Smart Manufacturing
Analysis and optimisation of production machinery and processes
Smart Manufacturing is the future of industrial production. On its way there, the established concepts of the Industry 4.0 framework are used. With the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, mobile devices, automation technologies and data-driven control models, a great number of production processes are redefined, allowing for gains in efficiency which have been inconceivable so far. In a nutshell: Your production lines will transform into networked and self-optimising units.
At the same time though, you’ll be facing increasing requirements with regard to the integration of production and business processes. In order to actively shape this transformation, you have to master the whole transition process – from the design to the successful transformation of processes and IT systems. This is where our major focus lies. We design and manage your transformation projects true to our motto “Excellence in Transformation”. In this process we operate independently of our own implementation interests. This makes us 100% free to concentrate on your requirements and manage your project service providers from a neutral point of view.
Benefit from our comprehensive wealth of experience in the fields of production, business processes and IT! Together with you, we shape a production landscape that is just as smart as your products.
The first step is to determine your current position: ‘Where does my company stand in terms of Industry 4.0 maturity?’ The established Industry 4.0 framework, developed by the German Academy of Science and Engineering (ACATECH) and now recognised worldwide, provides the framework for answering this question.
Together, we use this as a basis to develop a master plan that covers all the aspects needed to make your production and
logistics processes fit for the future. And, of course, we support you in turning all the contents of your master plan into reality and achieving your goals. Whether these relate to efficiency, creating transparency, or achieving sustainability or quality targets.
Talk to us to get an idea of our expertise and approach.
AI-supported data analytics are the foundation of any modern production facility. We combine heuristic lean approaches with evidence-based decision-making logic to provide you with a data-driven basis for optimising your production processes.
We analyse your production data to increase your production efficiency.
Our damage analysis minimises your downtime and improves product quality.
Our spare parts management analyses help you optimise costs and logistics.
Our energy management analyses provide you with another building block for sustainable production.
Our consultants’ decades of experience and professional successes speak for themselves. Together, we help you set up data-driven production that makes your manufacturing smarter, more efficient and more cost-effective.
Reliable real-time data is at the heart of a modern, data-driven manufacturing approach.
Based on proven analyses and knowledge of state-of-the-art production technologies, we optimise your shop floor with intelligent networking and real-time data. This enables you to achieve greater transparency and efficiency at the production level.
In maintenance, we use predictive analytics to minimise costs and downtime and to proactively plan maintenance.
We optimise your quality management with automated, AI-supported quality analyses that ensure continuous compliance with and improvement of your quality standards.
With our analyses for spare parts management, you minimise downtime and reduce costs in warehousing and logistics.
With sound data on energy management, you can reduce your consumption and promote sustainable production.
Put your trust in data that will revolutionise your production! We stand for intelligent manufacturing that saves costs and strengthens your competitiveness.
The future belongs to data-driven production. The transformation of unstructured data silos into a networked data warehouse that can be utilised by machines provides the basis for this. It is what makes the use of current AI technologies such as large language models or computer vision possible in your company in the first place.
That’s why we are revolutionising the way you handle your production knowledge. Using advanced AI technologies, we digitise your know-how and make the expert knowledge in the minds of individual employees easily accessible to everyone in the company.
We integrate this digital knowledge directly into the control processes of your machines, thereby increasing your efficiency and quality in production.
Together with you, we then develop tailor-made digital assistants that allow your employees to access this knowledge in real time and solve daily tasks faster and more accurately.
Rely on our expertise in digitising your know-how! Together with us, you can transform your production knowledge into valuable digital assets.
A scalable and flexible IT architecture forms the backbone of any data-driven production. With our experience in both worlds, we can seamlessly integrate your process and production IT – without either world losing its specific focus.
The starting point is a process architecture that fully integrates your business and production processes and enables data-driven control. With a modern data architecture, we lay the foundation for efficient production control based on sensor data and data analytics.
The system architecture ensures the seamless integration of a wide variety of IT systems, from production control and MES to PLM and ERP systems.
In addition, our experts develop a modern and tailor-made interface architecture to comprehensively integrate a wide variety of mobile devices, sensors, control elements and upstream systems into production control.
With our architectural expertise, you can integrate your IT and production processes into your business processes and optimise both – in a scalable and resilient manner.
Professional transformation management guarantees the success of any changes to your production processes and systems. This is our area of expertise.
We plan and manage your transformation projects. We always act independently of our own implementation interests. This allows us to focus 100% on your requirements and select and manage your project service providers with a neutral perspective.
We ensure a smooth connection between your business and production processes to enable efficient and data-driven production.
We plan, implement and integrate your ERP, MES, MDM and PLM systems in line with your operational production control.
We design and build scalable and future-proof IT architectures that seamlessly integrate business and production processes.
We are committed to the successful progress and completion of your transformation projects. ‘Excellence in Transformation’ is our guiding principle. Let’s shape the future of smart manufacturing together!
Many production environments contain machines of varying ages and with a wide range of control technologies. We close the data gaps in your manufacturing processes and create a seamless analysis and control system.
Our digital machine services are designed to create prototypes for the analysis, quality control and control of production machines.
Many production environments contain machines of different ages and with a wide variety of control technologies. As a result, a lot of data disappears into thin air because the machines cannot communicate with each other effectively.
With our prototypes for the analysis, quality control and control of production machines, we prevent data loss and create a seamless analysis and control system.
In our feasibility studies, we work with you to examine the technical feasibility of possible approaches to eliminating data gaps.
In the form of minimum viable products (MVPs), we develop hardware and software solutions that enable you to analyse and control your production machines more efficiently.
With our go-live support, we help you and your service providers to integrate the proven digital prototypes into your production process quickly and efficiently.
Our digital machine services make your manufacturing smarter and future-proof. Take advantage of our expertise to set up end-to-end data-driven production!
