Small and medium-sized based manufacturing industry, despite being the most important industry in an economy is still grappling with unsteady processes, futile effort on controlling disturbances and erroneous deviation of its end-product resulting in waste of raw materials. Thus, necessitates to push Industry 4.0 (I4.0) higher at their agenda to increase manufacturing efficiency. Considering this, the manufacturer in this study is a mid-tier supplier of high-quality wood door for residential spaces and who frequently deals with modular and customizable door sets. This study makes the following contributions: (1) develop a microcontroller-driven automated system to accurately measure dimensions of door sets; (2) establish a communication to store-retrieve raw data using IoT technologies and (3) develop graphical user interface as diagnostic tool that generates statistical reports as data analytics. A low-cost ESP8266 (ESP) microcontroller Wi-Fi module interfaces with a rotary encoder us
Before and aftermath of COVID-19 has created multiple waves of digital transformation adoption in supply chain management. The power of potential benefits is realised as a multitude however the transformation phases are not sustainable. This editorial special issue has edited papers of scholarly research contributions to the theory and practice of digital transformation aspects in the field of logistics and supply chain management. Based on the summary of each contribution and an extended literature review on the theme, this editorial paper proposes a novel framework that could facilitate the logistics industry at times of disruptive technologies when firms are struggling to cope with the challenges created due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery.
Soy traders lag behind new legislation that aims to eliminate deforestation, but a sneaky loophole may see them still able to comply regardless, a report from the Soy Transparency Coalition has revealed.
After a year of engagement and discussion which sought to understand the gaps in the current and varied processes industry uses to gather and share environmental data, a Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP) paper has been published outlining the partnership's priorities for the next 12 months.
After a year of engagement and discussion which sought to understand the gaps in the current and varied processes industry uses to gather and share environmental data, a Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP) paper has been published outlining the partnership's priorities for the next 12 months.