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The ASSEMBLY Blog is written by our team of editors and industry experts. It provides thought-provoking opinions on issues and trends in manufacturing, as wells tips, tricks and suggestions for implementing assembly technology.

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It’s Time for Just-in-Case

Jim Smith Ph.D. ABD
February 23, 2022
The chaos in supply chains has manufacturers clamoring for storage space to keep contingency inventory—in other words, the reverse of JIT. The new mania is for “just-in-case” inventories. Welcome to the 1970s.
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A Hack for Sterilizing N95 Respirators

Jim Smith Ph.D. ABD
September 24, 2020
N95 respirators were intended to be discarded after every use. That’s not happening now, of course, so much research is going into devising methods for sterilizing used respirators for reuse. If that is your situation, the following information may be helpful.
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The N95 Respirator Scandal

Jim Smith Ph.D. ABD
September 24, 2020
Why on earth are hospital workers still forced to recycle N95 respirators when Detroit automakers with no aircraft experience were able to start turning out dozens of planes daily in less time than we’ve been dealing with the virus?
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U.S. Manufacturing Had an Opportunity—And We Wasted It

In the wake of COVID-related supply chain disruptions, U.S. manufacturers should rethink global supply chains.
July 28, 2020

We—manufacturers, government and the public—have failed dismally to capitalize on the opportunity to revamp supply chains and grow U.S. manufacturing.


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Cybersecurity and Robotics Systems: Vulnerabilities and Solutions

June 29, 2020
RoboBusiness Direct’s session with Counterpoint Research’s Satyajit Sinha will explore current and future cybersecurity threats to networked robotics systems.
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Re-opening Assembly Plants During the Plague Requires New Approaches

Jim Smith Ph.D. ABD
June 25, 2020

Ready or not, those of us in manufacturing are (mostly) all back to work, coronavirus or not. It’s tough to make things via Zoom. While many office workers will be working from home for the foreseeable future, manufacturing personnel are back in the trenches. So, let’s talk about how to ensure that going to work doesn’t turn into a stop on the way to intensive care.


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RoboBusiness Direct presents:

How Robots Are Succeeding and Failing in the World of Logistics

June 15, 2020

In this insightful RoboBusiness Direct presentation, FedEx’s Aaron Prather will review the continuing opportunities for robotics solutions in the logistics sector. Prather has successfully deployed robotics applications within FedEx, and he has seen other initiatives go off the rail.


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RoboBusiness Direct presents:

From 1 to 1,000: Lessons Learned in Scaling a Robot Fleet

June 12, 2020

Bossa Nova Robotics is one of the leaders in the retail robotics sector, providing large retailers with inventory-scanning robots that move up and down aisles, tracking inventory supply levels via computer vision and artificial intelligence.


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The Automation of Manually Steered Vehicles: Insights, Analysis and Opportunities

May 28, 2020

In this RoboBusiness Direct session, you will learn about one of the biggest opportunities for providers of robotics technologies—retrofitting manually steered vehicles used in various industries to support autonomous navigation. The session will include data on shipments and revenues, as well as overviews of well-known providers of autonomous navigation systems, including Brain Corp., BlueBotics, Built Robotics and Outrider.


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Pandemic Reveals Rocky State of U.S. Manufacturing

Jim Smith Ph.D. ABD
April 29, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on this country didn’t need to be this bad. It shouldn’t have been this bad. But this is what happens when a country turns its back on manufacturing. America traded its independence for short-term corporate profits, and recovery is going to take much more than a few trillion dollars in federal emergency loans. A euthanized industrial base can’t magically be brought back to life.


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