018. The previous survey had been in 2012, and the compound annual growth rate in the number of warehouses over that time was 4.0%.

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The Top Floor to Shop Floor Production Planning Handoff is Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 54 senior executives, only about one in four believed that the processes of their companies balanced cross-functional trade-offs effectively or facilitated decision making to help the P&L (profit and loss) of the full business.” Your inventory levels in the factory are right, your routings are accurate.