Industrial manufacturing - Articles - Page 206

No More Islands of Information or Automation

June 18, 2013

Marc Leroux, Marketing Manager, ABB Inc.

The Re-shoring Debate: Sentiment or Hard Numbers?

June 17, 2013

As manufacturers consider shifting production from China back to the West, the U.S. could become an economically viable alternative faster than you think.

Is U.S. Importing Potential Security Risk by Outsourcing So Much to Foreign Suppliers?

June 14, 2013

Industry Week

The U.S. relies on a single Chinese company for buta-netriol (BT), the chemical needed to produce the solid rocket fuel used to propel Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. Hellfire missiles are launched from attack helicopters and unmanned drones. The last U.S. producer of BT, Cytec Industries, discontinued production in 2004.

Kenco Offers Dashboards to Measure Supply-Chain Sustainability

June 12, 2013

Kenco

Kenco, a third-party logistics services provider, has developed a set of dashboards to measure companies' sustainability efforts in their distribution, transportation and supply-chain activities.

Moving Towards a Resilient Supply Chain

June 12, 2013

John Mascaritolo, Professor of Supply Chain Management, Clayton State University

Carrier Transicold Debuts High-Efficiency Reefer Trailer Unit

June 11, 2013

Carrier Transicold

Carrier Transicold has introduced the X4 Series of refrigerated trailer units for North America.

Dutch Tire Retreading Company Uses RFID Technology in Production Process

June 11, 2013

RFID Journal

Dutch truck tire and retreading company Roline is embedding radio frequency identification tags in the tires that it retreads, not only to better manage its own production processes and warehousing, but also to enable its customers to track the tires they install on their fleets of trucks, buses or cars.

Building Future Leadership in Warehousing & Distribution

June 11, 2013

Ken Ackerman, President, K.B. Ackerman Co.

Targets Experiments with Four Different Fulfillment Models

June 10, 2013

Storefront Backtalk

Target CFO John Mulligan has confirmed that Target is in the middle of not one but four different fulfillment pilots, including acting as a guinea pig for the same-day-delivery trials of both Google and Ebay. The other Target trials involve pay-online-pickup-in-store, pay-in-store-pickup-at-another-store and pay-online-ship-from-store.

Should We Believe Hype Around Manufacturing and Cloud Computing?

June 7, 2013

EBN Online

If the hype is true, the supply chain is on the brink of a revolution, with cloud computing improving everything from product design to vendor management inventory - and now manufacturing, too.