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From blueprint to breakthrough: How AI and automation can transform the consumer enterprise

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CPG organizations could see the greatest impact from technology, given the potential for gen AI and other automation tools to optimize these companies’ manufacturing and supply chains. Manufacturing jobs are often concentrated in fewer, larger locations, such as plants or warehouses, and do not have any customer-facing exposure.

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HNI Corp to acquire Steelcase in $2.2 billion deal

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The acquisition will unite both firms’ extensive dealer networks and portfolios, enabling broader customer reach across sectors including corporate, education, healthcare, and hospitality. “Together, we are positioned to redefine what’s possible in the world of work,” she said.

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Remote Work Could Lead To a Remote Chance of  Promotion

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A missed opportunity Remote work can lead to missed opportunities, particularly for networking and visibility. Is the evidence strong enough to dissuade workers aspiring to the C-suite from showing up at the office? Heres a closer look. Evans, a workplace expert, bestselling author and TEDx curator in San Diego.

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Southwire Offices – Atlanta

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Southwire is a manufacturing company, headquartered in Carrollton, GA. For all the lighting throughout the space, we utilized Southwire’s PoE, power over ethernet, network system which assisted in the LEED Silver Certification.

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Genuinely unmissable workplace events are thin on the ground. The Workspace Design Show is one of the best

Workplace Insight

Now theres a variety of reasons for people taking the trip out to Islington so early on a Wednesday morning; theres the talks programme, of course, but then theres also the opportunity to network and meet up with friends, colleagues and clients.

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A leap in automation: The new technology behind general-purpose robots

McKensey

Consider how these advances could make a general-purpose robot more useful in a manufacturing environment. For instance, perception requires reinforcement learning, foundation models, and convolutional neural networks (a type of deep learning algorithm that excels at processing image and video data).

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Productivity at the core: How COOs deliver strategy

McKensey

Advanced capabilities can dramatically improve a company’s understanding of its entire supply networks , increasing cost transparency and strengthening operational resilience. Similarly, big data analytics is enabling manufacturers to optimize production processes with unparalleled precision.