Demystifying Industry 4.0 for manufacturers
Embracing Industry 4.0 and deciding what digital technologies to invest in can be overwhelming. Luckily, there is a wealth of support available.
Join us for this webinar in collaboration with the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service (SMAS) as we demystify the fourth industrial revolution and explore key technologies such as additive manufacturing and digital twins, and the benefits that they can bring your business.
You will hear from Tom Gillespie of SMAS, who will outline their I4.0 assessment process, which helps companies identify the opportunities digital transformation could bring to the business and their readiness to undertake such activity.
We’ll also explain how digital twins can help reduce waste and increase predictability within your manufacturing processes and provide information on advances in additive manufacturing and the Additive Manufacturing Business Technology Support (AM-BATS) project, which offers free support to smaller manufacturers in Scotland to help them make the correct business, technology, and investment decisions in additive manufacturing.
Whatever your manufacturing business, whether you’re a whisky distillery or a large-scale forger, join us to learn how advanced in digital technology can help you enhance efficiency and reduce your bottom line.
The Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund
The Advancing Manufacturing Challenge Fund projects are part-funded by the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund part of the European Structural Funds 2014-20 Programme.
The Scottish Government is the Managing Authority for the European Structural Funds 2014-20 Programme.
For further information visit the Scottish Government webpages or follow @scotgovESIF.
Tom joined SMAS as a practitioner five years ago and works with companies of all sizes, helping businesses become more profitable, competitive and successful, by designing and delivering tailored manufacturing improvement support, whilst ensuring that employee engagement is a key focus to enable sustainable transformation.
A key focus for Tom is digital strategy and Industry 4.0, working with senior business leaders to better understand the opportunities digital transformation provides and help them create targeted strategies.
Before joining SMAS, Tom worked in the private sector for over 30 years in various Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement roles within multiple industries, including semiconductor, electronics, plastics, and steel manufacture.
Grant’s expertise and experience lies within design for additive manufacturing, metal additive manufacturing processes, polymer additive manufacturing process and prototyping. Grant also works on the Additive Manufacturing Business and Technology Support AM-BATS project, as project lead.
Working within our digital manufacturing team, Richard develops connectivity solutions for manufacturing machines and processes to support cyber physical systems and is part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult digital manufacturing technology group developing the technology and strategic roadmaps to support UK Industry.
Before joining NMIS, Richard spent nearly 10 years in a senior manufacturing engineering role for Spirit AeroSystems Europe where he was responsible for the qualification and industrialisation of automated manufacturing systems of large aero structure assemblies.
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Register hereDates & Venues
| Date | Wednesday, March 17, 2021 |
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| Location | Online via Microsoft Teams |
| Duration | 11:30 - 12:30 |