Labor Shortage Needs New Approach to Worker Retention

Manufacturers need to break out of the old paradigm as new approaches to training are the linchpin to human capital success.

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Webb often gets called the replacement for Hubble, but we prefer to call it a successor. Hubble's science pushed us to look to longer wavelengths to "go beyond" what Hubble has already done.

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With our recent release of VTScada 12.1 prompting lots of upgrades and our love of starting the automation village with a Space story, I read with interest Jon Fingas’ article about the The European Space Agency upgrading its Mars Express orbiter's MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ioniospheric Sounding) software 19 years after its June 2003 launch.

For context, the original code was created using a toolset built for Windows 98!

The update promises to dramatically...

This edition of the Automation village is looking at emerging technologies Few, if any, receive as much hype as the metaverse.

Such is the excitement that 40% more companies mentioned 'metaverse' in their company filing documents during the first quarter of 2022, according to researcher GlobalData.

In its simplest terms, the metaverse is a network of 3D virtual worlds that uses technologies – such as virtual and augmented reality – to help people connect in richer ways...

In a world first, Australian quantum computing manufacturer, Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), has today announced they have developed a quantum computing chip that integrates all the necessary components found on a classical computer chip but at the atomic scale, making up a functional quantum processor.

This quantum processor was then put to the test by using it to model a small molecule in which each atom has multiple quantum states - something that traditional computers would struggle...

OPC UA is committed to compliance in order to realize “The Industrial Interoperability Standard”. Compliance activities are to check “whether the system is actually connected” and “whether it can be used in a reliable manner” so that a system can be built using a truly reliable product. As a supplier of OPC UA-equipped products, Omron also focuses on compliance.

In this article, we will introduce you to the services for checking compliance, the certification test items,...

How do the flight crew, ground crew and operations personnel of a commercial airliner miss crucial steps to verify that the aircraft has working airspeed indicators before takeoff? There are so many lessons to be learned here that will help any industry. Have you heard of Dr. Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model?

This was part of the discussion we had on our Industry Panel today for May. Enjoy!...

Chris Foot from RadixBay gives eight steps to take to improve your organization's data quality in a proactive way, before data errors and other issues cause business problems.

Establishing and maintaining high levels of data quality is a constant challenge for organizations -- and the unbridled growth in the amounts of data they're generating makes that task more difficult. The use of data to help uncover new business insights and drive effective decision-making is also increasing at...

Orbital Assembly Announces the Pioneer Space Station for Gravity Enabled Tourism and Commercial Use

Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), the only company developing the first commercially viable, space-based business park with gravity, announces plans for its Pioneer class station, the first free-flying, habitable, privately-operated facility in orbit.

The Pioneer-class are the world’s first and largest hybrid space stations for both work and stay. These customizable environments...

E-commerce businesses are becoming increasingly popular, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic. To meet the rising demand for e-commerce volumes, the e-commerce industry along with the logistic companies are shifting to automation.

There is a mutual growth between the eCommerce businesses and logistic industries, and it is a common trait.

Automation is nothing new for the logistic industry. Even the use of steam engines during the industrial revolution can be labelled...