Digitalisation

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Digitalising Your Manufacturing Business

Many manufacturing SMEs recognise that digitalisation could transform their business for tomorrow – but can’t move past the challenges of today.

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£125 +VAT

4.5 hours

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Aimed at senior decision makers and engineers within manufacturing and engineering SMEs, this interactive three-part certificate delivers relevant, practical, sector-specific insights to fuel your first steps towards data-driven operations.

Many manufacturing SMEs recognise that digitalisation could transform their business for tomorrow – but can’t move past the challenges of today. This interactive three-part certificate course delivers relevant, practical, sector-specific insights to fuel your first steps towards data-driven operations.

Whether you’re just starting to explore the possibilities, have a strategy in mind, or have already begun to implement digital and data tools within your business, this forward-looking three-course certificate will put you firmly in charge of your digital future.

Made up of three courses, this engaging series of self-guided online courses delivers best practice principles, concepts, and guidance, supported by real-life SME case stories and expert insights.

Exploring the Benefits of Digitalisation

  • Do you want to understand how digitalisation can lead to your business’s growth?
  • Hear how managers of other SMEs have used digitalisation to grow their business
  • Prepare how to spot the best opportunities for digitalisation in your business Identify your hidden strengths to accelerate success

Realising the Value of Data

Are you ready to discover how your business can thrive in a digital future by:

  • Automating production planning to improve on-time deliveries
  • Displaying real-time information to help your teams make insightful decisions
  • Harnessing the power of predictive maintenance to save time and money
  • Controlling your energy usage to avoid waste

Developing your Digitalisation Action Plan

You know that digitalisation and data can help you push your SME business forward, but what happens next? We’ll show you how to make meaningful improvements that support your business’s goals by:

  • Taking an objective assessment of where you are now – even if you’re currently paper-based
  • Pinpointing where digital tools could have the most impact in your business
  • Creating your unique action plan to get started

Throughout the course series, our experts demystify digitalisation and share the significant benefits it offers to your business’s processes and productivity levels. Building your knowledge with each successive module, you’ll first explore the wider context of digitalisation, then examine specific enabling technologies and solutions that are powering the new wave of SME manufacturing. Finally, you’ll follow a practical planning process to create a realistic roadmap that will help you begin your own digitalisation journey.

You’re free to learn at your own pace, in your own space, whenever suits you best. As you progress, an interactive ‘Digital Steps’ template links your learning across each course, allowing you to directly apply new knowledge and shape an immediate action plan to address your business’s specific challenges.

This course is designed for senior decision makers and engineers within manufacturing and engineering SMEs who are considering adding digital capability to their business. If you’re exploring the potential of data-driven manufacturing but are unsure which route is right for you, this three-part course is the place to start.

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