Mar 29, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, Industrial Cleaning, Transport & Logistics
A SICK Automation LiDAR sensor was used to build a winning robotic platform in the prestigious Drexel University’s annual College of Engineering senior project design competition, pointing the way to a number of industrial applications, including smart warehouses. The...
Mar 27, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
CONNECTEDNESS is vital for the survival of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), Alex Granger, global speaker and co-founder of human capital consultants Twice Blue, told provincial government leaders and delegates at a 4th Industrial Revolution business...
Mar 15, 2019 | Automotive, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Projects, SMME Development & Support
LOCAL businesses expanding operations in new locations, franchise sites, pop-up stores, short term leases and other in-branch opportunities can now instantly connect to their broader corporate infrastructure and to the external Internet while maintaining compliance to...
Mar 14, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Transport & Logistics
THE growing maturity of intelligent automation technologies offers financial services companies an opportunity to drive more value for their customers and employees – and without the widescale destruction of jobs many people fear will accompany the rise of the...
Mar 13, 2019 | Education & Training, Engineering, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
TWENTY aspiring electronics whizzes graduated recently from the Samsung Engineering Academy in Durban. Samsung Africa Director Customer Service, Nithia Pillay said the graduates are part of the company’s ongoing mission to develop skilled electronics technicians and...
Mar 6, 2019 | Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, Social Development, Telecommunications
DIGITAL literacy in the Eastern Cape received a significant boost recently when local outreach programme Fundanii, received the backing of search giant Google and software heavyweight SAP to further their work in Mdantsane near East London. Fundanii is a digital...
Mar 6, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry
CONSIDER how everyday our use of biometrics is becoming. Increasingly, we are using it to log on to our computers and smartphones without batting an eyelid. Many of us have used fingerprints to access buildings at work, and we’ve happily given our fingerprints and ID...
Mar 6, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry
VETTING in the supply chain function enables businesses to review their suppliers and vendors, mitigating risk before entering into business relationships. It is an important step in the supply chain, as businesses are vulnerable to a host of potential threats that...
Mar 4, 2019 | Automotive, Business Tech, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
MANUFACTURING in the automotive industry is very complex with many production variables and processes. And like many other manufacturing industries it faces serious challenges with increasing global competition, inherent inefficiencies and variance in quality. In a...
