Today and in recent years, organizations have increasingly focused on business continuity plans, arrangements, and exercises. At least, nearly three-quarters of organizations reported having business continuity strategies related to supply chain management, according to a report published by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), supported by Zurich Insurance Group . Business continuity remains essential in building…
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By Steven Weintraub, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve) (Second of two parts) Help Care for Veterans’ Best Friends When military service members deploy, some will have to leave behind a beloved pet. Not everyone has a family member or friend who is able and willing to take in the service member’s pet for an extended…
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By Steven Weintraub, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve) (First of two parts) Most Americans feel truly grateful to our nation’s veterans and military personnel and take many opportunities available to express that gratitude. But what does one do to specifically show appreciation for those families of service members, veterans, and all currently serving military to…
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Supply chain resilience is increasingly seen as a critical component of an organization’s ability to deal with supply chain disruptions. With growing support from top management more organizations believe business continuity is key to increasing the resilience of their supply chains. A survey, conducted by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and supported by Zurich Insurance Group,…
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Corporate social responsibility used to be a buzz word, and then it became a trend. Now, organizations are realizing that it can yield hard and soft benefits for the organization. Often, the supply chain is at the center of these efforts, and high-tech companies are leading the charge. Global distributors Avnet and Arrow, and electronics…
DetailsmCube, provider of the world’s smallest and lowest power MEMS motion sensors, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 3D motion tracking products and technology company Xsens from ON Semiconductor. This merger brings together two complimentary innovators and technology leaders in the 3D motion sensing and tracking industry: Privately held mCube is the…
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Due to rising demand for OLED displays in smartphones and high-end flat panel TVs, panel manufacturers are making bigger investments in new OLED display fab construction, according to market research firm IHS Markit. This investment is expected to increase global production capacity of AMOLED panels — including both red-green-blue (RGB) OLED and white OLED (WOLED)…
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San Francisco, CA – Mocana, the leading provider of IoT security solutions for industrial control systems (ICS) and the Internet of Things (IoT), announced a partnership with Avnet, Xilinx, Infineon Technologies and Microsoft to introduce an integrated, high-assurance industrial IoT system that meets the latest cybersecurity standards. The system is comprised of advanced hardware and…
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BOSTON – Rethink Robotics today announced the release of Intera® 5.2, an expansion of its first-of-its-kind Intera software platform that provides critical data insights to manufacturers in real time. Rethink Robotics’ Sawyer gives operators and line managers valuable data at a glance, including metrics such as cycle time, part count, speed and force – data that has never…
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Wayne, PA – Elemica, the leading Business Network for the process industries, introduces unprecedented new levels of extended end-to-end supply chain visibility with Elemica Pulse , a new solution that provides real-time predictive visibility from customer order to supplier delivery and the complete order-to-cash and procure-to-pay process. Elemica Pulse enables companies to have greater ability to satisfy customer service levels,…
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