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How Smart, Flexible Manufacturing Can Reduce Risk and Create Competitive Advantage in Uncertain Times

Jason Fedy, CFO Eclipse Automation and Managing Director, Industry X Accenture Navigating risk and uncertainty in automated manufacturing projects doesn’t have to keep you up at night The boardroom falls silent as the proposal wraps up. It’s a…

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Global Automation Perspectives: How Manufacturing Automation Strategies Vary Across Regions

Mike Fisher, SVP, Sales Eclipse Automation and Managing Director Accenture Industry X When it comes to manufacturing automation, one size definitely doesn’t fit all—especially as you look across different geographic regions. A vision system that revolutionizes production in…

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Eclipse Automation: Future fit manufacturing automation

PAUL ADAIR, STAFF WRITER AT CTMA 4 minutes read time HEADQUARTERED IN CAMBRIDGE, ONT., Eclipse Automation, part of Accenture, is a global success story in the world of automation. Founded by Steve Mai and his partners in 2001,…

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Real-Time, Not Downtime: How Data Integration Can Make Maintenance Truly Predictive

Chae Thurm, Service Account Manager, Eclipse Automation 5 minutes read time As much as 90% of all industrial manufacturers have implemented some kind of automation solution, yet only 30% of them report significant reductions in production line downtime.…

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Validation Acceleration: How Automated Testing Creates a Competitive Edge in Medical Device Manufacturing

Rob Devine, Business Development Manager, Life Sciences 5 minutes read time Why automating validation processes could be the key to faster time-to-market in the Life Sciences industry. In an increasingly competitive MedTech landscape, accelerating time-to-market isn’t just a…

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The Education Gap: Training Tomorrow’s Workforce for Today’s Automated Factory

Michelle Sangster, Chief Human Resources Officer, Eclipse Automation 7 minutes read time Why traditional education isn’t keeping pace with automated manufacturing systems—and what we can do about it. Let’s say you’ve taken the big step of investing several…

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Assembling Momentum: Why the Automotive Manufacturing Industry Embraces AI-Enabled Automation

Andrew Bagley, Manager – North American Industry Sales – Transportation 5 minutes read time In many ways, the history of automotive and parts manufacturing is the history of automation. Ever since the first Model T rolled off Ford’s…

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The Ghost and the Machine: How Digital Twin Technology is Revolutionizing the Manufacturing Sector

Brad Zalischuk, Program Manager, Digital Manufacturing Transformation 5 minutes read time End-to-end digitization is making factories better, faster, and smarter. Here’s how. When it comes to building a new factory line, creating an elaborate 3D model that includes…

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How Better Systems Integration Can Solve Monitoring and Control Problems in Manufacturing Automation

Digital Manufacturing Transformation You’ve probably heard of the idea of “siloing” in large organizations, and not in a good way. When a company is siloed, it means there are different departments working on projects in parallel, often without…

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Every Eclipse System is Custom, But Safety Comes as Standard

How automation prevents injuries Of all the compelling reasons manufacturers have to move to automated systems, safety has got to rank high on that the list. Going from a manufacturing model that has workers doing manual assembly to…

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