Arguing that automation doesn’t provide value to manufacturers is like arguing that springtime is bad for farmers. No one, least of all the authors, would hold that there’s no room for ...

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C.H. Robinson Worldwide recently launched its Lean AI Engineer, an AI system that works with its existing Lean AI Planner to ...

In pharmaceutical and especially advanced therapy manufacturing, the pressure to scale up, accelerate timelines, and cut costs has never been greater. In response, many organisations have turned to ...

Viking Plastics embraces automation to help improve productivity, "and we do this while growing people," says Shawn Gross, engineering manager. Lean—be it lean manufacturing or the lean enterprise—has ...

The rise of system integration firms over the past several decades to help manufacturing companies design and commission industrial robots and other advanced automation systems has predominantly been ...

Repeatability and accuracy - improved product quality or consistency and reduced scrap rates. Robots deliver limited production loss and lower error rates compared to ...

A company can take several different approaches when developing new automation technologies related to purchased production equipment. But all approaches are not created equal. Automation is not a ...