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The majority (85%) of manufacturing executives say the situation has given their firms the opportunity to rethink how work is done. Almost nine in ten (87%) employees agreed that as a result of the pandemic, their company has developed new and better ways of working. The shift to these innovative working practices has been widespread and rapid.
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As a manufacturing planning and scheduling system provider, PlanetTogether resolves production and operational constraints and its integration with AVEVAMESenables supply chain planners to conduct realistic, integrated sales and operations planning based on actual plant capacity and material availability, with full visibility to progress against plan for on-time delivery at the lowest cost.
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The roll-out of the new Bosch manufacturing and logistics platform will start at the end of 2021. “We offer our roughly 240 plants a standardized ‘Industry 4.0 toolbox,’ which can be expanded and deployed as needed,” Najork says. Bosch believes this will save it almost one billion euros over the next five years.
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Other panellists taking part in the discussion included Dr. La Daana Kanhai, Marine Scientist, The University of the West Indies; Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastics Policy Lead, World Wildlife Fund; and Catharina Frostad, Co-Founder, Clean Sea Solutions. The moderator was Erik Solheim, CEO, Plastic REVolution Foundation and Chairman, Afroz Shah Foundation.
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When asked to list top priorities, manufacturers responded that increasing process efficiencies and improving demand planning were among the most urgent changes needed for a business, and they see digital transformation as a way to help. More than half (57%) of manufacturers say that moving their planning processes to the cloud is a critical or high priority.
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