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Automation’s future will rely on digital-twin technologies to ensure personnel and process plants operate at their best. Process manufacturers who want to stay competitive in today’s global marketplace face a wide array of new hurdles. A worker shortage is making it increasingly difficult to find and retain qualified personnel to operate a plant, just as…

Sensor-based proactive-maintenance operations are well positioned to benefit from artificial intelligence. The maintenance sector has seen a significant transformation in recent years. The industry has faced mounting pressure from workforce changes, increased consumer demand, and supply-chain complications. However, technology has emerged as a beacon of hope, offering intriguing tools that align with the realities of…

A transformative Managing for Performance Framework to drive optimal in-use energy performance of commercial buildings has been launched by the Building Better Partnership’s (BBP) Managing Agents Partnership (MAP). The Framework recognises the pivotal role that the property management industry plays in championing energy performance and fostering collaboration among property owners, facilities managers, occupiers, and suppliers….

Skills and people shortages are the most significant challenges the facilities management and catering sectors are experiencing. In the foodservice and accommodation sector, 118,000 vacancies were recorded between June and August 2023, compared to 92,000 during the same three-month period in 2019. Piers Zangana explores the development of new, virtual ways of learning and training…

The Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) 2023 assessments have uncovered significant trends shaping the future of the FM industry. For example, while short term risks to the industry, including staffing and skills shortages, are being managed through a focus on employee wellbeing and development programmes, there is an urgent need for long-term planning to understand…

$11B Chip Factory Texas Instruments (TI) broke ground on its new 300-mm semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Lehi, Utah. Dubbed LFAB2, the facility will connect to TI’s existing wafer fab in Lehi and ultimately help the company manufacture tens of millions of analog and embedded processing chips every day at full production. The $11 billion project marks…