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Industry 4.0 virtual capability accelerator

Our unique virtual capability accelerator enables you to exponentially create value enterprise-wide as you move towards the 4 phases of the Industry 4.0 Journey.​​​​

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10 Dimensions

SmarterChains has developed the Factory of the Future Framework, under 3 circles of capabilities, which serve as key enablers of the 10 Industry 4.0 Dimensions. The 10 Industry 4.0 Dimensions ensure that all the 4 phases of the Journey are being chartered in a systemic, easy to understand and exponential way to create your Factory of the Future.

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Future Leadership

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Future Leadership

Leadership behaviours and strategies that inspire, support and offer guidance in order to accelerate and guarantee the digital transformation’s success across the organization.

For effective execution, leaders need to master various aspects such as being visionary and inspiring, strategic, and agile while always focus to an end to end approach to digital transformation.

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Digital Organization

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Digital Organization

Structures and policies that provide the agility to design the interventions required to organizational culture, development of employee’s skills and new talent acquisition.

All the above act as enablers to roll out an effective digital strategy and are crucial to successfully embracing the opportunities of Industry 4.0.

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Data-Driven Maintenance

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Data-Driven Maintenance

The implementation of methods and systems to proactively manage maintenance based on data, such as equipment condition metrics and historical events, is key to driving operational efficiency and reducing downtime.

Typical technologies in this area are equipment condition sensors, maintenance management systems and more recently the use of machine learning in predicting equipment failures.

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Intelligent Quality

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Intelligent Quality

Effective integration of sensors, software, and techniques that leverage real-time data to manage quality control and quality assurance delivering enhanced quality and operational advantages.

Few of the typical technologies in this area are automated inspection systems and quality management software that enable automated reporting.

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Automated Material Flow

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Automated Material Flow

Implementation of machinery & systems, such as Warehouse Management Systems or Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, that automate & optimize material handling processes throughout the manufacturing facility.

This is critical to enable productivity, safety, accuracy and on time material delivery which is key in driving efficiencies and synchronizing manufacturing with the extended supply chain.

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Zero-Touches Production

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Zero-Touches Production

Hardware, software, and practices, that eliminate human effort in production execution and streamline the production system towards lights-off operations.

These technologies such as production management systems, machinery, robots and production optimization processes enable agility, flexibility and throughput improvements to daily production cycles.

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Sustainability

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Sustainability

Methods, systems, behaviours and Industry 4.0 technologies that help create products and solutions that address the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Typical technologies in this area are Energy Management Software (EMS) and Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Software.

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Tech-Augmented Workforce

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Tech-Augmented Workforce

Technologies such as augmented/virtual reality, tablets, mobile phones and others that assist employees in their tasks by augmenting their skillset and optimizing workflows.

These technologies provide access to information and expertise and are opening new horizons in productivity, efficiency and innovation democratizing value creation.

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Digital-Ready Infrastructure

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Digital-Ready Infrastructure

Systems that safeguard and enable the plant’s operations, such as communication networks and cybersecurity tools that ensure reliable and secure data streaming acting as a key enabler of Industry 4.0 transformation.

They support the foundational framework to manage current and future data streams that will be available as a result of the Industry 4.0 journey.

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360° Factory Visibility

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360° Factory Visibility

Systems that combine data from various areas of the value chain, eliminating silos & accelerating decision-making. They include software that covers several departments of the plant, such as ERP and Plant Manager Dashboards.

They offer a unified view of all plant’s operations and enable data-sharing with suppliers and customers.

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Step 1

Educate

Educate your team by leveraging game-changing industry 4.0 learning solutions to enable new knowledge discovery and align their understanding in view of the journey ahead.

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    Industry 4.0 Executive Training Courses​​

    Educate your team with our online Industry 4.0 Training Courses and bring your people to the same level of understanding to embrace and lead the change.

