Manufacturing

California Giant collaborates on sustainability ( File photo ) California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, was busy in 2019 with sustainability programs, but the origin of those efforts came many years ago, according to the company. California Giant partnered with Measure to Improve in January 2019 to advance its agenda to become a True Zero Waste Certified company, according to a news release. The company eliminated wax in corrugated packaging in 2009 to enable the berry trays to be recyclable, and later cut the amount of paper used in strawberry trays by 12% and paper for pallet stability tie sheets by...

Do or die - Nissan takes the axe to the house Ghosn built YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan (7201.T) is planning aggressive cost cuts to deal with an unexpected slump in sales as the expansionist strategy it inherited from fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn flounders, four people familiar with the plans said. FILE PHOTO: Nissan's Ariya concept car is displayed during the Tokyo Motor Show, in Tokyo, Japan October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Japan’s second biggest carmaker is set to eliminate at least 4,300 white-collar jobs and shut two manufacturing sites as part of broader plans to add at...

Athenahealth’s take on HIMSS20 trends: primary care disruption, AI and competitive data access The executive director of research at the cloud IT giant describes what CIOs and other healthcare leaders should be looking for at the global conference in March. By Bill Siwicki Jessica Sweeney Platt, executive director of research at athenahealth, has quite a lot to think about in her role there. She has to stay on top of all of the fast-changing trends across healthcare, and dig deep into all sorts of clinical and administrative details to help guide the company’s strategy. Healthcare IT News asked Platt for some perspective...

Food Manufacturers Top Two Improvement Priorities Operational improvements that impact food manufacturers the most continue to focus on automation and robotics. Automation and Robotics are Top Two Operational Improvements for Food Manufacturers According to “2019 Trends and Advances in Food Packaging and Processing,” when looking at developments in operational improvement data over the last two years, automation installations retained the leading position, with more than half of food manufacturers using automation to fill gaps in worker availability. Robotics rose to the second position on the list with 2 in 5 food companies deploying robotics currently, compared to 1 in 5 companies two...

OMRON Opens New AUTOMATION CENTER in Tokyo - Flagship FA Technology Center That Brings About Innovation to Production Floor through Co-creation with Customers KYOTO, Japan, Jan.24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- OMRON Corporation, based in Kyoto, Japan, announced the January 22 opening of AUTOMATION CENTER TOKYO (ATC-TOKYO) in Shinagawa, Tokyo, where corporate customers join OMRON to find solutions to their manufacturing issues. The 37th ATC facility in the world, ATC-TOKYO is OMRON's flagship factory automation (FA) technology center, where model production floors are built within the world's largest* ATC facility to allow customers to experience and test state-of-the-art FA that seamlessly integrates AI, IoT, robotics, and other cutting-edge technologies. At...