Customers count on distributors to stay on top of the latest technologies and recommend appropriate equipment to make fabrication shops, construction sites, and ' plants ran more efficiently. For instance, they can use digital communications to synchronize welding production equipment. The technology could also help managers supervise welding production lines from their desks or read the last shift's production statistics with just a few clicks of the mouse. Just 20 yr ago, maintenance personnel had to physically cut and re-wire connections to reconfigure electrical equipment. Similarly, limiting welding-operator adjustments required a physical padlock and key.
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