March 2019
DPR Group Executives to Attend ProMat 2019
Executives from DPR Group will be at ProMat 2019 to observe industry trends and experience the latest material handling and logistics technologies FREDERICK, Md. – DPR Group, Inc., a full-service public relations, marketing and communications agency serving a broad range of business and technology companies, announces its upcoming attendance at ProMat 2019 in Chicago. On April...
Keep ReadingHow an Elevator Manufacturer Uses Real-Time SPC Data for Process Improvements
InfinityQS in the News: Most manufacturers will at some point overlook an out-of-control process and deliver an out-of-spec product. When this happens, the customer is rightfully upset and the manufacturer wastes appreciable time, money, and resources to mend what they themselves should never have broken. The costs of poor quality are usually what drive manufacturers to...
Keep ReadingOrganization in Quality Healthcare: How Less Paperwork Can Fuel Productivity
MedTrainer in the News: While e-mail and complex workflow management systems have redefined communications within the workplace, the communication process within broader networks can present gaping holes. Especially in the healthcare industry—where credentialing, onboarding, monitoring, OIG checks, etc., are a requirement for regulatory compliance—accurate, expedited communications are of utmost importance. Decreasing the amount of paperwork is...
Keep ReadingNew Blockchain Standard Will Improve Supply Chain Efficiency
Omnichain Solutions in the News: The Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) Standards Council board has approved its first official standard to improve supply chain efficiency. “The data standards published provide the initial framework for interoperability across a currently fragmented and siloed ecosystem that reaches across many different enterprises, systems and various protocols,” says Pratik Soni, CEO...
Keep ReadingAGVs: Where the Future Lies?
Cimcorp in the News: In some respects, the general definition for what AGVs can do has not changed in a long time. An AGV is commonly defined as a computer-controlled mobile robot used to move materials around a facility. Of course, the way AGVs look and what they can do has altered, but there is...
Keep ReadingTraceability Technologies Streamline Snack and Bakery Food Safety and Efficiency
Omnichain Solutions in the News: Blockchain is also a good choice for improving transparency. “Originally developed to verify the exchange of cryptocurrency, blockchain provides an immutable, decentralized ledger of transactions between connected parties,” explains Pratik Soni, co-founder and CEO, Omnichain Solutions, Los Angeles. “Each transaction is recorded in a digital ‘block’ and assigned a unique cryptographic...
Keep ReadingUse Segmented Digitization to be Competitive in a Lasting, Affordable Way
Cimcorp in the News: Sometimes changing and improving a process may be a better solution than trying to make technology fit current parameters and ways of doing things, says Derek Rickard, Cimcorp Automation distribution systems sales manager. “For instance, rather than setting up an order picking system to work with an existing two-hour window from order...
Keep ReadingData Collection: Is Too Much Data a Bad Thing?
InfinityQS in the News: A few decades ago, food and beverage manufacturers had one strategy for data collection: paper and pencil. But plant floor operators would spend too much of their day jotting down measurements from weight scales, gauges, HMIs, etc. Despite operators’ data collection efforts, paper and pencil systems were too rudimentary to provide the...
Keep ReadingIndustry 4.0 Revolutionizing Tire Business
Cimcorp in the News: Today’s tire industry is facing unprecedented challenges in distribution, stemming from both the marketplace and within the four walls of their distribution centers. Namely, consumers now demand greater speed and availability of goods. Many are millennials who are used to the ecommerce experience, where they can get exactly what they want and...
Keep ReadingWES enhanced with fault recovery visualization function
Westfalia Technologies, Inc. in the News: The Savanna.NET warehouse execution system and a layer-picking solution is a complete, turnkey automation solution, including a high-density automated storage and retrieval system. New in the WES—which integrates both a warehouse management system and warehouse control system—is FireFly fault recovery visualization. The WMS is flexible and modular, allowing it...
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