A machine can tell a manufacturer that a bearing is likely to fail within 100 hours, but that prediction is only the beginning of the decision. Someone still must understand what the machine is ...
Accessing the EU medical device market often means navigating notified body bottlenecks and incurring high audit fees. For manufacturers of standard Class I devices, however, there’s a faster route to ...
Manufacturing companies seeking ISO 9001 for the first time often struggle to manage documentation requirements, leadership alignment and auditing timelines. The process can appear complex without ...
Manufacturing security was easier to define when production networks were relatively isolated and the number of people or systems crossing their boundaries was limited. That model has been eroded by ...
Compliance training in large manufacturing companies can no longer function as a checkbox exercise. Generic modules disrupt shift schedules and fail to protect the business from regulatory exposure.
Industrial IoT has moved well beyond the simple task of connecting machines. Manufacturers now need to collect data from diverse production assets, give that information operational context and move ...
Subscribe to our free newsletter today to keep up to date with the latest manufacturing news. Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo is pushing back the start of operations at its St. Thomas, Ontario ...
Robots that can respond to what they encounter on the factory floor are opening tasks that conventional automation has struggled to handle. Bin picking, kitting and machine tending have often remained ...
Subscribe to our free newsletter today to keep up to date with the latest manufacturing news. Humanoid robots have spent years demonstrating that they can walk, lift objects, manipulate tools and ...
Hanwha Defense USA is preparing a $2.2 billion manufacturing investment at Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas, turning part of the US Army installation into a new production base for artillery ammunition ...
Subscribe to our free newsletter today to keep up to date with the latest manufacturing news. Airbus is investing heavily in its UK manufacturing operations as it prepares for a sustained increase in ...
Manufacturers have spent decades automating the tasks that are easiest to justify: high-volume, repetitive processes where the return on investment is clear and the production environment changes ...