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The Comprehensive Guide to Shipping Dangerous Goods

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Shipping dangerous goods can provide higher income, still, this sector of the trucking industry is challenging and a highly regulated process.

It requires strict adherence to safety protocols to ensure the well-being of drivers, property, and other traffic participants.

Whether you’re involved in transporting hazardous chemicals, explosives, or radioactive materials, you must know how to ship dangerous goods safely. It means you need to navigate a complex landscape of classifications, regulations, and safety measures. [Read more…] about The Comprehensive Guide to Shipping Dangerous Goods

Safety First: Exploring Personal Injury Claims in Manufacturing Environments

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Manufacturing environments are dynamic settings where efficiency and productivity are paramount.

However, amid the hustle and bustle of production, ensuring the safety and well-being of workers is equally crucial.

In this blog post, we delve into the world of personal injury claims in manufacturing environments, shedding light on the importance of prioritizing safety, implementing basic security measures, and adhering to official protocols. [Read more…] about Safety First: Exploring Personal Injury Claims in Manufacturing Environments

What is Business Verification, and Why is it Important?

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Business verification is popularly known as Know Your Business. It’s an essential anti-money laundering process for organisations.

Business verification techniques allow entrepreneurs and compliance officers to devise strong policies to onboard business customers, investors, suppliers, and partners. These policies help to manage suspicious account activities and transactions.

Corporations aren’t the only organisations that need business verification. It’s becoming more of an issue for different fast-scaling startups and SMBs that do not always have a committed compliance department like that of corporations. So, all businesses need to figure out whether they’re working with legitimate firms or if it is only a façade. [Read more…] about What is Business Verification, and Why is it Important?

The Art of Uniformity: Ensuring Consistency in Data Collection

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In today’s world driven by data, maintaining consistency in data collection is highly crucial. It not only ensures the accuracy and reliability of the collected data but also forms a strong foundation for meaningful analysis and decision-making.

However, achieving uniformity in data collection can be quite challenging. It requires planning, attention to detail, and adherence to practices.

In this blog post, we will delve into the significance of maintaining consistency in data collection and provide some tips and strategies to assist you in this endeavor. [Read more…] about The Art of Uniformity: Ensuring Consistency in Data Collection

Logistics companies turning to robotics and automation as way out of coronavirus crisis

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Logistics companies are turning to robotics and automation as way out of the coronavirus crisis, according to the a new report by the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank.

Governments around the world have responded to the crisis by designating logistics and supply chain companies as “essential” business and have exempted them from lockdown measures.

But even though they have been allowed to continue operating, logistics and supply chain companies have struggled, particularly with labor shortages. [Read more…] about Logistics companies turning to robotics and automation as way out of coronavirus crisis

Webinar: Safety Standards Update – Collaborative and Autonomous Mobile Robots

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Robotics and Automation News is hosting a webinar about collaborative robot safety presented by SICK, on June 24th, at 11 am EST.

SICK is one of the leading providers of sensors for robots. The company’s sensors are in the majority of the new generation of robots in the market today.

In this webinar, Mark Nehrkorn, SICK’s director of safety, will present an update in the safety standards in the field of collaborative and autonomous mobile robots. [Read more…] about Webinar: Safety Standards Update – Collaborative and Autonomous Mobile Robots

Keeping costs down: The lion’s share of IoT communication

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IoT compatbility for legacy systems

Adrian Swindells, director of industrial computing specialist Distec, explores how businesses can keep the cost of IoT implementation to a minimum

One of the biggest bugbears of plant managers is the cost of upgrading or replacing devices and equipment.

While this has traditionally only occurred due to a breakage, the rise of the internet of things has driven a need for cross-compatible equipment – in most cases calling for the costly replacement of legacy systems to ensure communication.

Whether you think of it as industry 4.0 or the IoT, the concept of machine to machine internetworking is undeniably the most talked about technological development of recent times.

In fact, forecasts have predicted the market for the IoT to be worth $14.4 trillion by 2022.  [Read more…] about Keeping costs down: The lion’s share of IoT communication

Connected world: The death of proprietary networks

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smart kettle

Jonathan Wilkins, marketing director of EU Automation, takes a look at one of the casualties of fluid communication in the factory – that is, the death of proprietary networks and communication protocols in favour of the uninhibited free flow of data 

Like it or not, we live in modern world of fluidity and interconnectedness in which the once ordinary now transcends all previous boundaries.

Take the humble kettle for instance. It’s a sign of the times that you can now purchase a kettle you can control from your phone via the internet. It will even send you notifications when it needs filling or if it’s at optimum temperature. Because it was hard to tell before.

Joking aside, one place where interconnectivity really is making a difference is on the factory floor.  [Read more…] about Connected world: The death of proprietary networks