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- Digital Factory
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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…
- Trends
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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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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Trends
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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,…
- Automation
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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…
- Digital Factory
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5 can’t‑miss changes in DCIx
Far greater and more efficient utilisation for the data you collect, broader possibilities for in…
- Trends
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It Won’t Work without Robots: How to Accommodate the Extreme Personalisation of Manufacturing
Autonomous robots are gradually becoming common “employees” at manufacturing and logistics…
- Automation
- Interview
“Above All, Communicate Your Automation Internally,”
advises Jiří Ovesný, founder of the logistics consulting firm INTRALOG SERVICES. He has been…
- Digital Factory
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Get the Data You Need for Industry 4.0 with IO‑Link Communication
The Covid-19 viral pandemic is affecting both human health and the global economy. The restrictions…
- Trends
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How Do We Create Intelligent Automation?
That’s the question Paul Norford from Zebra Technologies tried to answer at TAL 2020. Yet his…
- Digital Factory
- Interview
Petr Eret on Remote Delivery: It’s More a Mental Change Than a Technological One
Delivering software solutions entirely remotely? Completion of projects without the need to visit…
- Trends
- Interview
What Makes Smart Logistics Smart? An Interview With Marco Prüglmeier From BMW Group
When it comes to digitalization in logistics and manufacturing, the question most often asked is…
- Trends
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Filip Dřímalka: The Future Will Be Fantastic
Filip Dřímalka is a law graduate, and yet you’ll more likely come across him as a consultant for…
- Trends
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The Digital Transformation: Are You a Driver or a Follower?
If you were there in the audience at TAL 2020, Filip Dřímalka may have piqued your curiosity right…
- Trends
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The 8 Most Interesting Quotes from TAL 2020
What you might have missed at the conference, but is good to remind yourself.
- Automation
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How Can You Master Automation? Your Internal Team and Innovative Project Tools Are the Key
Automation’s benefits are clear – saved costs, reduced human error, and faster, more efficient…
- Automotive
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B2B Communication in Automotive: The Basics
The automotive sector places greater demands on suppliers than almost any other sector. Individual…
- Automation
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Warehouse Automation Achievement: Sellier & Bellot
Sellier & Bellot is one of the most successful industrial firms in the Czech Republic – and one…
- Automation
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Catch a Ride with Autonomous Guided Vehicles into the World of Industry 4.0
While self-driving is fairly problematic for automobiles, carts without human operators are…
- Automation
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Warehouse Automation: The Technologies
Many automation projects start with the idea of replacing manually driven vehicles with automated…
- Automation
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Automation and Jobs: The Skills Revolution Is a Necessity
Automation replaces people. But does this mean we’re losing jobs? The media might make that seem at…
- Trends
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Electromobility: Even Production at a Loss Can Pay Off
In August of 2019, the Deloitte consulting firm published a study focused on automotive suppliers …
- Automation
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How to Approach Logistics Automation
Automation. It’s so tightly tied to industrial manufacturing that just about everyone thinks of…
- Technologies
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The End of Support for Windows CE and Windows Mobile Is Approaching. Switch to Android.
Microsoft makes no secret of the fact that on 13 April 2021, it will be ending its support for…
- Digital Factory
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MES Is for More Than Manufacturing
MES has an established role as the main system support for manufacturing. Its primary function is…
- Digital Factory
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Deloitte and the Digital Factory
Manufacturers are facing a new age of physical production. Advanced processes, new materials and…
- Trends
- Interview
The TAL 2020 Conference: The Best in European Automotive
“Each year’s TAL has one thing in common. Our wish for its participants to bring home the best of…
- Digital Factory
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Without EDI, Industry Would Not Be Where It Is Today
No matter whether you supply components to an automaker regularly or have only sent it a one-off…
- Trends
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The Future of the Automotive Industry: Automation and New Partnerships are the Solutions
Regulations, technological development and a change of view of car ownership all affect the…
- Trends
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The Future of Automotive Industry: Consequences of E‑Mobility
What changes do automotive suppliers expect with the increasing trend of e-cars? And is the only…
- Trends
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The Future of Automotive Industry: Who Invests into E‑Mobility?
