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Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has announced that snack bar and wholefood ball manufacturer Tasti Products Limited has chosen Plex, by Rockwell Automation as its new integrated smart manufacturing and business process solution. Tasti Products will migrate to Plex’s cloud-based solutions, implementing Plex ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), including Plex’s world-class MES (Manufacturing Execution System), to drive their New Zealand-based operations. Recognising their legacy ERP system could no longer support an expanding business, Tasti Products searched a smart manufacturing solution that would allow the company to scale in size and improve the speed in which business analytics could be performed. Tasti sought a manufacturing solution that was cloud-based and could offer end-to-end digital transformation. With the ability to offer world-class food safety and its established presence in the food and beverage industry, Plex will provide Tasti Products with a connected plant floor, digital product tracking capabilities, and real-time

RELEX Solutions, provider of unified supply chain and retail planning solutions, and Accenture are working with Lowe’s Companies, Inc., to support its seasonal inventory planning. This collaboration will bring together delivery, advisory, and industry experience from Accenture, with the RELEX AI-driven technology. “Our selection of RELEX was driven by their proven expertise in the home improvement retail sector. We were particularly impressed by their advanced, AI-driven approach and the flexibility of their inventory management systems,” said Camille Fratanduono, Senior Vice President of Inventory, Replenishment and Planning at Lowe’s. “RELEX is well-known for their automation capabilities and exceptional dashboard. Working with both RELEX and Accenture aligns with our ongoing commitment to leveraging innovative solutions to enhance our business processes." RELEX Senior Vice President for North America, Keith Adams, commented, "This collaboration marks a milestone in the RELEX journey and the start of our strategic partnership with Accenture. Our deep experience in the home

IBM announced the next steps in their collaboration with Riyadh Air, the digital-native airline currently scheduled to commence operations in early 2025, to revolutionize the airline's travel experiences. The airline plans to introduce next-generation, channel-fluid guest and traveler interactions, tapping into IBM Consulting's open ecosystem of business partners and deep industry expertise spanning strategy, experience design, technology and operations. IBM hosted a signing ceremony, announcing the collaboration at the 3rd edition of LEAP 2024, the international technology conference held annually in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; in the presence of Tony Douglas (Chief Executive Officer, Riyadh Air) and Arvind Krishna (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IBM) and executive management from both entities. "We're on a mission to shape the future of air travel at Riyadh Air," said Tony Douglas, CEO at Riyadh Air. "By teaming up with IBM, we're pushing the boundaries of innovation to create a transformed passenger experience that is more seamless, personalized and sustainable. From AI-powered check-in

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Samsung C&T Fashion Group, South Korea’s leading fashion company, has selected Centric PLM™ to digitalize business operations across its brands. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, outdoor, luxury, multi-category retail, grocery, food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care and consumer electronics to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 1954, Samsung C&T Fashion Group has grown to become a leading worldwide player, offering a wide range of fashion and lifestyle products. The group owns and designs products for its in-house brands, including BEANPOLE, GALAXY and EIGHT SECONDS, and distributes global brands such as MAISON KITSUNÉ, ISSEY MIYAKE and TORY BURCH. Samsung C&T Fashion Group operates over 1,200 stores in South Korea and has global branches in Milano, New York, Shanghai, Hanoi and Tokyo. The company

Canvas GFX Inc., the leading provider of connected knowledge solutions for the manufacturing enterprise, announced release 5.3 of its flagship platform, Canvas® Envision®, at the 2024 Aras Community Event (ACE) in Fort Worth, Texas where product lifecycle management experts are meeting to explore the latest in PLM and Digital Thread innovation. The Envision platform is used by manufacturing organizations to provide front-line workers with model-based work instructions for assembly, maintenance and repair, and training applications. With access to the latest design engineering and product information in a powerfully visual format, workers always have the information they need to do the job right, every time. New Features In release 5.3, the company is releasing an array of new features including: Updates to its Software Development Kit, which can be used to offer embedded functionality within other applications, such as Aras Innovator PLM and SAIC ReadyOne. The company is showcasing integration within each of these platforms at the ACE event. Enhanced Document

