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Manufacturing Skills Gap Widens in the Wake of COVID-19
A new study by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute says the pandemic erased 1.4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs. And, even as the industry rebounds, the remaining unfilled jobs could cost the U.S. economy $1 trillion.
Business/Management
OEM Profile: Serpa’s Next Big Move
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Successful Enlace EXPO PACK Truly Joins Industry Together
PMMI News
$75,000 in PMMI Member Family Scholarships Awarded
Business/Management
Lock the Back Door to Keep Cyber Criminals Out
PMMI News
Preparing for Necessary Return of In-Person Events
With its PACK Ready health and safety program, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO will reunite the packaging and processing community.
Safety
It’s Time to Step-Up Machine Safety
OEMs understand the need to comply with machine safety standards, but new requirements may necessitate bringing in a third party to help mitigate risk.
Workforce Development
Wes Garrett Excels in Building Relationships with System Integrators
Emerging Leader Wes Garrett is growing market share as the account manager for authorized system integrator sales at FANUC.
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unPACKED with Packaging World Podcast: 10 Billion Reasons to Embrace Reusable Packaging
Listen to the unPACKed with Packaging World podcast as Anne Marie Mohan outlines emerging frameworks to make implementing reusable packaging easier for OEMs, CPGs and consumers.
Technology
Business/Management
OEM Profile: Serpa’s Next Big Move
Machine Design/Management
Shiseido Moves to Forefront of Cosmetics Packaging with XTS
Safety
It’s Time to Step-Up Machine Safety
Automation
Reinventing Remote Maintenance
Products
Supplier Submitted
New Era of High-Performance Actuation to Enable Simpler, Safer, and More Productive Robots and Machines
Supplier Submitted
Slideways Announces New Sales Representative
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DEMAUREX SA: Sidebot for High-speed Collaborative Automation
Supplier Submitted
Guide Actuator for Symmetrical Movement
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Workforce Development
Manufacturing Skills Gap Widens in the Wake of COVID-19
Workforce Development
Cultivating a Diverse Corporate Culture
Business/Management
It’s Time for Machine Builders to Get Social Media Savvy
Business/Management
OEM Profile: Serpa’s Next Big Move
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Workforce Development
Cultivating a Diverse Corporate Culture
Take5
5 Ways Manufacturers Can Improve Cybersecurity
Take5
Predictive Maintenance and Cybersecurity
Take5
Reshoring and Remote Management
Workforce Development
PPWLN Welcomes New Executive Council
PMMI’s Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network Welcomes New Executive Council Members
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MWC’s Robot Configurations Provide Flexibility
Robotics come into play in the cheesemaker's palletizing operations. But for the most part, that level of complexity isn't needed in a facility producing such consistent product types and sizes. What's needed more is simplified automation.
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Cheesemaker Harvests the Data Cream of the Crop
The MWC cheese and whey facility, ProFood World's 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award winner, continues to layer on SCADA functionality to get more information from the data it gathers.
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unPACKed podcast: Market Disruption as a Competitive Advantage
Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Tom Morrison outlines a classic good news/bad news evaluation for the next five to ten years.
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Creating the Digital Thread to Connect OEMs and End Users
Siemens and SAP expand their partnership to connect plant floor operations, remote condition monitoring conducted by OEMs, and product development via digital twins to facilitate collaboration across an asset’s entire lifecycle.
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MES Provides Insight Needed in Competitive Distillery Sector
The Bourbon Trail is facing tight margins and market erosion, making the insights from Parsec’s TrakSYS software particularly helpful. But the food and beverage industry overall could benefit from capabilities in OEE, track and trace, and more.
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OEM Uses Virtualization to Modernize Motion Control System
Using Real-Time Systems’ hypervisor technology to create virtual machines, ProCom enables its motion control system to communicate with the enterprise and support dashboards and tools for machine monitoring, management, and maintenance.
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IoPP Announces Winners of the 2021 Packaging Education Scholarship Fund
Each year, the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) awards over $10,000 in scholarships to students studying packaging or a related field.
Take5
5 Ways Manufacturers Can Improve Cybersecurity
As cybercrimes and cyber-attacks are on the rise, cybersecurity and IT professionals share on this Take Five video how packaging and processing machine builders can protect their people, processes, assets, and reputation from cybercriminals.
PELV 2021
unPACKed podcast: PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2021 - It’s on!
Listen to the unPACKed with PMMI podcast as Laura Thompson breaks down the significant competitive advantages that attendees and exhibitors will obtain from the show.
Business Intelligence
OEMs Play Larger Role in Manufacturing Industry Cybersecurity
Since OEMs also serve manufacturing clients who are themselves vulnerable to cyberattack, there are a few extra considerations to be aware of with regard to cybersecurity.
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unPACKED with Packaging World Podcast: Did 2020 Change Packaging Forever?
Listen to the unPACKed with Packaging World podcast for Matt Reynold's take on the seismic shifts in packaging caused by COVID-19 and societal call for social responsibility.
Take5
Predictive Maintenance and Cybersecurity
Experts urge OEMs to adopt predictive maintenance services or risk obsolescence. Watch this Take Five video to find out about two new resources available from PMMI and OMAC to help protect your plant against cyber criminals.
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Pandemic Gives Boost to Smaller Meat Processing Plants
Though COVID-19 certainly caused its share of issues as meat processors raced to figure out how to keep their workers safe, one of the biggest challenges the smaller organizations have faced is how to keep up with the rising demand.
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Attract and Retain a Quality Workforce, Insights with Gardner Carrick at PMMI’s ELC
NAM and MI programs and research bring information into labor outreach efforts and retention of a diverse, quality workforce.
Business Intelligence
Personnel Training: A Critical Third Step in Cybersecurity
The best cybersecurity plan is only as good as the individuals tasked with carrying it out.
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Leading Food Companies to Receive Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
ProFood World is set to honor Conagra Brands, Smithfield Foods, B&G Foods, Liffey Meats, and Graphic Packaging International for outstanding sustainability achievements.
Business Intelligence
Network Management: The Second Step to Increasing Cybersecurity
After a thorough operations analysis, securing networks is the next step to addressing security gaps and lapses.
Business Intelligence
Manufacturers Face Aggressive Competition
inRiver report finds 99% of US manufacturing businesses feel pressure to get products to market faster than ever before, 94% globally are using automation and AI to tailor product info.
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Register for the Return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO
After more than a year without in-person trade shows, attendee registration is now underway for the only comprehensive packaging and processing trade show in the world in 2021.
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UnPACKed with AW Podcast: Getting along (and ahead) with Robots
In the first episode of UnPACKed with Automation World, Director of Content, David Greenfield takes us into some of the truths and myths about automation during the past year.
Business Intelligence
The First Step to Increasing Cybersecurity
There are a number of straightforward and understandable steps companies can take to protect their operations from cyberattacks. The first is to analyze operational vulnerabilities.
