It is no secret Australian manufacturers have been experiencing a tough time of late. The high Australian dollar, a tough international market and high commodity prices have all contributed to a prolonged period of difficult trading conditions. Among these high commodity prices, and perhaps having the biggest impact, is the significant rise in energy prices … Continue reading How Australian Manufacturers Can Tackle Rising Energy Costs →

Many Australian Manufacturers may allow Business to Slip through Process Cracks. Even if the order is fulfilled to the customer’s expectations, there are still areas of efficiency and productivity that Australian manufacturers need to examine to ensure they are maximising the value of every sale. Download this free whitepaper to understand how manufacturers misunderstanding of … Continue reading Beyond Sales: Why Manufacturers Need to Look at CPQ through a New Lens →

Australia’s food and beverage processing industries are worth approximately $26 billion to the economy and employ almost 235,000 people. It is a vital industry because it not only produces goods for the local market, it is also a net exporter of foodstuffs and beverages. When combined with the related industries of agriculture, forestry and fishing, … Continue reading The Eyes and Ears of the Food and Beverage Industry →

This whitepaper shows how Bosch’s engineers from the Manufacturing Solutions division are highly skilled at understanding the entire lifecycle of a project, starting at its genesis and can help you implement better manufacturing solutions.

Warehouses and distribution centres are becoming increasingly important. In Australia, while service related sectors are booming, manufacturing continues to decrease. This decrease has meant more goods are being imported. These goods are then stored in distribution centres and deployed to locations across the country. To underline this development, Deloitte has published a report, which shows a 3.49% higher … Continue reading Bridging The Gap Between Truck and Loading Bay: How The Right Dock Leveller Optimises Your Supply Chain →

Pipeline integrity is essential to Australian manufacturing. There are 33,000km of pipelines in Australia so ensuring they are well maintained and structurally sound are the highest priorities for Australian manufacturers. This whitepaper shows how Bestech’s technology helps manufacturers detect technical problems as they occur, saving manufacturers time and money.

This whitepaper shows how companies can save on their wholesale energy purchasing how to make that possible and how to achieve maximum savings on their energy. With PG Energy, your business can start paying significantly lower energy rates by accessing wholesale market prices.

Running a warehouse is a complex operation. From the delivery and despatch of goods, to maintaining a clean bathroom and lunchroom, all warehouses need to have the right consumables to be productive and run efficiently. Signet is the right choice when it comes to warehouse supply solutions. With a diverse range of products, including Cardboard … Continue reading Warehouse Supply Solutions from Signet – Download Free Informative Infographic →

In a 2014 survey of food & beverage processing professionals by Food Processing Magazine, an overwhelming 59% of respondents stated that food safety was their number one priority for 2014.  This whitepaper provides an overview of this issue and available solutions.

Encoders are an important part of production in many industries, acting as feedback transducers for; motor speed control, sensors for measuring, cutting and positioning, and as input for speed and rate controls. This whitepaper shows that, as a result of a competing global economy and growing technologies, the worldwide market for encoders has expanded to … Continue reading Don’t Let A Failed Encoder Bring Down Production →

The global economy demands small to large sized businesses have a cost effective and coordinated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Businesses without an effective ERP solution have disparate operations, face information silos and communication problems between business functions. Using the example of the manufacturer, Thales Underwater Systems, this whitepaper shows how Cincom’s Control Enterprise Resource … Continue reading Thales’ Back Office Benefits From Cincom’s Control ERP →

Anyone who works in any kind of manufacturing plant knows that nothing can ruin a day faster than unscheduled downtime. The lost production time means lower output, which can have a sizable price tag. In a process plant that lost productivity can be magnified because an entire batch of a product could be ruined if … Continue reading Troubleshooting 4 to 20 mA Process Control Systems Without Breaking The Loop →

Accurate, 3D sensing for factories has previously been prohibitively expensive. Time-of-flight chip advancements recently seen in personal mobile devices help make this is no longer the case.

In this whitepaper, Packaging Industry Manager and Member for Datalogic at AIM’s Track and Trace committee, Daniele Lippi looks into several automatic identification traceability processes and how they conform with international standards.

There are a range of factors to consider when weighing up choices for wire-feed welding on a particular job. The most important thing to decide upon is whether to use MIG (Metal Inert Gas) welding with a solid wire, or to opt for a Flux Cored Arc Welding wire. This whitepaper will examine the benefits of gasless … Continue reading Gasless flux cored arc welding (FCAW) wires vs. MIG? →

Anyone who works in any kind of manufacturing plant knows that nothing can ruin a day faster than unscheduled downtime. The lost production time means lower output, which can have a sizable price tag. In a process plant that lost productivity can be magnified because an entire batch of a product could be ruined if … Continue reading Troubleshooting 4 to 20 mA process control systems without breaking the loop →

There is great uncertainty in the business climate these days. Many folks are still just a bit hesitant to reach for their wallets. The biggest culprits in terms of sowing seeds of uncertainty can be debated, but it definitely is putting a rather large wet blanket on the enthusiasm that we all would like to … Continue reading A Manufacturer’s Guide to Operating Lean with CPQ →