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Australian manufacturer Sutton Tools has deployed Infor M3 CloudSuite to help drive its domestic and international expansion.

Australian commercial small satellite manufacturer Fleet Space has partnered with Konica Minolta to implement 3D printers from 3D Systems to support “groundbreaking innovation”, which aims to bring manufacturing for the space, strategic, and mineral exploration industries back onshore.

Following an extensive early adopter program, ERP vendor SYSPRO has launched its Cloud ERP deployment option to Australian manufacturers and distributors. This provides businesses with the agility to meet evolving market demands amidst ongoing supply chain disruptions.

GUEST INTERVIEW: The idea of using private wireless networks instead of Wi-Fi, LANs or carrier-operated wireless networks has taken root in recent years. iTWIre discussed the issue with Federated Wireless CTO Kurt Schaubach.

In Australia and New Zealand, 52% of organisations have experienced one to four security breaches in the last 12 months and 18% have experienced five or more breaches in that time, according to the 2022 cyber skills gap report from security firm Fortinet.

Intelligent pricing solutions vendor Flintfox has appointed Microsoft industry veteran Chris Dieringer as its chief customer officer (CCO).

iTWireTV speaks with SYSPRO chief product officer Paulo de Matos about how technology will help build our sovereign manufacturing capability to ensure supply chain resilience, a topical issue right now as businesses of all sizes and reach struggle with supply chain challenges.

A $25 million facility has been launched to drive innovation and foster industrial output in an area dubbed the heart of Sydney’s tech central.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Industry 4.0 and CFO 4.0 are instrumental in building the factories of the future, with manufacturing CFOs now taking on the dual roles of financial decision-maker and business navigator, so what defines the 4.0 designation, what are details of SYSPRO's new CFO 4.0 report, and what else does Sanjay have to say?

GUEST INTERVIEW: Industry 4.0 and CFO 4.0 are instrumental in building the factories of the future, with manufacturing CFOs now taking on the dual roles of financial decision-maker and business navigator, so what defines the 4.0 designation, what are details of SYSPRO's new CFO 4.0 report, and what else does Sanjay have to say?

ERP software provider Syspro unveils its Syspro R2 2021, which includes industry-built capabilities aimed at assisting manufacturers and distributors to improve control of internal operations, increase self-service and flexibility across supply chain, and provide insights for intelligence.

GUEST OPINION by Brad Newton, ANZ Managing Director at Cohesity:  Insurance by definition is ‘a financial agreement whereby premiums are paid in exchange for a guarantee that costs will be met if a predetermined event occurs. Given the Australian Cyber Security Centre receives over 67,500 cybercrime reports each a year, and a ransomware attack happens globally every 11 seconds, it’s little wonder the global cyber insurance market is valued at more than $8 billion annually, with a compounding annual growth rate of 23.76% through 2027¹.

Epicor has announced a multi-year agreement to be the ERP for the Scuderia AlphaTauri formula one team.

GUEST OPINION by Kelly Herrell, CEO, Hazelcast:  As manufacturing expertise is physically relocated off the shop floor, new approaches are needed to enable effective oversight from afar.

Manufacturing is often positioned as a working environment that is not conducive to telework at all, but this isn’t necessarily the case.

Specialist IT project delivery company Avec has appointed Malcolm J. Barnes as General Manager – Sales for NSW.

GUEST OPINION: While manufacturers and distributors continue to recover from the ongoing pandemic, many have learnt a valuable lesson around the importance of agility to remain resilient. The biggest takeaway has been the realisation that technology is a vital component in remaining connected with customers and suppliers in real-time.

GUEST OPINION by Sabyasachi Goswami, Commercial Leader, Commercial Services, APAC Rockwell Automation: The pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of the global manufacturing and supply-chain processes long hidden beneath the surface.

Indian IT services and outsourcing company Wipro is partnering with location data and technology platform provider HERE Technologies to offer location-based services to customers from energy & utilities, manufacturing, transport & logistics, telecom and automotive industry verticals. 

Taiwan listed manufacturing company Getac Technology Corporation has announced the launch of its manufacturing virtual showroom.

There will be a massive $224 billion economic dividend for the Australian economy by turbo-charging investments in digital transformation, according to new economic analysis just published for the first time.