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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

People walk by a Google sign on the company's campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. Google and Ford Co. are among those once again delaying their return-to-office plans, while other businesses whose workers are already back to the office are considering adding extra precautions like masks and doing COVID-19 testing.

Companies Rethink Return-to-Office Plans Amid Omicron

Worries about a spike in new cases or new variants keep shifting deadlines.

Manufacturers Have to Look at Machine Vision in New Ways in 2022

Many industrial technology systems are not compatible with the production, warehousing and logistics strategies now needed to meet demand.

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Supporting Your Workforce in the Face of Disruption

Employee burnout is real, but so are some very basic, real-world technologies that can help in supporting workers.

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Keeping a High-Level Production Tempo Without Personnel Fallout

An obsessive focus on production levels alone can have disastrous downsides.

In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Ricki Mills looks out from her home as she waits for a fire hydrant to be turned to get water, in Dallas on Feb. 23, 2021. Texas is again at high risk of power blackouts this winter because of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state's electric grid and left millions of people without heat for days, regulators said Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.

Report: Texas Still at Risk of Winter Power Blackouts

Projections show that Texas could have a nearly 40% shortfall in available power to meet demand in the event of another severe winter storm.

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Controlling Food Production Costs by Improving Energy Efficiency

A host of cost-saving tools and technologies have recently become available to help increase HVAC efficiency and lower energy costs.

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Planned Food & Bev. Facility Projects Remain Subdued in October

While the second-least-active month of the year, it was its most top-heavy.

Automating Food & Beverage Operations Now to Meet Future Demands

There is one set of technologies that will play a major role in the food and beverage industry’s ability to excel in the coming months and decades.

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September Saw Dropoff in Tracked Food Facility Projects

Following an August that was the most active month of the year, by far, September had a considerable decline.

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NewAge Industries AdvantaPure Completes Clean Room Expansion Project

Demand for flexible tubing and Single-Use assemblies increased significantly due to the pandemic.

Capture incoming utility power at the service entrance using a three-phase power quality logger, such as this Fluke 1746.

Voltage Sag: A Power Quality How-To

How to solve voltage sag problems.