Industry 4.0 consulting, down-under style

LMAC Consulting claim to be market leaders in Australasia and are now offering their services in this country. For the last five years the agency has worked with the New Zealand Government in the Pacific company's attempt to strengthen its economy via efficiency, quality and process improvements based on the latest Industry 4.0 principles.

Consequently, LMAC were one of the first companies around the world to become certified assessors for Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI), which is the internationally recognised standard for Industry 4.0 planning and endorsed by the World Economic Forum.

LMAC CEO Alastair Crawford (who originally hails from the North West of England) was the first certified SIRI assessor for the UK and, having originally honed his skills  in the lean methodology working environment of Toyota, is passionate about supporting the UK manufacturing sector’s take up and adoption of digital transformation and sustainability practices to cut costs.

Crawford said: “Industry 4.0 principles and technology enable manufacturers to keep their advantage and grow in a market constrained by available skills. Often however, business leaders aren’t clear on where or how to start their journey and investment, so the LMAC focus is on proven organisational processes that are capable of delivering significant benefits and returns to the UK’s SME landscape in a scalable and pragmatic way.

“It needn’t cost a lot of money either, because we concentrate on the key SME issues of short term ROI and how it contributes to overall productivity.  Digitally driven factories are the future of manufacturing and SME’s need to start making the transition to Industry 4.0 now, but it’s about starting with smaller ‘smart’ goals and then quickly scaling them once we have proven the concept.

“SIRI measures a business’ current maturity and prioritises the Industry 4.0 dimensions that will have the greatest impact on the business, aligned to its strategic priorities. Being a certified assessor also allows us to benchmark against other local and global manufacturing companies within any specific sector and against the wider manufacturing community. This is powerful as it allows you to see where you can make some quick gains. If others in your industry are more mature in a particular dimension, the technology is already commonplace and there is less risk /investment required.”

LMAC UK will be exhibiting at Hall 6, Stand 853 at MACH 22. 

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