Electric cars are the theme of all the big automakers, and it seems that we are going to have a…
- Trends
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The Future of Automotive Industry: Will Electric Motors Replace the Combustion Engines?
After over a century of using combustion engines as the main system of propulsion in passenger cars…
- Cloud
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Yard Management Systems Are for More Than Just Truck Yards
Yard Management Systems (YMS) mainly serve to manage loading and unloading, but they don’t have to…
- Trends
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From the Internet of People to the Internet of Things
Before machines were first connected via wires or airwaves, they were connected by people. People…
- Trends
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UWB: Your Signal’s Flight Has Been Delayed
Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology lets you localise objects with up to 30-cm precision, and for…
- Technologies
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The Czech Republic’s Biggest Logistics Innovations of 2018
Every year, the renowned media house Economia organises Zóna logistika, a conference at which it…
- Cloud
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Automatic Monitoring ‑ Cloud Systems Outages Prevention
Cloud services don’t just mean moving a server off-site. Using them also gives you many services in…
- Cloud
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Jan Stočes about aimtec.cloud: We Have a Lot More Responsibility Now
This April, we officially launched aimtec.cloud, a single platform incorporating all of Aimtec’s…
- SAP S/4HANA
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Fiori – a Facelift to SAP
As one of the top players in ERP systems, SAP is well aware that an intuitive interface is an…
- Technologies
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The King Is Dead, Long Live the King ‑ Zebra MC9300
The MC9000 mobile terminals have long been among the best-selling products in their category. Since…
- Cloud
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Logistics Start‑Up Skladon Has Entered a New Era with WMS in Cloud
It’s said that the Czech Republic is a land of e-shops. But e-shops require high-quality logistics,…
- Cloud
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A Safe Motorway to the Cloud
A snapshot from a typical hall: the beeps of readers and buzzes of printers resound throughout the…
- Trends
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Augmented Reality – from Ice Cream to the Production Line
According to a study by the University of Washington, a full 65% of children have one or…
- SAP S/4HANA
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Integrate SAP ERP with EDI
It’s hard to say, really, which system in a company is the most important. For some companies, it…
- Cloud
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Is the Cloud Safe?
It’s quite likely that security is the most important factor for every kind of IT service, whether…
- Cloud
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The Cloud Is More Than Just Photo Storage
Do you think of the cloud as a new advancement? Well, did you know that you started using it far…
- SAP S/4HANA
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The New SAP ERP Generation Is Coming. Are You Ready?
Starting in 2025, the new generation of SAP ERP – SAP S/4HANA – will fully replace the current…
- Aimtec
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Enjoy Your Sleep. We’ll Protect Your Dreams
We doubt you’ll find anyone who’d challenge the statement that in our age of deep interconnection…
- Aimtec
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Supportmen
Aimtec’s Support division provides nonstop support for our customers. Requests are processed by a…
- SAP S/4HANA
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Sappy Products Ready for S/4HANA
The products in our Sappy range are currently under intensive “core” testing. Thanks to their new…
- Trends
- Interview
Paul Norford, Zebra Technologies: We’ve Got to Be Curious!
Paul Norford was one of the main speakers at TAL 2018, where he enchanted us all with his energy…
- Trends
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Get the Most out of LBS
GPS systems can’t see indoors. But LBS technology can! And so it practically begs to be…
- Trends
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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…
- Digital Factory
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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…
- 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…
- 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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Lean Manufacturing Principles Applied to a Packaging Line
Not many companies in our country have withstood its fundamental societal changes over the last 100…
- 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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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…
- 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 Digital Factory as MuleSoft sees it
How do you automate an entire factory? You need just three technologies: an API, the IoT and…
- Digital Factory
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Digitalisation Is All about People
In manufacturing and logistics companies, digitalisation keeps on making work easier and letting…
- 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…
- 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…
- Digital Factory
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4 Development Phases Towards Digital Factory
Many manufacturing companies have already been performing digitalisation activities for quite a…
- 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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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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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 …
- 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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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…
- Trends
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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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Future of Planning from the Perspective of Industry 4.0
With respect to the implementation of information systems, production companies can currently be…
- Digital Factory
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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…
