Day: December 9, 2020
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Panasonic to apply industrial technology to solve society’s problems
Panasonic says it aims to tackle the needs of smart societies – from healthcare to retail and logistics – with industrial technology. (See video below.) The company says it will use its broad expertise in sensors as well as drives technology, and its technologies in industrial robots to meet the challenge. Panasonic says its approach…
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Will Automation Bring the End of the Admin Assistant Role?
The admin assistant role has been a staple of businesses for many decades. Even the smallest businesses see fit to employ some sort of admin assistant or receptionist to take care of daily tasks. It’s their job to respond to emails, schedule meetings, answer calls, and so on. The benefit of hiring someone like this…
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ABB chooses IBM for procurement digitization
IBM has been contracted by ABB to help support its procurement digitization journey with the launch of SmartBuy, a newly designed end-to-end employee purchasing program that aims to match the ease of online shopping with the intuitiveness and speed of a search engine. The solution is designed to also be tasked with automating the process…