Opinion

Additive manufacturing (AM) has the ability to disrupt industrial processes and to facilitate the achievement of innovative, cost-effective, and speedy outcomes when compared to traditional production processes.

In an era where supply chain disruptions, long lead times, and rising costs continue to challenge manufacturers, on-demand production is proving to be the smarter, faster, and more cost-effective alternative.

Disruptions across the supply chain are inescapable. Different parts of the world have experienced supply chain disruptions at different times due to different reasons. These range from trade wars, natural disasters, major supply failure, the pandemic, or most recently, the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The disruption to supply chains has been a business casualty throughout the pandemic caused by COVID-19. Setec CEO, Louise Bayliss, takes time to talk about the way her manufacturing business has navigated the changing dynamics over the past six months.

News of the Australian Federal Government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) has been welcomed by business leaders across all industries, with the local manufacturing sector in particular set to receive a major boost from the funding.

In our digital economy, the customer is in the driving seat. Not only can they freely access mountains of information, but they have the...

Today’s end consumers demand quality, and they are quick to try a competitive product when disappointment hits. For manufacturers, the quest to achieve less variability, more consistency and enhanced customer satisfaction has never been more critical.

Laser-guided vehicles (LGVs) are increasingly utilized in a growing number of manufacturing and distribution facilities, and for good reason. 

With the global Metal Fabrication sector expected to grow globally at seven to ten per cent annually until at least 2032, many manufacturers are beginning to address what some are calling "The elephant in the room - Planning! 

In the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has surged forward like a digital renaissance, echoing the rapid and transformative rise of the Internet in the late 1990s. It has revolutionised industries and redefined our daily lives with extraordinary speed – and its impact is set to grow even more substantially in the coming years.