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    Industry 4.0 Academia

    Empower your manufacturing teams with AI to discover the latest Industry 4.0 Scientific Research and personalize their learning.​

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Step 2

Prepare

Prepare your digital transformation, identify how you benchmark internally as well as externally, and find where the opportunities and value lie.​​

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    Digital Maturity Assessment​

    Measure your plant’s and enterprise’s digital maturity and benchmark your Industry 4.0 technological and organizational capabilities.​

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    Industry 4.0 Loss Analysis

    Obtain a 360° view of your plants’ operation loss drivers, covering both line and labor efficiency losses.​​​​​

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Step 3

Define

Define your plant’s and enterprise’s bottom-up strategy for Industry 4.0, discover technology vendors and connect them with your strategy roadmap.​

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    Industry 4.0 Roadmap​

    Design your Industry 4.0 strategy for your plant or enterprise with structured roadmap steps and strategize towards a successful transformation.​

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  • VENDOR SOLUTIONS​

    Industry 4.0 Vendor Solutions

    Access a shortlisted group of verified technological vendors to decide the ones that best complement your enterprise profile.​

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Step 4

Execute

Execute your digital transformation strategy, plan all the Roadmap processes and milestones, and scale the value insights across the enterprise network​.

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    Industry 4.0 Masterplanner

    Implement your Industry 4.0 Vision, monitor your digital initiatives and promote collaboration across your company.​

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  • BrainStorm

    Industry 4.0 User Stories

    Define the desired end state and associated benefits realized by technologies' implementation.​​​

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Develop Industry 4.0 mindset

  • Accelerate your Industry 4.0 capabilities with our Industry 4.0 Executive Online Training Courses and gain 360⁰ view of digital transformation​
  • Elevate your career with our Industry 4.0 Certifications and step-change your organization’s state of the future

Drive value at scale

  • Take advantage of our data-driven sophisticated approach to drive value at scale
  • Combine your manufacturing operational excellence with the Industry 4.0 approach through our Framework

Get access to a holistic Framework to guide you through your digital transformation

  • Our award-winning Platformized Framework will help you integrate, automate and scale-up your digital transformation
  • Navigate through the ever-growing complexity of Industry 4.0 solutions

Define and lead your Industry 4.0 enterprise-wide strategy​

  • Strategize at scale by engaging all the manufacturing plants, stakeholders and Industry 4.0 ecosystem
  • Scale learnings across the enterprise and drive internal adoption​

Self-serve, easy to use, scalable SaaS platform​

  • Accelerate your Industry 4.0 capabilities with our Industry 4.0 Executive Online Training Courses and gain 360⁰ view of digital transformation​
  • Elevate your career with our Industry 4.0 Certifications and step-change your organization’s state of the future

  • Take advantage of our data-driven sophisticated approach to drive value at scale
  • Combine your manufacturing operational excellence with the Industry 4.0 approach through our Framework

  • Our award-winning Platformized Framework will help you integrate, automate and scale-up your digital transformation
  • Navigate through the ever-growing complexity of Industry 4.0 solutions

  • Strategize at scale by engaging all the manufacturing plants, stakeholders and Industry 4.0 ecosystem
  • Scale learnings across the enterprise and drive internal adoption​

Start for free your Industry 4.0 Journey

Start now your Digital Transformation in Manufacturing and scale as you go.

Sign up for a free SmarterChains platform account and complete our free 1-hour introductory course to Industry 4.0.

Advance your technology specific understanding​ with additional trainings. Receive a digital certification and showcase online your Industry 4.0 readiness​.

Unlock this offer by purchasing one or more Training courses. Answer a few questions - no preparation needed and get a glimpse of your plant’s Industry 4.0 characteristics.​

Complete the limited Assessment and invite your colleagues to view the results together.​

When you are ready, upgrade to the plan that best matches your company profile to accelerate your Industry 4.0 capabilities.​

Start for free your Industry 4.0 Journey

Start now your Digital Transformation in Manufacturing and scale as you go.

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Start for Free. Scale as you go.

Start your Industry 4.0 Journey and claim our Free limited Digital Maturity Assessment offer.

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Industry 4.0 Resources

Dive into insightful data, reports and get scaled learnings through Industry 4.0 key findings.

Factory of the Future CPG Study

Everything a Leader needs to know across all levels of the organization. Key insights for Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing & CPG.

Smart Manufacturing News

Discover the latest press releases, articles and content by manufacturing, supply chain and Industry 4.0 media.

Industry 4.0 Webcasts

Access here content on Industry 4.0, digital transformation, leadership, strategy and organization. Get insights from manufacturing professionals.

Industry 4.0 Infographics

Access our library with easy to read infographics and learn key insights to drive your Industry 4.0 digital transformation.

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