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What is advanced manufacturing?
Advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) involve new manufacturing
techniques and machines combined with the application of information
technology, micro electronics and new organizational practices within
the manufacturing sector. ( Source: Industry Canada) Who are Canada's advanced manufacturers?
Pockets of excellence in manufacturing can be found in all industries,
but the industries in Canada that have the highest adoption rates of
advanced manufacturing technologies are the aerospace, automotive,
telecommunications, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery and
equipment, food and beverage, electric and electrical and primary metal
industries. What distinguishes Advanced Manufacturing readers?
By choosing to subscribe to Advanced Manufacturing
magazine, our readers have clearly expressed their interest in learning
how to change and how to improve their operations. Our subscription
efforts repeat the simple message: Are you ready for change? This means
our readers are already primed to learn about the new technologies our
advertisers have to offer. What goods and services do Advanced Manufacturing readers buy?
Although they are keenly interested in reading about emerging new
technologies to help them run better factories, they are also the
people responsible for running, and optimizing existing plants. In our
reader surveys, the items our readers most often say they intend to buy
are the following: aluminum extrusion, automated assembly equipment,
cables and connectors; conveyor systems; fume, dust & smoke
extraction, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software; limit switches
and proximity sensors; linear motion equipment; machine guarding
systems; motion control; pneumatic cylinders; pneumatic hand tools;
pneumatic valves; programmable logic controllers (PLCs); power
supplies; proximity sensors, robotics; 3D mechanical design software,
safety light curtains, warning tower lights. (Source: Advanced
Manufacturing readers' Intention to Buy Leads 2002). In
a major survey, readers also say they plan to implement the following
technologies: advanced planning and scheduling software; bar coding;
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. CMMS software systems;
manufacturing execution software; product data management software;
warehouse management systems. (Source: IndustryWeek Census of
Manufacturers) Are my company's products considered an advanced manufacturing technology?
Even if your product is already widely adopted in manufacturing, it's
likely still considered an advanced manufacturing technology. Most
industrial automation and plant floor software systems are
characterized as AMTs . Industry Canada's checklist of AMTs includes:
- computer-aided design/engineering software (CAD/CAE);
- programmable logic controllers (PLCs);
- flexible manufacturing cells or systems;
- robotics;
- use of inspection data in manufacturing control;
- MRP or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software;
- automated parts identification (ie. bar coding);
- modeling or simulation techniques;
- high-speed machining;
- supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA);
- automated sensor-based inspection/testing systems;
- automated vision systems;
- lasers used in material processing;
- distributed control systems, and;
- rapid prototyping systems.
Why do Advanced Manufacturing's covers and design layouts look so different from other industrial trade magazines I see?
Before launching Advanced Manufacturing,
our market research indicated that our target readers occupied
executive, and senior-level positions in manufacturing. These readers
are used to reading high impact business publications, and to win them
over demanded a clean, well-designed and easy-to-navigate
business-to-business magazine that provided the comprehensive and
insightful coverage they required.
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