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Unfortunately, Failure Can Be An Option
FAILURE HAPPENS We’ve all heard the saying, “Failure is not an option”. However, in a disturbing percentage of industrial automation implementations, failure definitely happens. Searching […]
Considerations for Evolving your Smart Factory in 2022
Let’s be honest. The past almost two years have been crazy. A global pandemic, supply chain issues, labor shortages, and murder hornets. We may have […]
Orka In the News | 12.10.21
ORKA IN THE NEWS Orka was featured in a recent article from MiBiz on Automation Industry activity. In short – there’s a lot of automation […]
Supplier Relationships = Innovation
Supply chain difficulties lead headlines in all major publications – manufacturing and otherwise. In addition to pent-up demand, manufacturers continue to experience challenges getting components […]
Orka In the News | 7.1.2021
ORKA IN THE NEWS Check out Orka Automation leaders Michael Ramirez and John Amrhein’s input into part 1 of a series on Industry 4.0 at […]
Orka In the News | 7.9.2021
ORKA IN THE NEWS Check out Orka Automation leaders Michael Ramirez and John Amrhein’s input into part 2 of a series on Industry 4.0 at […]
Automation Headlines | 7.6.2021
Welcome to a new series featuring articles, resources, and events we’re reading or visiting to inspire, inform, and ignite new ideas around using automation to […]
How to get the Bean Counters to Approve Your Capital Request
As a former Finance leader for several large manufacturing companies, I’ve seen my fair share of capital requests – both well prepared, and not so […]
Automating 2021
Happy New Year, and congratulations on surviving 2020. This past year has been difficult for everyone – especially small businesses looking to compete in a […]
Automation Is No Longer Optional — It’s Inevitable
This year has been unusual, to say the least. From lock-downs to masks, toilet paper shortages to daily temperature checks, a lot has been asked […]
Moving, Slicing, Sorting and Simplifying
Challenge A global manufacturer of custom-engineered foam-based components, products and packaging was looking to automate a fully manual process for slipping foam “buns” into standard […]
Labor Day is About More than Parades and Potato Salad
Most of us are aware that Labor Day celebrates workers and their achievements. To many of us, it also symbolizes the unofficial end of summer, […]
“Local-to-Local” is a trend we can get our energy around!
We just shared a blog post from Prince Manufacturing to our LinkedIn page – and it’s got us thinking about how we can support a […]
COVID-19 Updates
As you are all aware, COVID-19 is quickly spreading throughout North America. Obviously this is nothing that we’ve ever had to deal with before – […]
Musings with Mike – The Human Centered Side of Automation
It’s been a year since Mike Ramirez took the reins at Orka Automation, so we took a few minutes to get his thoughts on lessons […]
What’s Next for Automation in 2020?
What’s next for automation in 2020? We can’t think of a better place to get a feel for what’s next than the Consumer Electronics Show, […]
The Future of Manufacturing Tech Is Almost Here, And It Is Awesome! (Part 2)
A few weeks ago we shared some of the top manufacturing tech advancements featured at the recent Advanced Manufacturing Expo, as well as in various […]
The Future of Manufacturing Tech Is Almost Here, and It Is Awesome! (Part 1)
We recently exhibited at the Advanced Manufacturing Expo in Grand Rapids, MI. In addition to making some great contacts, we saw some impressive next-generation […]
The Internet of “Things?”
A few years ago, the Internet of Things (IoT) wasn’t even a thing! Today we’ve found a reason to embed a URL into everything from […]
Design the (Production) Line
There are many things to consider when designing a new production line or updating an existing one. Many of our new customers are small to […]
Safety on the Job
Increasing Worker Safety Through Automation A primary target outcome when working with automation customers is reducing human struggle. How can we improve on their manufacturing […]
