Making Fireworks in a Job Shop

The fireworks we watch today were first made during the Renaissance and are still crafted by hand.

Though orchestration and operation of the fireworks displays can be handled via modern technology, the production process remains relatively unchanged.


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Fuel Surcharges Push Florists to Optimize Deliveries

Fuel price increases affected delivery businesses in general, and florists in particular ahead of Mother’s Day.

Orders for flower deliveries peak in the days ahead of Mother’s Day.  Florists also saw increases from flower suppliers, and fuel and other surcharges from other suppliers, which cut into their profit margin.

To adjust for the cost impacts of rising fuel prices, many florists raised their delivery charges and worked to plan delivery routes more efficiently.


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Moxi Nursing Robots Help Reduce Muda

Serve Robotics recently acquired Diligent Robotics in a $29 million deal, adding to its lineup of advanced robotic technology solutions.

Diligent’s Moxi hospital robots save nurses time and motion, increasing productivity and allowing them to spend more time by patient bedsides.


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Coca-Cola Looks to AI to Solve Orange Supply Crisis

Beverage giant Coca-Cola is using artificial intelligence (AI) to offset the spread of a devastating plant disease causing a major decrease in orange supply.

Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid brand has joined an industrial consortium—the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium—which uses AI to help resolve ‘real-world’ problems that simultaneously help society.  Experts from agritech, computer science, life sciences, and other groups have been engaged in the Consortium’s first major initiative.

“Save the Orange” seeks to combat citrus greening, which threatens orange production. Citrus greening […]

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