articleCardboard cutout manufacturer invests in AI and automation
A manufacturer of life-size cardboard cut-outs of celebrities, Disney and Star Wars characters is anticipating game-changing growth after investing in trend analysis software and AI.
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productRobotics and automation create manufacturing jobs
SME MANUFACTURERS adopting robotics and automation, with the support of Made Smarter, are creating hundreds of new and upskilled jobs. Since 2019 the North West Adoption Programme, a collaboration between UK government and industry designed to support the increased use of digital technologies, has supported 41 businesses with 45 technology projects focused on robotics and automation machinery.
productMade Smarter creates 60 digital manufacturing leaders
MADE SMARTER’s innovative Leadership Programme has helped prepare a cohort of SME manufacturers for the challenges of a digital future.
articleData drives down equipment failure
IN THE age of intense global competition the pressure on manufacturers to achieve greater levels of efficiency and quality output is relentless. But when machines and equipment underperform or fail, this can result in service delays, unhappy customers, and productivity and income losses, asserts Iwona Kandpal, industrial digital technology specialist at Made Smarter.
productHow SME manufacturers are upskilling workers to create the teams of tomorrow
SME MANUFACTURERS, supported by Made Smarter in their drive to digitalise, are upskilling over 1800 workers to create the teams of tomorrow.
productCollaboration key to powering forward digital manufacturing
Collaboration is the key to powering forward the post-pandemic recovery and capitalising on the opportunity of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, industry leaders told the Made Smarter: journey to digital manufacturing conference.
product750 new jobs from £12.6M technology investment
MANUFACTURERS SUPPORTED by Made Smarter, the movement helping SMEs join the Industry 4.0 revolution, are forecasting the creation of more than 750 new jobs from £12.6M of technology investment.
productInnovative leadership helping SME manufacturers take on toughest test
Manufacturers, supported by Made Smarter, have embraced a new approach to leadership during the coronavirus crisis. Forced to close or reduce operations in factories and offices, owners and senior managers involved in the North West digital technology adoption pilot faced their toughest test as they figured out how to restart, reassure their uncertain workforce and customers, and recover.
productNew fund to develop digital innovation
Made Smarter and UK Research and Innovation have launched two funding competitions for Britain’s most innovative businesses to come together to develop world-leading digital technologies to boost supply chain productivity and resilience to turbo-charge the Covid recovery.
productNew Digital Engineering platform to upskill engineering & manufacturing workers
Made Smarter and engineering skills organisation Enginuity have worked together to launch a unique platform today which delivers digital engineering skills in one place to Britain’s engineers and manufacturers at a time when they are needed more than ever.
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