Margo: The new open standard initiative for interoperability at the edge of industrial automation

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Today, industrial companies face unprecedented challenges. Manpower Group recently reported that 75% of companies in the industrial sector are currently experiencing a talent shortage. Supply chain problems, an increasingly competitive market landscape, rapidly changing customer demand, and the need to increase quality, productivity, and overall efficiency…

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Unlocking $700 Billion: How data-driven sustainability can revolutionize the Consumer Packaged Goods industry

Credit to Author: David Cooper| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:44:00 +0000

According to a report by the World Economic Forum, upstream food loss and downstream waste amount to roughly $700 billion in industrialized countries. McKinsey & Company found that operational efficiency gaps for pharmaceutical manufacturers amount to a value of at least $65 billion. Optimizing sustainability…

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How energy management and automation innovations reduce costs for indoor growing farm sites

Credit to Author: Neil Smith| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Our planet is facing a global food production and distribution system challenge. The UN forecasts a global population increase of nearly 2 billion over the next 30 years. Food production must increase by 70% without impacting the environment. Consider the example of the nation of Singapore. Given…

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Smart operations: Why the future is now

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 19:20:50 +0000

In a post-pandemic world that has become increasingly uncertain, so too has consumer behavior. According to new research from Accenture, 72% of consumers say that external factors – such as climate change, economic instability and political unrest – are impacting our lives more now than…

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Two manufacturing sectors to start on their digitization journey

Credit to Author: Zurica Hansen| Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:13:00 +0000

There are two main reasons small and medium-sized manufacturing is such an interesting market right now: The size of the sector in any economy, and the opportunity for Schneider Electric to provide manufacturing digitization solutions that address some of the most prominent pain points of…

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Rising energy costs: 4 ways to lessen their impact on food and beverage operations

Credit to Author: David Cooper| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Households and businesses are paying more for energy than ever before, even as global governments spend billions to shield consumers from the energy crisis. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, US electricity bills in the third quarter of 2022 increased 15.8% over the…

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From design to disposal: why green product is a must for sustainability

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:00:43 +0000

As we transition to renewable energy and electrification there is concern over the environmental impact of new products and technologies like batteries used in electric vehicles or solar panels. There… Read more »

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All in a day’s work: helping machines perform faster, more reliably, and more profitably

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:00:41 +0000

As we emerge from the demand constrained world of the past few years into the fast-paced, uncertain supply constrained world of today (and probably the near future) companies are examining… Read more »

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