digitalization assessment for production

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Digitalization projects often face two problems: either there is no real idea from the beginning about what to start with, or you are generally looking for new ideas for the digitalization of production. These are often reasons for our customers to take a closer look at their production with us. And we have the right tool for this: our digitalization assessment , which we have developed specifically for production.

Our experts analyze production along the material flow from goods receipt to goods dispatch and interview the company experts using a structured questionnaire. This allows us to quickly and easily identify potential for which we then develop specific digitization projects. Together with the company experts, we evaluate the projects and define a corresponding digitization roadmap.

What distinguishes the assessment from other tools?
Our production engineers, automation technicians and IT specialists developed the assessment together. We are convinced that digitalization in production can only be successful with an interdisciplinary team. We therefore always have colleagues from the above-mentioned professional groups carry out the assessment for our customers. In this way, we can georgia consumer email list ensure that projects are developed right from the start that have a concrete benefit for production and that are also technically and economically feasible. Our years of experience from numerous successfully completed digitalization projects also help us in this regard.

What does an assessment in production look like?
We carry out the assessment in four steps:

1. Maturity assessment
In order to find out which digitization projects make sense, the following questions must first be answered:

Where is production?
The focus here is primarily on the shop floor, but adjacent areas are also considered - such as production planning and control or maintenance and the IT system landscape in production.

Where should production go?
What specific goals should be achieved with the digitalization projects and what adjustments still need to be made?

In order to answer these questions and to determine the level of digitalization maturity of production, structured individual interviews are essential. We use a catalog with 130 specific questions that give us a precise overview of the current state of production. Abstract formulations such as "Transparency must be increased!" do not help. We therefore ask questions like these:


In order to find out in which areas projects make sense, we record not only the current state, but also the desired state. We compare the results obtained - anonymously, of course - with those we have obtained at other companies.