Tracey Thomas, Content Communications Specialist In 2023, Proctor & Gamble faced a $2.2 billion hit from supply chain volatility. Their response was to take the opportunity to accelerate their Supply Chain 3.0 initiative, targeting $1.5 billion in annual savings through automation. This reflects a broader truth that manufacturing professionals are discovering: in today’s environment of […]
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Tracey Thomas, Content Communications Specialist The disconnect between executive leadership and factory operations has existed for decades, creating barriers to successful automation implementation. We recently interviewed Jeff Burnstein, President of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), for an episode of People B4 Machines, a podcast that explores the chaos of factory automation, from Monday morning […]
Mike MacDonald, VP Operations Canada At a BMW assembly line in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a worker positions a sheet of adhesive-backed insulation against a car door’s inner panel. Right beside them—no safety cage, no barriers—a collaborative robot extends its arm and begins rolling the material into place with precise, consistent pressure. The worker moves to […]
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