Manufacturing

Economic activity in the services sector grew in December for the 19th month in a row - with the Services PMI® exceeding 60 percent for the 10th consecutive month - say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®.

Optimizing your supply chain, responding to customer needs, and managing risk and quality control are three essential strategies to consider along with the innovation that automation could bring to your operations.

This ebook provides a strategic guide to driving operational excellence, product innovation, and competitive advantage through automation.

In this original storybook, Go Allwhere interactively captures the hyper-connected new possibilities of Nokia’s industry segments, including manufacturing, transportation, and the public sector.

Over the course of just eight months, Geesinknorba was able to create a smart manufacturing environment that is 45% more efficient than their previous factory.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Tim Fiore, Chairman of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, and Tony Nieves, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management’s Services Business Survey Committee.

In this research report, we analyze the challenges you face and give practical advice on how to overcome and how to make your digital breakthroughs so you can deliver the agility your organization needs to thrive.

Displaced workers trained in hard and soft skills for CNC operation and robotics.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Tim Fiore, Chairman of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.

This ebook takes a look at the many prototyping techniques currently available, including; why prototyping is important, the best methods for prototyping, and types of materials used for prototyping.

This white paper addresses ways to reimagine existing obsolete warehouse space, and in an uncertain future, one thing’s for sure: the era of the vast, single-use, single storey, plain-vanilla warehouse is over.

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is moving beyond a catchword to real-world utilization, however, not all stakeholders fully understand this transformative technology, enterprises must lay a solid foundation to ensure success into this rapidly evolving landscape.

Enterprise Sensor Integration or ESI integrates myriad sensor technologies that track, monitor and control assets and workflow processes, ESI also integrates smart Internet-enabled devices, or Internet of Things technologies, into one intelligent and interactive network.

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and the Factory of the Future all point toward a digitally connected environment where manufacturing is based on actual customer demand, this paper reviews these strategies – along with how and why manufacturers are enabling them today.

A recent study shows 63% of “best in class” manufacturers still used spreadsheets for planning, consequently, it's probably safe to say that there's a lack of trust in planning tools like Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Resource Planning even in the best-run companies.

Synchronizing Planning, Scheduling, and Execution with the Supply Chain for Greater Collaboration and Visibility.

Demand-Driven Manufacturing technology can help you reach your most important KPIs, such as reducing lead times and lowering inventory levels.

Learning from the mistakes of the last recession can help manufacturing prepare for any potential future recession.

Today is Manufacturing Day and this week's figures from the Institute for Supply Management showed American manufacturing expanded last month at the fastest pace in 13 years, in part because of effects from two major hurricanes.

Supply chain issues and industry-wide critical component shortages will have a profound impact on Apple’s production of the iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus, and iPhone 8, several new reports seem to indicate.