Feito mais inteligente, o programa de suporte de negócios de £ 20 milhões apoiado pelo governo destinado aos fabricantes de PMEs do noroeste que desejam adotar mais tecnologias digitais, causou uma grande impressão na região da cidade de Liverpool com um evento de negócios especial. O programa mais inteligente. Ele explicou como as definições da indústria 4.0 estão em constante evolução e que o evento foi explorar as oportunidades que o aumento da digitalização poderia oferecer aos fabricantes e cadeia de suprimentos da região. Suas linhas de produção. A Lums desenvolveu um curso de liderança sob medida que apoia os fabricantes que desejam investir em processos 4.0 e Pete explicou como as pessoas e as habilidades são tão vitais para a adoção de novas técnicas de produção quanto a própria tecnologia. Oferta. Andrew Borland, do Centro de Engenharia Virtual. Os consultores, que dão conselhos e apoio às PMEs interessadas em se envolver com novos métodos de fabricação, mas não sabem ao certo por onde começar.
Taking place at Sci-Tech Daresbury, one of two national science and innovation campuses, the Digital Transformation event gave the region’s business community a chance to find out first-hand all about the Made Smarter programme.
Over 60 delegates attended the half-day session, drawn from across Liverpool and Cheshire’s manufacturing, technology, engineering, skills, professional services and business support sectors.
The event was introduced by Alain Dilworth, the Made Smarter North West Programme Manager. He explained how the definitions of Industry 4.0 are constantly evolving and that the event was to explore the opportunities that increased digitalisation could offer the region’s manufacturers and supply chain.
Reinforcing Alain’s point about the potential of new technologies, Tim Andrews, a senior consultant at the Manufacturing Technology Centre, talked about overcoming barriers to adoption and highlighted how companies can already begin to ‘self-optimise’ by collecting and analysing data from their production lines.
Tim was followed by a presentation from Pete Cornwall from Lancaster University Management Schools (LUMS). LUMS have developed a bespoke leadership course which supports manufacturers looking to invest in 4.0 processes and Pete explained how people and skills are as vital to the adoption of new production techniques as the technology itself is.
The floor was then given over to SME manufacturers and other companies based in Liverpool City Region who had already seen the benefits of introducing more digital technologies into their production processes or client service offer.
These included Adam Kelly from Abbey Group, one of the first businesses in the North West to be awarded Made Smarter match funding.
In addition, the audience heard from Stephen Greer from Brainboxes, Michael Gilbert from CNC Robotics, Claire Holt from Hosokawa Micron, Mike Todd from Digital Training Solutions, James Dearing from RS Clare & Co, and Andrew Borland from the Virtual Engineering Centre.
These sessions looked at some of the valuable insights which had already been gained by each respective company who were all on a ‘digitalisation journey’ themselves in order to try and boost productivity, optimise efficiencies and drive growth.
The event, on May 22, concluded with Julian Ford, one of Made Smarter’s Industrial Digitalisation Technology Advisers, who gives advice and support to SMEs interested in getting involved with new methods of manufacturing but are not sure where to start.
He said of the Digital Transformation event: “The Liverpool City Region has a proud tradition of innovation, and the production of high-quality goods and services, and this was illustrated by the calibre and dynamism of the businesses we had supporting us as Sci-Tech Daresbury.
“O que também encontrou foi que, embora exista claramente um apetite por mais tecnologias inteligentes, como fabricação aditiva, monitoramento de dados e análise e robótica, muitas empresas não têm certeza de onde começar.
“That’s where Made Smarter comes in, and it was great to be able to share with companies from across the Liverpool City Region more details of what we do, how we can help, and how to get involved.”
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