DENSO automates loading, Shinken Zemi mails a cat, one operator runs an 8-colour press — and 9 more | BPJ News
From automated loading and data-breach compensation to equipment upgrades, these cases show profit-eroding work shifting beyond the press itself.
DENSO has taken autonomous forklifts to the boundary between the factory and the truck bed, while US-based Seagull Printing is running an eight-colour press with one operator. At Times Car, preparations for a class action show how incident-response costs can spread; a Shinken Zemi direct-mail piece addressed to a cat raised questions about the accuracy of recipient selection.
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Automating material handling is reaching the boundary between factories and trucks.
In personal-data incidents, compensation and litigation costs have become an issue. In direct mail sent to a cat, the accuracy of selecting recipients was the issue.
In capital investment, work before and after the printing press is determining the return on investment.
DENSO automated truck loading at Facility 204 of its Anjo Plant…
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