Featured Manufacturing & Warehousing Articles

31. Robotics In Industry: How Will It Impact IT? 12/23/2014

    According to a PwC report, there are currently about 1.5 million robots working in industries around the world, with as many as 230,000 in the U.S. alone.

32. LNS Research: How Legacy Systems Are Holding Manufacturers Back 12/22/2014

    LNS Research outlined what 2015 may look like for many companies, including connection to customers, operational challenges, business conditions, and how some manufacturers will achieve their operational goals.

33. Manufacturers Are Turning To Data Analytics More Frequently 12/18/2014

    LNS Research shared data collected from its ongoing Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) survey.

34. Manufacturing And Warehousing IT News For VARs — December 16, 2014 12/16/2014

    Articles cited this week deal with helping your clients apply lean principles, plan and prepare for supply chain risks, and tech trends that are changing the manufacturing landscape.

35. Cloud Offers Alternatives To Firewall To Protect Your IT Clients Supply Chain 12/11/2014

    Traditionally, organizations have been trained to believe global trade solutions can only remain safe and in compliance if they are securely encased behind a corporate firewall. As an Aberdeen Group report shows, however, this isn’t necessarily the case.

36. Manufacturing And Warehousing IT News For VARs — December 9, 2014 12/9/2014

    The ways mobility is impacting the manufacturing environment is in the news this week, as well as the benefits of timely, accurate information sharing to vendor managed inventory (VMI).

37. Can You Use 3D Printing To Print A House? 12/8/2014

    Among all the applications — and potential applications— for 3D printing, one that might not be top of mind is providing shelter for the homeless. A recent 3DPrint article reports on a crowdfunding campaign, however, aimed at just that.

38. Manufacturing And Warehousing IT News For VARs —December 2, 2014 12/2/2014

    In the news, U.S. orders for durable goods, business spending, and gauge of manufacturing activity all increase. Also, an article gives examples of the importance of creating security solutions that are easy for employees to use. Also predictions for cybersecurity threats in 2015 include IoT, mobile app, data center vulnerabilities.

39. Websense Cybersecurity Predictions Released For 2015 12/1/2014

    Websense has released its list of cybersecurity predictions for 2015. The year 2014 was fraught with data breaches and challenges to security across industries and technologies.  “Cybercriminals are continually adapting evasive techniques and methods so they can circumvent the security systems that were specifically put in place to stop them,” Charles Renert, vice president of Websense Security Labs, says in a press release. “By thoroughly analyzing recent cybercrime trends and tactics, we have established a common thread across each of these predictions: threat activity is increasing in frequency and sophistication.”

40. Manufacturing And Warehousing IT News For VARs — November 25, 2014 11/25/2014

    Advice on integrating 3D printing is in the news this week, as well as disruptive forces affecting manufacturing — including 3D printing and cloud computing.