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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Engineering gets a boost in the new era of automation – what’s in it for industry?

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:00:29 +0000

Over the last 100 years or so technology has been gradually eliminating the boring, tedious parts of our jobs that most of us don’t want to do, making them more… Read more »

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How Data Integration and Data Control Drives Marketplace Agility in Food and Beverage Manufacturing Operations

Credit to Author: Michael Jamieson| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:00:02 +0000

Part 2: Data ownership, data management, and data sharing drive business for food and beverage manufacturing.  Today, businesses can integrate the upstream and downstream value chain cost-effectively − using digital… Read more »

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