Manufacturers always strive to eliminate waste in their production. One of the major tasks of the purchasing and planning department is to buy raw materials and produce parts according to the bill of materials (BOM) and customer demands, ensuring...
Manufacturers always strive to eliminate waste in their production. One of the major tasks of the purchasing and planning department is to buy raw materials and produce parts according to the bill of materials (BOM) and customer demands, ensuring...
Digitalization allows industrial SMEs to introduce effective processes to mass produce higher-quality products at lower costs. When talking about technologies, the cornerstones that are shaping Industry 4.0 for businesses of all sizes.
Introducing Industry 4.0 is always a disruptive and challenging process for businesses and their employees. Manufacturers are progressively getting familiar with the idea of the smart factory and it is becoming hard to ignore its advancements towards becoming the...
Making a major investment- particularly when it involves transformative technologies- can be daunting. Seven reasons for making the push to smart factory technology are highlighted
Unplanned downtime is one of the biggest headaches a manufacturer can have. It’s is a stressor looming over every company that relies on functioning equipment to get work done. Tags: unplanned downtime, the causes, the costs
Unpanned downtime in manufacturing is one of the primary scenarios that most facilities strive to avoid.
The Malaysian Smart Factory 4.0 (MSF), run by the Selangor Human Resource Development Centre (SHRDC), aims to help companies do the latter and be more self-reliant. MSF runs various programmes that train company employees to implement automation.
“Organic growth occurs within existing business through an engaged and high performing workforce.” - Gallup’s 2017 Employee Engagement Report. The Gallup’s 2017 State of the Global Workplace report, reveals that incredibly, only 19% of employees in Southeast Asia are engaged, 70% of employees were not engaged, and 11% of employees stated that they were “actively disengaged.”
Making a major investment- particularly when it involves transformative technologies- can be daunting. Seven reasons for making the push to smart factory technology are highlighted
One of the most common problems facing manufacturers across all industries is the difficulty of effectively balancing demand with supply.
Manufacturing is entering the fourth industrial revolution. Digitalisation - powered by the use of sensors, software, connectivity and big data analytics - is resulting in leaner and more efficient factories and driving the introduction of flexible new business models.
Digitalization allows industrial SMEs to introduce effective processes to mass produce higher-quality products at lower costs. When talking about technologies, the cornerstones that are shaping Industry 4.0 for businesses of all sizes.
With no single source of truth for your company’s data, you can’t be certain what changes have been made to your data once a spreadsheet is shared, nor if everyone is relying on the correct set of information. So,...
MyReskill IoT program is a three to five days virtual workshop plus one-week handholding in developing Proof-of-Concept (POC) where participants will learn about the Raspberry Pi and Arduino hardware.
Manufacturing is entering the fourth industrial revolution. Digitalisation - powered by the use of sensors, software, connectivity and big data analytics - is resulting in leaner and more efficient factories and driving the introduction of flexible new business models.