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Industry 4.0 Digitization
digital • automated • secure
Industry 4.0 is not just a vision of the future, but already a reality in many Swiss companies. The rapid development of technology is changing traditional processes in the production industry. Advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud, Mobile, Social Media, and Big Data enable process improvements throughout the industry.
Industry 4.0 Digitization
Smart factory, networking, big data and employee productivity
A particularly big hurdle on the way to achieving a Smart Factory is the integration of many different systems and data, as IT systems often have to be connected with sensor data from networked machines and plants. One focus here is on secure data exchange and access to distributed data. In addition to the end-to-end digitization of processes, the increase in employee productivity, the integration of customers into the value chain and timely data analysis are important success factors.
Pragmatic path to Industry 4.0 Digitization
- How far have you progressed in implementing your Smart Factory strategy?
- How well are your systems networked and integrated?
- Do you use IoT systems?
- Can you guarantee your employees and your customers secure system access?
- Are your processes digital throughout? Which administrative processes do you absolutely need to improve?
- How can you further improve data exchange?
- What requirements do your most demanding customers have?
- Are your internal and external customers satisfied with reporting (BI)?
Industry 4.0 Digitization – minimize costs and increase service quality
Involve customers
With the help of modern technology, you can involve your customers directly in the processes through various channels and give them a completely new purchasing experience. This gives you valuable insights into their buying behavior and preferences. This enables you to design products and services that are precisely tailored to these needs.
Enable mobile working
Give your employees flexible and mobile access to information that helps them make faster and better decisions. This will increase the efficiency and productivity of your employees. For a machine builder, for example, this could mean that in the evening he or she would automatically receive a message on their smartphone at home about a malfunction at a machine he or she is responsible for. Solving the problem via webcam enables support from home.
Optimizing operating processes
A production environment in which products and production equipment communicate with each other and thus optimally control the production process is called a Smart Factory. This accelerates your production process, reduces costs and increases your efficiency.
Improve product development
Modern technology helps you share information efficiently with the entire value chain and accelerate innovation. You also gain insights into the consumption behaviour of your customers and can use these for the development of new products. Thanks to shortened design processes, you can bring your products to market faster and reduce production costs.
Paperless processes with user-defined access
To counteract your paper consumption, scan your paper documents. Our solution supports you with defined sets of rules for processing. Tasks can be processed or assigned automatically. Your workflows are centrally coordinated and process steps are automatically adhered to. In this way, you reduce costs for yourself and your customers. Regardless of where you access the data from.
Save time and money in invoice processing
With electronic invoice processing, you eliminate paper invoices. You check the digitized documents, pass them on for approval and then archive them in a legally compliant manner. By means of a simple search, the invoices are easily available at every step of the process. With every invoice, the system learns about it, right up to so-called dark processing.
Increased productivity
Whether in the office or on the go – the trusted productivity tools are always at hand. With the always-up-to-date Office applications, you can create, edit, and share files in real-time on your PC or Mac or on your iOS, Android™, or Windows device.
Industry 4.0 Digitization – Solution toolkit
With the products from the Industry 4.0 solution kit, you can individually put together the solution that best suits your needs. The cloud-based solution components (infrastructure, data interfaces, applications) are optimally matched to each other and your company benefits from more functionality, flexibility, scalability and mobility with improved security, including Swiss data storage.
- Challenges
Industry 4.0 Digitization
Smart factory, networking, big data and employee productivity
A particularly big hurdle on the way to achieving a Smart Factory is the integration of many different systems and data, as IT systems often have to be connected with sensor data from networked machines and plants. One focus here is on secure data exchange and access to distributed data. In addition to the end-to-end digitization of processes, the increase in employee productivity, the integration of customers into the value chain and timely data analysis are important success factors.
- Key questions
Pragmatic path to Industry 4.0 Digitization
- How far have you progressed in implementing your Smart Factory strategy?
- How well are your systems networked and integrated?
- Do you use IoT systems?
- Can you guarantee your employees and your customers secure system access?
- Are your processes digital throughout? Which administrative processes do you absolutely need to improve?
- How can you further improve data exchange?
- What requirements do your most demanding customers have?
- Are your internal and external customers satisfied with reporting (BI)?
- Your benefits
Industry 4.0 Digitization – minimize costs and increase service quality
Involve customers
With the help of modern technology, you can involve your customers directly in the processes through various channels and give them a completely new purchasing experience. This gives you valuable insights into their buying behavior and preferences. This enables you to design products and services that are precisely tailored to these needs.
Enable mobile working
Give your employees flexible and mobile access to information that helps them make faster and better decisions. This will increase the efficiency and productivity of your employees. For a machine builder, for example, this could mean that in the evening he or she would automatically receive a message on their smartphone at home about a malfunction at a machine he or she is responsible for. Solving the problem via webcam enables support from home.
Optimizing operating processes
A production environment in which products and production equipment communicate with each other and thus optimally control the production process is called a Smart Factory. This accelerates your production process, reduces costs and increases your efficiency.
Improve product development
Modern technology helps you share information efficiently with the entire value chain and accelerate innovation. You also gain insights into the consumption behaviour of your customers and can use these for the development of new products. Thanks to shortened design processes, you can bring your products to market faster and reduce production costs.
Paperless processes with user-defined access
To counteract your paper consumption, scan your paper documents. Our solution supports you with defined sets of rules for processing. Tasks can be processed or assigned automatically. Your workflows are centrally coordinated and process steps are automatically adhered to. In this way, you reduce costs for yourself and your customers. Regardless of where you access the data from.
Save time and money in invoice processing
With electronic invoice processing, you eliminate paper invoices. You check the digitized documents, pass them on for approval and then archive them in a legally compliant manner. By means of a simple search, the invoices are easily available at every step of the process. With every invoice, the system learns about it, right up to so-called dark processing.
Increased productivity
Whether in the office or on the go – the trusted productivity tools are always at hand. With the always-up-to-date Office applications, you can create, edit, and share files in real-time on your PC or Mac or on your iOS, Android™, or Windows device.
- Our offer
Industry 4.0 Digitization – Solution toolkit
With the products from the Industry 4.0 solution kit, you can individually put together the solution that best suits your needs. The cloud-based solution components (infrastructure, data interfaces, applications) are optimally matched to each other and your company benefits from more functionality, flexibility, scalability and mobility with improved security, including Swiss data storage.
- Your contact person
Free consultation
Would you like to put your digital business model on a new foundation? Then make an appointment with one of our digitization experts for an initial, free consultation.
Mobile strategies for Industry 4.0 Digitization
Identity and access management
Reduce the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive data to a minimum.
Reporting without much programming
«Low Code, No Code» for most reports. Many functions can be used «out of the box».
Easy management of mobile devices
Simple, transparent management of access policies to devices and applications.
Protection of corporate data
Prevent accidental disclosure of data by apps and services.
Prevent data losses
With features such as Data Loss Prevention (DLP), you can protect data as it is saved, moved, and shared.
Secure collaboration
Through a set of management tools and workflow services, the exchange of data and information can be carried out securely.
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