A new device has just been introduced into the factory automation market, the ADLINK IMX-2000. The IMX-2000 is a handheld device that can be used in manufacturing, logistics, and transportation. The handheld device uses the Android 2.3 operating system, and combines RFID, barcode scanner, and 3G/WLAN wireless transmission functions. The...
Kepware Technologies published a press release about their flagship software, KEPServerEX. In their press release Kepware announced that their software has been selected as a finalist in the Plant Engineering 2012 Product of the Year Awards as well as explaining the benefits of their software to the manufacturing industry. Kepware's...
Automation World post an article yesterday about a new controller communications product from Molex that allows you to connect controllers from multiple vendors in order to improve the control you have over you automation. One of the newest releases of this type comes from Molex, which has upgraded the firmware...
In North Dakota, the manufacturing sector has stayed strong even in spite of the recessional and economic problems that have plagued the industry in other parts of the country. During the worst period of the recession, the Grand Forks firm Applied Products Inc. experienced something new: a drop in sales for...
Jim Pinto, over at Automation World, recently wrote an article about some innovative new ideas for manufacturing: Cloud computing. Use of “the cloud” is a transformative approach that provides more than just the conventional data center model. It fundamentally changes how masses of data can be stored for interaction. It offers...
New Straits Times posted earlier this month about an environmental tool called Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) that helps companies trace waste, emissions, and non-products so that they can improve their environmental and economic performance. Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) is an environmental tool that was developed in Germany in the...
Philly.com ran an article, “Leading manufacturing companies unveil veteran job-training program” on their buisiness page this morning discussing a new program being instituted to help veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan: Some of the nation's leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill...
It seems that after years and countless numbers of manufacturing jobs leaving the U.S. will be returning to American soil, according to an article by MLive.com’s Melissa Anders: But that trend of offshoring may be slowing or even reversing, according to research from Tobias Schoenherr , an assistant professor of supply...
A recent Forbes article explained the reasons why manufacturing may be coming back to the U.S. for the long term. Many manufacturers are increasingly reevaluating their U.S. strategies, such as their separation of R&D and production, and their production abroad and importation back to U.S. buyers. Depending on the industry, they...
CNN published an interesting blog post on the push to grow the manufacturing sector in the U.S. The blog’s author’s, Willy Shih and Gary Pisano, argue that bringing more manufacturing isn’t necessarily about manufacturing jobs as much as it is about innovation: We believe that the most important reason to bring...
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