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…impacts Recent events like the Covid-19 pandemic and recessionary conditions altered many equipment purchasing plans for 2020, and lift trucks were no exception. According to the Modern survey, 29% of respondents say the economy impacts their lift trucks to a great extent, up from 22% last year. Thirty-eight percent of respondents say the economy does impact their purchasing to some…
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The COVID-19 outbreak has brought new realities to light that, just a few months ago, seemed unimaginable. Stay-at-home orders are keeping many people close to home. And social distancing – along with frequent cleaning of technology devices, hands, and surfaces – is widely accepted as the new norm. That doesn’t mean that adopting these new precautionary measures has been easy,…
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…being used to fulfill the COVID-19 testing shortage in the United States.” “When Covid-19 hit, some of us wondered what the future of supply chains would look like, which led to our exploration of the 3D printed mass manufacturing market. When we encountered Origin’s technology and unique business model, we realized a TDK collaboration with Origin would be fruitful for…
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…Report, revealing the extent of COVID 19's impact on the industry. According to Fictiv's data: eighty nine percent (89%) report a direct business impact because of COVID-19 including lower sales, increased costs of materials and production, and canceled or delayed product launches; only 17% gave top marks to their supply chain’s performance over the last year; a majority are revisiting…
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…full force before the buzzwords Covid-19 and global pandemic became a part of our everyday language. At Modex 2020 in Atlanta, for example, both exhibitors and attendees were showing more interest than ever in putting further automation into the world’s fulfillment and distribution facilities. And while some of these operations still run on manual processes, it’s clear that automation is…
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…were already in motion before COVID-19. “When it comes to e-commerce, we expect to see a strong shift from our B2B business to more B2C business,” says Philippe Gilbert, who took the reins as president of the SCS organization in 2019. “We have been pushed for more flexibility and agility than ever before.” To keep up with that growth, UPS…
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…that are using the devices. COVID-19 has increased the adoption of VR and AR in a number of industries. According to IDTechEx: “Recently the versatility of mixed and augmented reality products has come to the forefront of the news, with an Imperial led project at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Doctors have been wearing the Microsoft Hololens headsets whilst…
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…were already in motion before Covid-19. “When it comes to e-commerce, we expect to see a strong shift from our B2B business to more B2C business,” says Philippe Gilbert, who took the reins as president of the SCS organization in 2019. “We have been pushed for more flexibility and agility than ever before.” (See p. 20 for more of our…
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…pool weren’t pressure enough, add Covid-19 to the list of challenges confronting warehouse and distribution center (DC) managers as they transform their operations. As the market recovers, and demand picks back up, flexibility and scalability will be more important than ever—putting a premium on the adoption of software, flexible automation, mobile solutions and emerging next-generation technologies. In this Virtual Summit,…
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U.S. manufacturing technology orders decreased 5% in May from the previous month to $219.4 million, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders report published by the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT). New orders were 45% lower than in May 2019, and total orders through May 2020 were $1.3 billion, 31% lower than YTD 2019 orders. “We had predicted that…
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…the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to realign the current third-party logistics (3PL) marketplace. But when it does, shippers may expect far greater reliance on innovative technologies requiring substantial capital investment. “Given the massive coronavirus windfall for omni-channel and e-commerce companies, some might think that 3PLs have a tremendous opportunity,” says Michael Gravier, associate professor of marketing…
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…face shields. Welcome to the post-Covid-19 industrial workplace. While companies are wrestling with the question of when to re-open shuttered factories and distribution centers that were not deemed essential, the even bigger question is how to operate those facilities going forward. Very narrow aisle could take on a whole new meaning. Our industry has always looked for solutions to operate…
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…given the disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic? Unemployment has skyrocketed. Some manufacturers temporarily had to shut down sites, and many companies have tightened their budgets, at least in the short term. At the same time, e-commerce has spiked, especially in sectors like grocery. And while it may be too early to tally the impacts of the pandemic on robotics, in…
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…front lines to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, companies are accelerating projects to autonomously clean facilities with ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light or hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV) using robots. And AMRs are being used to help collect data for the Private Automated Contact Tracing PACT project that brings together top minds from prestigious organizations around the world to develop enhanced tracing…
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…timely treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Essentium, an industrial scale 3D printer, recently shifted its Texas operations to manufacture protective face masks kits based designed approved by FDA for emergency use. The company is “now working with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the Texas Military Department, and other groups at a State level,” according to its press release.…
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