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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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…effectively and immediately during the COVID-19 pandemic, said AIS. “Despite the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C.’s tech community has continued to find solutions and turn obstacles into opportunities,” said Riaz Meghji, TIA’s co-host and author of Every Conversation Counts. “The past year has shown that when faced with an obstacle, B.C.’s tech sector rises to the challenge and…
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…in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, labor shortages, and the acceleration of online ordering, said Ash Sharma, managing director at Interact Analysis and author of the report. Because more companies are choosing to automate, “this has caused sales in mobile robots to spiral, with nearly 70% more vehicles shipped than the year before and a 36% increase in revenues,…
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…in the industry. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in online shopping across the world. E-commerce sales have witnessed a significant growth rate over recent years. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in 2021, 2.14 billion people (i.e., 27.6% of the world’s population) shopped for products from online portals. The growing demand for online shopping…
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…spikes in demand due to COVID-19. The AMRs now provide the leading retailer with the ability to pick an additional 2,000 orders per hour and add a further 20,000 stock-keeping-units (SKUs) to its original 80,000. These capabilities played a major role in the e-commerce leader being able to grapple with its busiest-ever peak period on record last year. Previously the…
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…week. The looming threat of COVID-19 and its widespread impact are reflected in the show's content lineup. Sam Lucero, Sr. Principle Analyst, IoT Services & Technologies, Omdia, said the impact of COVID 19 on IoT is complex, but not all bad. He characterized the nature of the projects as “more of a delay than derailment.” On the bright side, “the…
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…– and unanticipated disruptions like COVID-19 – transforms supply chains everywhere.” As a maker of hardware for data capture and software for analytics, it was obvious for ProGlove to add new proximity sensing capabilities to its solution set in the wake of COVID-19. The ProGlove Connect app for Android pairs with the MARK wearable barcode scanners to bring proximity reminders…
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…unemployed or displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Connecting Talent to Careers Project” is intended to create a comprehensive national capability for talent identification and attraction for manufacturers nationwide. The ARM Institute is leading the project, which is receiving $2.997 million from the Labor Department’s National Dislocated Worker Grant and $650,000 in non-federal funds. “The COVID-19 pandemic hit manufacturers in…
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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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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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…to 14% in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the rise in AM use—companies surveyed said they were using AM processes to make quantities of supplies at scale or at least to create the molds used to make the products so assembly lines could keep moving. Fifty-seven percent of manufacturers surveyed said they increased 3D printing for production parts to…
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…due to the impact of COVID-19, will affect approximately 10% of employees, and is designed to reduce operating expenses as part of a cost realignment program to focus on profitable growth. The company expects the vast majority of the reduction to take place in the second quarter and to complete the reduction during the third quarter of this year. “This…
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…Protective Gear Drive to Fight COVID-19 Frontline 3D Printing During the shutdown, Greg Paulsen, director of Application Engineering for on-demand manufacturing service provider, Xometry, says he saw among his customers, “the willingness to explore 3D printing as a way to make end-use products.” He adds, “Some customers found that the lead time to move to molding or casting just didn’t…
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…and drop-off points. Following a COVID-19 outbreak in Guandong, China's most populous province, DeepRoute.ai said it autonomously transported approximately 14,000 COVID-19 test samples per day to local hospitals for testing. In addition to expanding the types of vehicles deployed, DeepRoute.ai plans to grow its robotaxi fleet to more than 150 by the end of 2021. It said will own about…
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Students at Camdenton High School are using 3D printers to help produce hundreds of face shields for healthcare workers at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, MO. The printers were provided by nearby Camdenton Middle School, which received them as part of a $16 million grant from the MU College of Education’s eMINTS National Center. “To see the face shields…
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