Complex and opaque, food and beverage supply chains make it difficult to trace products to work sites that engage in unscrupulous labor…
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Samsung to Invest $115 Billion in Semiconductors by 2030
by Dawn Allcotby Dawn AllcotGlobal electronics manufacturer Samsung announced that it would invest $115 Billion in the world semiconductor market by 2030. The investment plan is…
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What if engineers could replace heat-dispersing metal with a lightweight, flexible, and corrosion resistant polymer to cool electronic devices like smartphones, laptops,…
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Vision Guided Robot Market Sees Exponential Growth
by Dawn Allcotby Dawn AllcotVision guided robots (VGR) and the vision guided robotics software market play a big role in the supply chain, with 2D vision-guided…
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Proactive, Reactive, or Pre-emptive: Choosing an Obsolescence Strategy
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyIn 2008, one technology parts database listed 150 million electronic components. That same year, obsolescence product-discontinuation notices (PDNs) were issued for 1.4…
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New Process Means End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries Can be Reclaimed
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyWith the rapid growth and increasing popularity of electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, worldwide manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries is expected to reach…
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UPS Invests in 3D Printing Tech that Brings New Supply Chain Models to Market
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyUPS recently led a $48-million round of Series B investment in Chicago-based Fast Radius, a technology platform and manufacturing footprint enabled by…
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According to U.S. Department of Energy figures from 2014, our cooling needs amount to 27% of our annual electricity consumption, 13.7% on…
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Lockheed Martin Uses Supply Chain Strategy to Improve Mission Capable Rates
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyMulti-year Performance Based Logistics (PBLs) contracts and Master Repair Agreements (MRAs) are both part of the supply chain strategy Lockheed Martin is…
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While the plant-derived polyethylene furanoate (PEF) has shown promise as a replacement for plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET), large-scale PEF production has to…
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The pace of change keeps accelerating, with increased performance standards and strengthened government regulations pushing materials handling companies to innovate. Yale Materials…