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The unique challenges encountered by manufacturers over the last year and a half continue to motivate them toward production excellence. From the importance of supply chain resilience to the value of remote monitoring, and more, many lessons came to light. Add in evolving customer expectations and constant technological advances, and there is a lot of knowledge to process and potentially embrace for future improvements. Read More

Evolving consumer demands, combined with the accelerated growth in e-commerce during the global pandemic, has exposed bottlenecks within the supply chain. From space restraints where manufacturers are trying to figure out how to do more with less, to labor recruitment and retention challenges for labor-intensive tasks, the distribution and fulfillment market is being squeezed. Read More

Once only used for high-volume, low-mix applications in structured environments, robotic automation is quickly becoming a necessity for companies that move goods from business to consumer. Thanks to advancements in 3D vision sensors, computer processing speeds and advances in artificial intelligence (AI), affordable implementation and quick deployment of robots in the retail supply chain is now a reality. Read More

If you haven’t thought about implementing robotic automation for your material handling or logistics processes, you probably should. To keep competitive, a growing number of companies are implementing more affordable, versatile and agile robots to optimize operations for machine tending, assembly, part transfer, picking, packing, palletizing and more. Read More

Order fulfillment and logistics providers struggle to keep up with rapidly increasing demand and try to implement robotic automation where possible. While some automated warehouses are being built to deal with surge in volume, most facilities still utilize manual labor to sort and handle the large number of packages in circulation. Read More