While for some companies the concept of digital twins may be new, others in the manufacturing space have been using them for years now, proving not just their effectiveness, but also their ability to drive innovation in an increasingly competitive economy.
E.D. Etnyre & Co., the venerable manufacturer of heavy equipment for road maintenance and preservation, looks for a way to share data from multiple legacy systems across the organization.
In order to improve on time and in full delivery, it’s important for supply chain and logistics professionals to focus on both alignment and flexibility.
If you can find the bottlenecks that are slowing down your assembly line, you can increase efficiency and productivity. Manufacturing managers, roaming the factory floor, can address workflow impediments, but these supervisors can’t be everywhere at once.
The current moment often refers to supply chain disruption as the ‘the supply chain gridlock.’ It’s not just small and medium-size businesses that are caught off guard — global manufacturers are scrambling to mitigate the impacts of and unexpected events.
The current moment often refers to supply chain disruption as the ‘the supply chain gridlock.’ It’s not just small and medium-size businesses that are caught off guard — global manufacturers are scrambling to mitigate the impacts of and unexpected events.
With businesses looking to expand near-shoring and on-shoring capabilities, many are increasingly taking advantage of the ability of a Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) to deliver significant benefits.
Claudio Knizek, global leader of advanced manufacturing with EY, discusses the results of the firm’s new survey on shifting trends in industrial manufacturing and sourcing.
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