Requests to ship hazardous and perishable goods across greater distances are increasing in frequency. With the surge of globalization, companies must contend with how to get fragile or potentially dangerous items to suppliers and end-users a world away.
Learning to deal with automation, millennials and diversity in the workforce will be among the top workplace trends for 2018, according to the prognosticators at the Society for Industrial and Occupational Psychology (SIOP).
Industrial-organizational psychologists study workplace issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance, and work–life balance.
Americans express more worry than enthusiasm about coming developments in automation – from driverless vehicles to a world in which machines perform many jobs currently done by humans.
The packaging machinery industry is known for its high specialization. A growing variety of packaging types and materials has led to an increase in the demand for flexibility and efficiency of the machines. This also has implications for automation and handling technology—in particular, for the optimization of process chains. Schmalz Inc. recognized this development early and offers an extensive product range of economical vacuum solutions for transporting products with varying properties quickly and reliably.
Ten trends, including a "hallowing out" of the middle class
July 1, 2016
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is knocking on our door. It is going to radically change employment and the nature of work in the coming years. Our economies must prepare for a storm of unprecedented technical and socio-economic changes that will affect labour markets and will radically transform our relationship with work.
FieldServer Technologies, the major gateway manufacturer in the building industry, is demonstrating its full range of products at the AHR Expo 2014 in New York City January 21-23 in Booth 235 at the Javits Convention Center.
OSHA has cited ATW Automation Inc. for nine safety violations after a worker sustained blunt force trauma injuries at the company's machine manufacturing facility in Dayton, Ohio. The worker was caught and pinned by a conveyor that had lowered during a "power down" process, and he died from his injuries a few days later.
FieldServer Technologies, a charter member of BACnet International, and manufacturer of the largest selection of BACnet Gateways available in the industry, has moved up to be a Gold Level Sponsor of BACnet International.
