Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.15
September 13, 2023
…machine tending, and case picking. The company, which has offices in Boston and Berlin, has received recognition including the Deloitte 2022 Technology Fast 50m, the Report on Business Canada’s top growing company, and a Best Work Place for professional development. Editor's note: For more about FABBTECH, visit Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.89
September 04, 2023
…for industry. According to a survey last year by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, nearly 45% of manufacturing executives said they have turned down business opportunities because of a lack of workers. The study said that most workers prefer jobs in sectors such as retail, services, and technology, even as the amount viewing manufacturing as innovative has increased from 39% to 64%. If public-private partnerships present manufacturing as high-tech and invest in training, as Forbes recommended, that positive perception could spread. North America, Europe, South Korea, and Japan might not be able to compete with China in terms of the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.76
June 24, 2023
…and Japan. People are realizing it's a big deal. Deloitte expects the value of the whole segment to have a CAGR [compound annual growth rate] of 17.5% over the next five years—that's more than doubling in that time. It's the same with warehouse robotics at 12%. Looking at leading-edge tech What industries are most interested in investing in robotics? Sharma: Food and beverage demand is driven by worker shortages and concerns about health and safety. I saw a recent article citing the FDA that said 35% of food-borne illness outbrakes were due to workers who came in sick. The U.S.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.41
May 29, 2023
…the company said. A large partner ecosystem—including ADLINK, Aetina, Deloitte, Quantiphi, and Siemens—is helping to bring these systems to market. About NVIDIA Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA said it has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company claimed that its invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI, and is fueling the creation of the industrial metaverse. NVIDIA said it is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry. Last week, it reported quarterly revenue of $7.19 billion, up…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.31
May 19, 2023
…Center in Montreal last month. The company, which has offices in Berlin and Boston, has received recognition including the Deloitte 2022 Technology Fast 50m, the Report on Business Canada’s top growing company, and a Best Work Place for professional development. Editor's note: For more about Automate 2023, visit Robotics 24/7's special coverage page.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.53
February 28, 2023
…over the past three years, Skydio gained recognition as the one of the fastest-growing North American companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 awards. It noted that manually piloted drones made by Chinese companies and beholden to the PRC's government have dominated the drone market. Escalating geopolitical tensions have sharpened the need for secure, trustworthy drones to serve critical infrastructure, public safety, and defense customers, said Skydio. The company said it has donated more than $300,000 in drones and training services to Ukraine in the wake of Russia's invasion.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.79
January 26, 2023
…worldwide network of about 800 partners, including Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte, SAP, and Snowflake. Boomi said it has one of the largest arrays of global systems integrators (GSIs) in the iPaaS space. It recently expanded its Asia-Pacific footprint in Japan and earned recognition on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Inc. 5000 lists as one of America’s fastest growing and most innovative technology companies. The company has also won two International Stevie Awards, for Company of the Year and Product Innovation; the Gold Globee Award in the Platform as a Service (PaaS) category; the Merit Award for Technology in the Cloud…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.43
January 15, 2023
…managing director for supply chain and network operations at Deloitte Consulting. “The rationale is a combination of cost, risk, and time,” he noted. “Companies are seeing the benefit from the labor arbitrage previously available offshore begin to erode.” Labor shortage hinders reshoring Unfortunately, there’s a catch. Wage and transportation cost increases have not been enough to trigger the momentum that many hoped for. One of the main reasons many companies’ hesitate to reshore is the absence of an adequate local labor pool. “The 'Great Resignation' is playing a major role in manufacturing,” said Joe Campbell, senior manager of applications development…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.00
January 09, 2023
…and strategic priority, as these employees are becoming scarce. Deloitte conducted its own survey by collecting data from 100 industry leaders. Among these businesses, over 70% said discovering the best technologies can help keeping workers interested and satisfied enough to commit to a company. Manufacturing has also had issues with perceptions of factory work. To change this, enterprises have begun providing educational programs for workers to allow them to upskill and reskill for the changing industry. The capital required for these types of programs does tend to be steep. In 2019, Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute reported that these programs…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.58
December 20, 2022
…enterprises such as Slack, DoorDash, and Woven Planet. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 recently ranked it No. 147 among the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, financial technology, and energy companies in North America. “It has been a crazy couple of years,” said Erik Schluntz, co-founder chief technology officer of Cobalt Robotics. “A lof of our newest deals have been expansions with existing customers who want more value. This speaks more than new sales because they've experienced our product.” Learning language models to shape human-robot interaction Schluntz, who previously worked on SpaceX's Flight Software Team and GoogleX's Smart Contact Lens…
Found in Robotics White Papers & Archives, with a score of 14.10
October 01, 2022
…of 2.1 million skilled jobs by 2030, according to Deloitte. Fortunately, factories are no longer full of dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks, thanks to robotics and automation. In addition, some manufacturers are working with educational institutions to provide pathways to a new generation of workers. To get the most out of their employees, companies must consider job satisfaction, privacy, safety, and continuous growth, notes Drishti. New technologies can help. Drishti addresses the future of manufacturing Drishti has created technology that analyzes production video to provide previously unavailable data on manual processes. Drishti helps manufacturers analyze and apply this data for…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.85
September 27, 2022
…and we look up to Amazon.” OPLOG topped the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Turkey, having experienced 4,564% growth. It also graduated from the Microsoft for Startups’ GrowthX Accelerator. The company said it has experienced 91% year-over-year growth in units fulfilled, in contrast to the wider e-commerce slowdown post-pandemic. Halit Develioglu, founder of OPLOG, notes that automated fulfillment centers must differentiate themselves in a crowded market. Source: OPLOG Smart warehouses use robots OPLOG said its warehouses will use up to 50 robots. The company's proprietary& technology stocks a merchant’s products and prepares orders on their behalf. It also manages deliveries with…
