ICYMI: Yesterday, our views on automation and AI in the workplace were published in the Financial Times. You can read our contribution below 👇
Do you agree/disagree?
https://t.co/Xn6lLJQjKy
Quality Control is the backbone of many reputable food manufacturers.
However, in 2020, @WholeFoods recalled over 30 food products with undeclared food allergens.
Food Manufacturers: Level up your QC today, by implementing automated control systems 👇
https://t.co/m6e37cuvET
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74% of manufacturing firms rely on legacy systems.
Many believe that upgrades only marginally improve the performance of legacy machinery.
Yet retrofitting can lead to improvements in efficiency and reliability.
🦾 Upgrade your equipment today: https://t.co/27qGTyh9PL
Food processing plants run equipment for 16-20 hours a day.
Yet a @Forbes report claims manufacturers face an average of 15 hours downtime per week.
➡️ Read our article in the latest edition of @FPeditor to learn how condition-based monitoring can help:
https://t.co/eFmDleDtJk
Manufacturing companies generate more than 1.8m terabytes of data each year.
But this data often isn’t collected or analysed.
📞 To receive sensors, IoT devices and other equipment to collect data from your manufacturing processes, contact us today: https://t.co/27qGTyhHFj
Decommissioning old factories and equipment is expensive and disruptive.
Instead, companies can make existing equipment more environmentally friendly via retrofitting.
That’s the process of updating or adding equipment or sensors to existing hardware 🦾
👇 See below for more.
❓ Who invented the PLC?
Some say Allen-Bradley, whilst others claim it was GM.
Find out more about the controversy surrounding this question and learn about Allen-Bradley's rich 50-year history of PLC manufacturing in this informative post.
➡️ https://t.co/gpR54mGj8G
#Retrofitting enables manufacturers to expand capacity in days or months.
By replacing outdated equipment before they become a problem, we can avoid downtime and keep operations running smoothly.
👇 See the video for more.
With a presence in over 60 countries, Foxmere supports manufacturing plants of all sizes.
We supply ambitious startups to industry giants, like Fortune 500 companies.
If you require an automation parts supplier that you can trust, let us know: https://t.co/27qGTyhHFj
Having assessed millions of parts, we are able to spot any counterfeit product.
It’s why we have strong relationships with customers like Danone, Johnson and Johnson and BIC.
If you’d like to source reliable counterfeit-free parts, get in touch today: https://t.co/k37xinyDU3
Don't give winter #maintenance the cold shoulder!
In the winter, it is common for the colder conditions to cause our roads to deteriorate.
But did you know that the cold weather effects #automation equipment too?
We explain all on the Foxmere journal: https://t.co/0GkPs37IeR
The UK manufacturing sector must do more to prevent employees leaving their roles, says Tom Cash, director of @foxmere. #ManufacturingJobs#staffretention https://t.co/vTNyexIUJC
In case you missed it, Siemens recently invested €500M in a new technology campus to develop its vision of the industrial metaverse 🥽
Without getting too excited too soon, the industrial metaverse does currently have its challenges.
For all you need to know, watch our video!