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"Manufacturing companies can take some simple steps to help prepare their business for change and the fourth industrial revolution". Image: DaveBleasdale, Learning Zone; flickr.com (CC BY 2.0) This article was first published in the Spring 2015 issue of OnWindows. In the last issue of OnWindows I outlined the technologies and thinking behind the fourth industrial [...]

In the third of this series of articles, discover the steps required to make the fourth industrial revolution a reality. Image: Chillicom, FANUC_R-2000iB_series_robot_127; flickr.com (CC BY 2.0) This article was first published in the Summer 2015 issue of OnWindows. Technology hypes are often followed by the trough of disillusionment. But it is sometimes only during [...]

This article explores the success story at KMWE who are globalising at a rapid tempo. We are focussing on their global support group, the pitfalls and successes as their journey develops.KMME describes themselves as a reliable supplier and partner to the high tech equipment industry and aerospace. They have manufacturing locations and partnerships in The [...]

For this deployment US based electric carmaker has chosen ATS CM4D which compares the fit of two mating parts and allows them to apply “virtual shims”. This combination of features is unique to ATS CM4D as well as a wealth of other features comparing the virtual design to the actual physical product, the ability to [...]

Medical devices save lives and transform people’s quality of life. They are typically designed by surgeons who give little thought to Design for Manufacture.Manufacturing IT solutions are however available to ensure that medical devices can be produced compliantly and repeatedly. ATS are working with multi-national medical device manufacturers helping them transform their manufacturing processes, from [...]

ATS provided Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) consultancy for Allergan Pharmaceutical in 2013, helping Allergan evaluate their requirement for a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).During this 6 month project, two of ATS’s MOM consultants worked on-site following ATS’s ‘Work Packages’ approach to system selection. The consultants provided training, completed an AS-IS assessment, wrote a detailed business case, [...]