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Digitalisation and Automation of Continental Automotive Plants
Holistic approach to digitalisation. You either digitalise or you don’t, there’s no doing it…
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Ivan Marinec: The role of data in the digitalisation of automotive logistics
The typical causes for automation failures all usually share the same roots. These are: low-quality…
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The right balance in logistics and where to find it
The most modern approaches in logistics—why should you be aware of the latest trends? How to find…
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The New Reality for Logistics? It’s the Christmas Season, Every Season.
The 21st annual Trends in Automotive Logistics conference was held in Pilsen at the end of…
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The Technology Trends That TAL 2021 Speakers Are Calling the Future of Automotive
Automotive is undergoing the biggest disruption in all the years of its existence. New technologies…
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Switching to SaaS: a strategic change that saves CAPEX and OPEX
Security, scalability and cost optimisation – these are just a few of the cloud benefits that will…
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Driving trucks from home, and UX as an engine for digitalisation: The most interesting quotes of TAL 2021
Seeking the right balance for automotive logistics – that was the main theme for this year’s Trends…
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Automation in Logistics – From Hardware to Artificial Intelligence
Intralogistics and warehouse automation were once again among the main topics at this year’s TAL…
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Supply chain digitalisation and automation at RAPA
For more than 70 years, RAPA has been known as a specialist for solenoid valve technology, and in…
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The TAL 2021 Conference: Logistics Digitalisation Must Come with Balance
Fourteen speakers from throughout Europe assembled in Pilsen on 21 September for the Trends in…
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Automotive should learn from e‑commerce. Through data and digitalisation.
If you want to succeed, learn from the best. That is why we’ve interviewed Ivan Marinec, with his…
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A digital‑first approach to logistics innovation by idealworks
When BMW’s new spinoff, the fully owned subsidiary idealworks, was founded in November last year,…
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Zebra Intelligent Cabinets: A safe place for your mobile devices
In recent years, mobile terminals and printers, industrial tablets and more have become a part of…
- Automotive
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Automotive for a New Age: Localised Manufacturing and Supply Chains Alongside New Business Models
For over a year now, the global economy has seen a trial by fire, and it is struggling with the…
- Aimtec
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We learned while doing – and always valuing decency and good relationships
Aimtec is celebrating its 25th birthday. That’s why we couldn’t resist asking its co-founder…
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TAL 2021: The topic for automotive logistics in 2021 will be finding a balance
Audi, BMW Group, ŠKODA AUTO, ZF Friedrichshafen, Volkswagen, Eissmann Group Automotive –…
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Local automotive manufacturing? Smart microfactories will make it possible.
Traditional production lines may soon be replaced by innovative microfactories consisting of…
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Expensive electromobility may endanger Europe’s OEMs
Even ten years from now, European OEMs will still spend more to produce each electric vehicle than…
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The warehouse automation market will see strong growth – powered by e‑commerce
The research company Statista is predicting a doubling of the warehouse market automation market by…
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The three most common mistakes when choosing a WMS
A Warehouse Management System is capable of controlling processes throughout the whole warehouse,…
- Automation
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The Five Things You Need for Successfully Launching Your Production and Logistics Automation Project
The automation of logistics and manufacturing is steaming ahead. This trend has been helped along…
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Three real‑world examples of how to configure the system for controlling logistics and production
Today, when the demands on businesses and how they work are changing nearly non-stop, it is…
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DCIx 7: The Future Is in the Cloud
The 2020 DCIx User Group on 10 September 2020 introduced this application’s latest version: DCIx 7.…
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When transformation is not a trend, but a necessity
An automobile comprises about 20,000 parts. Some components are so unique you could count their…
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Digitalisation goes hand in hand with automation. And it can bring companies durability and flexibility.
Projects aiming to automate logistics tend to be a major challenge for companies. In this interview…
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How to Automate Warehouse Processes with VNA: The General Prerequisites
More and more often warehouse halls contain VNA (Very Narrow Aisle) forklifts that zip through…
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What’s the state of Czech logistics and warehousing today? We know the current crucial trends and problems
How are logistics firms handling ever-shorter delivery periods? Do they see automation as a…
- Automation
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Automation: Keeping Your Control System in Great Shape
In our previous article on how to tackle automation, we mainly focused on your team and on how to…
- Technologies
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Zebra Technologies’ HD4000 – the latest smart glasses for industrial augmented reality
The potential of industrial augmented reality (AR) is growing, so talk about it has grown too. And…
- Digital Factory
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Lean Manufacturing Principles Applied to a Packaging Line
Not many companies in our country have withstood its fundamental societal changes over the last 100…
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“We Originally Just Wanted to Improve Our Processes, but in the End We Automated Our Whole Warehouse,”
states Libor Toman from the board of directors of DŘEVO TRUST, a.s. He answered our questions just…
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Efficient Planning with the Asprova APS System at Autoneum Czech Republic
Autoneum has the vision and goal of digitalising all of its logistics processes. In 2019,…
- Automotive
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Asprova Opened Our Eyes. Thanks to It We Were Able to Reduce Our Stock by 50%
The Futaba Czech company started an implementation of the Asprova system for advanced planning and…
- Digital Factory
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MOM Is the Future! What Is the MOM of the Future?
Manufacturing companies will be facing challenges in the near future that will drive deeper and…
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Vertical Lift Storage: When the Component Comes to the Operator
Navigation of the warehouse operator using light indication. World’s gone mad, what was enough…
- Automotive
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How Does the EDI Communication in the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Car Plant Look Like?
