DIGITAL MANUFACTURING
TRANSFORMATION

Product Lifecycle management

The digitalization of production processes impacts the product lifecycle through the implementation of a PLM information system.

PLM Vision Development & Implementation
A fundamental step is to design the application, its development and connection to existing management systems.

Business Process Consulting
This includes MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management) integration and connection to the digital system.

PLM Process Design
If necessary, a complete re-engineering of the processes takes place, including the creation of new digital procedures where needed.

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Connected Asset Management

The management of connected assets – including plants, products and utilities – is a core activity in the digital transformation process for manufacturing industries.

Digital Twin
A “Digital Twin” replicates in a virtual ecosystem the tangible product and every step of its lifecycle, bringing huge added value in terms of simulations and virtual testing, as well as tracking and data gathering for future improvements.

Track & Trace
RFID and NFC technologies enable the digital tracking of products, WIPs and components both in the production funnel and in the extended logistic chain.

Energy Management
This is a key concern for capital intensive plants – regarding both production areas and logistic hubs – for those companies that wish to keep under control energy consumption as well as carbon emissions.

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Smart Supply Chain

The holistic vision of a manufacturing company digital transformation cannot ignore the possibility to have an extended supply chain where products and information fluxes are completely transparent both upstream and downstream in the production value chain.

Digital Control Room
The “Control Tower” system employs a central unit that manages all data transfers and gathers real time information, consequently elaborating and monitoring supply chain performance KPIs.

Integrated Supply Chain
Allowing suppliers to be integrated in the planning process is another of the fundamental use cases of Digital Transformation, especially given the most recent tendencies of companies to shift from mass production to customized products.

MES/MOM
To feed the Control Tower real time data, the whole plant and connected production functions need to allow for real time process and production monitoring.

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Digital Manufacturing Intelligence

The proliferating of IOT and AI applications brings high quality data and better predictions, generating many opportunities in the manufacturing industries.

Predictive Maintenance
Analytic and AI technologies allow companies to improve their maintenance efficiency, both for production plant and for products sold, creating opportunities for new services as well as increasing bargaining power and improving suppliers relationships.

Predictive Quality
Predictive algorithms can also work to keep quality under control for internal production systems, reducing the effort necessary in terms of physical control systems.

Digital Agriculture
Tracking technologies – combined with Block Chain algorithms – allow for the complete visibility on the journey of raw materials from the very beginning of the supply chain, creating huge added value in the Food & Beverage industry.

Connected Digital Worker

People are the very heart of the digital transformation and the most important asset for companies. Therefore, enabling workers with digital technologies that allow them to be connected with the digital ecosystem is a fundamental step.

Augmented Reality
These systems allow workers to manage several activities virtually rather than physically – from production to quality control and maintenance duties, getting rid of paper checklists and data entry activities.

Health & Safety
Providing workers with connected protection systems allows the tracking of activities to prevent and reduce work-related accidents.

Wearables
Companies can choose from the vast offer on the wearable technologies market (smart watches, HoloLens, etc) according with their needs and the digital maturity of the workforce.

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Smart After Sales

For the majority of manufacturing businesses, after sales is the business unit which generates the most profits by assisting the client for all repair, replacement, support and maintenance activities.

Parts & Service Optimization
It makes sense, therefore, to start the digitalization of these activities to optimize clients support services and spare parts management, reducing stocks and, therefore, frozen capitals.

Service Life Cycle Management
PLM management enters the after sales world as well, through the recording of the product lifecycle in the Digital Twin history, which allows for insights and future improvements based on the data gathered during usage.

Connected Mobility Field Force
Providing service workforce with digital technologies allows them to be connected and receive real time information regarding replacement and repairing activities as well as opening and closing of tickets.

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