During wet and cold months, road conditions can be extremely hazardous for drivers. Snow, fog, and heavy rainfall can all combine to build up on cameras to limit visibility and increase the risks of accidents and collisions.
Process manufacturing software, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Lot Traceability, Batch Production
Process manufacturing is concerned with the use of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), such as those used in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, biotechnology and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environments. The key point to define process manufacturing is that once the raw ingredients or formulas have been used and mixed they cannot be returned back to their original individual state. In other words, once the product has been constructed the individual ingredients cannot be distilled and extracted back out again.
Dakota interview with Marshalls: Jon Ellinger, Procurement Category Manager
Dec 17, 2020 Comments (0)
Dakota Integrated Solutions spoke with Jon Ellinger, Procurement Category Manager at Marshalls, to find out how Dakota work with Marshalls as their incumbent printing hardware, software and consumables supplier.
BREXIT: Major challenges for Businesses’ IT Systems to be ‘BREXIT Ready’
Dec 16, 2020 Comments (0)
BASDA (‘The Business Application Software Developers Association’) and the Institute of Directors (‘IoD’) have voiced their concerns that core business systems may not be fully ready for 1st January 2021 despite all the industry’s best efforts.
More inventory reliability – more customers: Spedition Stähler grows with EPG | LFS
Dec 14, 2020 Comments (0)
With the construction of the new 5,000 m² warehouse at its Limburg/ Germany site, Spedition Stähler, the major shipping company in the Limburg-Weilburg district, has also taken the decision to install a warehouse management system. It selected the EPG | LFS Warehouse Management System from EPG (Ehrhardt + Partner Gruppe).
Road transport capacity on the European spot market is rising significantly while prices are falling
Dec 10, 2020 Comments (0)
Compared with the previous month, road transport capacity rose significantly by 16.8% in November 2020. The index of European spot market availability now stands at 102.8 points.
UK Manufacturing calls for a deal to end uncertainty and save thousands of jobs
Dec 10, 2020 Comments (0)
Comment from: Stephen Phipson, CEO of Make UK, the manufacturers’ organisation; Stephen Kelly, CEO Manufacturing NI; and Paul Sheerin, CEO Scottish Engineering.
Could other threats hit business while Covid-19 continues to dominate the risk agenda?
Dec 03, 2020 Comments (0)
International risk management and assistance firm, Healix International, believes the all-consuming consequences of the pandemic could leave governments and employers exposed to other risks in 2021. The annual Healix Risk Oracle report has identified key areas of risk – besides the continued impact of COVID-19 - that it believes need to be recognised by risk managers in 2021.
Boosting manufacturing resilience in times of uncertainty
Dec 02, 2020 Comments (0)
By Ian Richards, Head of Manufacturing, Board.
It is hard to see anything positive on the horizon. At every turn, there seems to be a negative counterpoint to a potential positive, a constant theme for 2020.
46% of UK manufacturers say Covid has adversely impacted their planning
Nov 30, 2020 Comments (0)
New research from Lockton, the privately held, independent insurance broker, highlights the devastating impact of Covid-19 on UK manufacturers’ Brexit preparedness.
In its survey of 500 UK manufacturers, almost half (46%) admitted their supply chain plans have been negatively affected by the Covid-19, with 25% stating they have not made appropriate arrangements with just six weeks left of the transition period.
Schneider Electric launches new TradeOff Tool to evaluate the cost of servicing critical power systems in edge computing environments
Nov 26, 2020 Comments (0)
Schneider Electric has launched a new TradeOff Tool, the Edge UPS Fleet Management Comparison Calculator, available on SE.com.
