Digital Transformation

Scheduling jobs in manufacturing is one of the most complex tasks in operating a shop floor as it involves a range of various details that must be accounted for, such as work orders, raw material availability, due dates, employee skill sets, and work centre capacity. 

Supermarket giant Coles has opened its first Australian Automated Distribution Centre (ADC) – the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere as part of a $1 billion effort to strengthen its supply chain.

Australia must upskill its workforce for digitalisation and automation in the transport sector to create new job opportunities and stay competitive among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, according to a new report.

Rockwell Automation has named Australian control solutions specialist Ampcontrol as a Gold Systems Integrator Partner within its PartnerNetwork program. 

A Nucleus Research report has featured global industry-built enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developer, SYSPRO, for its new Embedded Analytics capability, which manufacturing and distribution business leaders to analyse ERP data without using IT. 

Industrial automation and digital transformation giant Rockwell Automation has begun offering its cloud-enabled human-machine interface (HMI) platform, FactoryTalk Optix, in the Asia Pacific region. 

The Cremorne Digital Hub has entered a new development phase, further cementing Victoria’s position as a key global destination for technology and innovation. 

Australia’s ability to make more world-class products is one step closer to a resurgence with the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources last month announcing an inquiry into developing a local advanced manufacturing industry, with submissions closing on 30 March. 

Swinburne University of Technology’s Factory of the Future has ventured into a partnership with CWX Technologies that would place the university at the forefront of the enterprise metaverse movement. 

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has been named as the ongoing custodian of futuremap, a diagnostic platform developed by the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) to assist SMEs in embracing digital transformation.