The seventh largest carmaker in the world, FCA – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the USA, supports the…
- Digital Factory
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Integration of Systems with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Integration of systems in a company is important not only for the elimination of errors or current…
- SAP S/4HANA
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Interview with Tomáš Pivovarník, Amphenol‑Tuchel Electronics
The SappyMES implementation project upon agreed time and financial conditions. Czech branch of the…
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The Data War Has Been Declared, Production Including
The avalanche of terms from the world includes Industry 4.0, Advanced manufacturing, Smart factory,…
- Aimtec
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Aimtec Has Been Supporting Its Customers All the Time
IT department operation represents quite substantial financial costs. Therefore, the Aimtec company…
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Optimizing Loading and Unloading with YMS
The ever growing variety and number of products means a growing number of suppliers and customers…
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Boom of Augmented Reality?
Similarly to every new technology, the augmented reality is connected with numerous myths and…
- Digital Factory
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Planning of SMT Lines and Consequent Processes in Electronics
Practically all companies fabricating electronics use the SMT (Surface Mount Technology). In most…
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Industry 4.0, Time for a Change – and the Czech Republic Is Sleeping
Whether we call the Industry 4.0 a revolution or evolution, obviously it is an unrepeatable…
- Digital Factory
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Who Will Win the IoT Global Network Race?
The starting shot was heard. The race has been started, regarding who would build the global…
- Aimtec
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Twenty Years, and We Are Amused More and More
This year, the Aimtec company is celebrating even twenty years since the foundation. It was one of…
- Trends
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The TAL Conference Has Attracted Well‑Known Experts
The Trends in Automotive Logistics conference (TAL) took place on June 9th, 2016.…
- Automotive
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Magna: Transfer of Production Planning Experience from the Czech Plant to Germany
Magna is a leader in the automotive industry for the production and supply of components. Every…
- Digital Factory
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Make It Digital! Your Reward Will Be Flexibility and Speed
One of leaders in the industrial automation market, the American company Rockwell Automation claims…
- Technologies
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Is It Possible to Have a Stable, yet Agile It Infrastructure? Bimodal Architecture Is the Answer
Digital world of nowadays brings increasingly pressing and more often demands placed on enterprise…
- Cloud
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EDI without EDI in Days of Industrial Revolution 4.0
With each new project and customer, always the same questions come to play even today. What new…
- Digital Factory
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Api‑Led Connectivity – Key for Successful Digital Transformation
API is a very frequently mentioned term in the area of information technology.
- Automotive
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František Finger, TRCZ: We Implemented WMS Mainly for Traceability
The TRCZ company is a daughter company of the Tokai Rika company, Japan. The company manufactures…
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MuleSoft: IT Area Is Facing the Growth of Company Requirements and Is Unable to Cope with Them
The MuleSoft company, technological leader in the area of integration, has announced the results of…
- Digital Factory
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New I4.0 Technologies Must Be Adaptable into the Industrial Environment
The WITTE Automotive company ranks among global technological leaders. The production plant in…
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Be Digital. Faster.
Czech economy, in its large portion, is oriented to the German market, and in the last year, the…
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Future of Planning from the Perspective of Industry 4.0
With respect to the implementation of information systems, production companies can currently be…
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Sonar Logistics Concept: Revolution in Management of Supplier Chain
Digitization, digitization, digitization. We can hear it from all directions. Almost every company…
- Digital Factory
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We Live in a Time of an Accelerating Change, States Milan Zelený
Were you unable to attend September’s Trends in Automotive Logistics (TAL) conference? Or…
- Automotive
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The Specifics of Delivering for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
A new JLR plant is being constructed in Slovakia. This is one of the largest foreign investments in…
- Digital Factory
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Sequencing Is the Trend for Today. What about Tomorrow?
Each new car model brings an increase in the number of suppliers and parts swept up in …
- Digital Factory
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Automation and HW Technologies in Logistics. a Visible Part of Digital Transformation
In our last issue, we wrote about the digital transformation; about processes, people and changes…
- Digital Factory
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Monitor Warehouse Staff Routes and Localise Objects in Real Time
Where on Earth is Petr with that forklift? Where have you put that blasted pallet with the parts…
- Digital Factory
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4 Development Phases Towards Digital Factory
Many manufacturing companies have already been performing digitalisation activities for quite a…
- SAP S/4HANA
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Don’t Wait Seven Years; Convert Your Sap to S/4Hana Today
SAP is a company that is adapting rapidly to the changing IT environment so as to focus on Industry…
- Technologies
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It Resists the Rain, Dust and Heat. and Your Business May Well Find It Irresistible
At first sight, you might mistake the new TC20 mobile computer from Zebra Technologies for a…
- Digital Factory
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Digitalisation Is All about People
In manufacturing and logistics companies, digitalisation keeps on making work easier and letting…
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The Digital Factory as MuleSoft sees it
How do you automate an entire factory? You need just three technologies: an API, the IoT and…
- Automotive
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How Does a Car Get Painted aka APS in Paint Shops
You come into the showroom, the salesman hands over the keys and you step up to your new car for…
- Digital Factory
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The First Step on the Road to Industry 4.0 at Daiho
The individual steps in digitalising your enterprise may seem demanding. And they do demand long…
- Digital Factory
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ERP: The Cornerstone of Every Digital Factory
It’s not just corporate IT managers who lose sleep over Industry 4.0. Members of companies’ top…
- Digital Factory
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Not Just Smart Manufacturing – Smart Planning Too
A digital factory doesn’t just mean collecting data on production and logistics processes. It also…
- Digital Factory
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Mapping Factory ‑ Developing EDI Conversions
The Digital Factory doesn’t have to only mean introducing Industry 4.0 at manufacturing and…
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Real‑Time Location System: Your Bodyguard
Imagine a warehouse where the workers don’t have to scan shelf positions and where the forklifts…
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Location Based Services: Which Technology Sees What You Need?
Understanding what’s stored in your warehouse and by your lines is useful, to say the least. But…
