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Sep 16, 2024 | 
advancedmanufacturing.org | Karen Haywood Queen
Implementing a zero-trust architecture (ZTA) can protect manufacturers from cyber threats originating from outside and within an enterprise. But such a structure also poses challenges—users must secure buy-in from employees at all levels and justify the expense to company leaders.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
sme.org | Karen Haywood Queen
Driven by advances in technology, manufacturers and warehouse operations are switching to automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for moving materials. According to Jeff DeClue, business development manager at RedViking, use cases for AGVs have been expanding significantly. “As technology has advanced, costs have come down,” says DeClue, whose company manufactures both AGVs and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
eetimes.com | Karen Haywood Queen
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
sme.org | Karen Haywood Queen
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be seen as a smart manufacturing superpower for a host of shop floor challenges, software makers are ramping up development and deployment efforts. According to IBM, an increasing number of businesses, about 35% globally, are using AI, and another 42% are exploring the technology.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
sme.org | Karen Haywood Queen
The numbers are staggering: There currently are about 600,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs in the United States and the total is expected to balloon to 2.1 million by 2030, according to a recent study by the Manufacturing Institute. At the same time, many workers don’t have the skills needed to adapt to new technologies, and, in some cases, new candidates are ill-prepared to perform basic traditional manufacturing jobs.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
brnw.ch | Karen Haywood Queen |Steve Plumb |Hillary Cargo
The numbers are staggering: There currently are about 600,000 unfilled manufacturing jobs in the United States and the total is expected to balloon to 2.1 million by 2030, according to a recent study by the Manufacturing Institute. At the same time, many workers don’t have the skills needed to adapt to new technologies, and, in some cases, new candidates are ill-prepared to perform basic traditional manufacturing jobs.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
sme.org | Karen Haywood Queen
En route to Industry 4.0, manufacturers face obstacles on a variety of fronts—from frayed and fraught supply chains outside their plants to lack of visibility inside their plants, and data silos inside and out. Despite the divergent issues, there could be a common solution: advanced software systems. A host of technologies and apps are already available—and you can bet even more are in the works—to help manufacturers solve these problems and improve their operations.
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Jan 5, 2024 | 
sme.org | Karen Haywood Queen
Instead of yet another expense, a necessity to avoid fines or a way to lower taxes, sustainability measures actually drive return on investment (ROI), according to some industry leaders. “Sustainability actions taken on the manufacturing shop floor can have a direct correlation to cost reduction,” says Kelsey Carvell, principal, supply chain and manufacturing operations at Deloitte.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
eetimes.com | Karen Haywood Queen
//php echo do_shortcode('[responsivevoice_button voice="US English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"]') ?> Skydio, a nine-year–old California-based maker of drones, is further honing its technology-based feedback from troops in Ukraine. The company released its second-generation enterprise drone in September.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
sme.org | Karen Haywood Queen
By 2030, U.S. manufacturing is expected to have 2.1 million unfilled jobs with a resulting significant economic impact, according to a 2021 study by Deloitte. At the same time, there is a large population of people classified as neurodivergent who want to work but can’t find jobs or sustain employment.