Coreform Cubit 2024.3 is now available, featuring faster performance on critical commands, an improved Python interface, and numerous feature enhancements and bugfixes. Additionally, the documentation of the DAGMC neutronics workflow supported by Coreform Cubit has been significantly improved. 2x - 10x faster imprint performance The imprint and merge functionality is one of Coreform Cubit’s most-used features, as it allows for the creation of conformal meshes across volumes. In this release, we have significantly improved the speed of the imprint and merge workflow by replacing multiple O(n^2) operations with O(n) operations (n being the number of bodies), yielding speed-ups between 2X and 10X on several benchmarks, such as those shown below. Actual speed improvements will vary depending on the number and complexity of bodies being imprinted. Improved Python interface A single script file can now support both Python statements and Coreform Cubit commands. Additionally, the script windows in the user interface have been consolidated into one, and the console version of Coreform

Elecosoft, the specialist international software provider for the built environment, is pleased to announce its beta release of AstaGPT, an Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) powered tool for its Asta suite of project planning and scheduling solutions. AstaGPT is a browser-based AI tool that generates helpful responses to users’ questions about Asta Powerproject, Asta Vision and SiteProgress. At launch, AstaGPT offers multilingual support for over 150 languages. Designed to be fast and intuitive, AstaGPT draws upon Elecosoft’s meticulously authored Asta help documentation to aggregate answers and serve them as logical, stepped solutions. Every answer contains a structured response with source links back to the Asta help documentation so that users can read the original content. It has been tested internally to upskill new colleagues on the core technology of Asta. Global Product Manager, Martha Karagiorgi said “AstaGPT is a significant tool for both new and experienced users of Asta. This feature will save them precious

Noesis Solutions, a trusted digital engineering transformation partner, announced the launch of nvision, an AI-powered surrogate modelling tool, that enables engineers to perform almost real-time predictive analysis of their designs, powered by the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. nvision is an open, solver-agnostic modeling tool, that drastically reduces design time by performing real-time ‘what-if’ studies and it enables access to simulation data to cross-functional experts through its intuitive interfaces and processes. Real-time predictions with the power of AIDesigning complex engineering systems often requires many iterations of engineering simulations that are computationally expensive to run. Solvers and parameters must often be tuned individually for each system to be studied. In today’s volatile market environment, where time is money, engineers are consistently seeking ways to improve productivity without sacrificing the accuracy and the quality of new product designs, with an imperative of shorter time-to-market. With nvision’s AI and physics-agnostic machine learning technologies, engineers

JDM Technology Group, a global group of leading software providers for the architecture, engineering, construction, maintenance, and operations industries, announced that it has acquired two Milwaukee, WI based software businesses, Penta Technologies and STRUXI. The transaction closed on February 29, 2024, with approval from Penta and STRUXI owner, Karl Koenig. Penta Technologies develops enterprise construction software that helps construction, service, and engineering enterprises improve business performance. It supports a wide range of contractors across the United States and Canada, including electrical, heavy, specialty, general contractors, and more. STRUXI specializes in construction labor management, offering field management software and labor cost management software that help contractors easily capture, track, and report on labor costs. “I’m proud of the companies we’ve built. Thanks to the dedication and efforts of our Penta and STRUXI teams, we’ve helped hundreds of contractors meet their business challenges head on,” said owner Karl Koenig, in a statement on the transaction. “This next step

The new brand and visual identity will provide a strong platform for further growth and globalization of Addnode Group. The new purpose presents Addnode Group as an add on growth accelerator for companies that provides systems and technologies for a sustainable future. The new identity positions Addnode Group as a passionate and growth-oriented group. “We are proud of our strong history of growth. Addnode Group´s new brand identity will support our continued growth and geographical expansion. “Digitalization for a better society” radiates our strong ambition to support a transition to a more sustainable society, enabled by Addnode Groups technology and 2,700 skilled employees”, says Johan Andersson, CEO and President of Addnode Group. Values In connection to defining our purpose, we have reframed Addnode Groups core values: Entrepreneurial Spirit – Our mindset encompasses innovation, creativity, curiosity, adaptability and a passion for delivering value in the marketplace. We seize opportunities and act so that success is