We deliver digitalization to your factory
Thanks to our SME experience, we know the potential of digitalization. Instead of fixed, costly standard offers, we develop solutions tailored to your manufacturing and business operations. We use a combination of Industry 4.0 technologies and create transparency throughout your shop floor. You receive a basis for comprehensive analysis and continuous improvements of your processes. We also support you in implementing optimizations with the proven Toyota Production System (TPS) lean manufacturing methods.
How projects work with us
- Contact us and book a free initial assessment for your smart factory challenge.
- After the initial analysis, the Smart Factory Navigator workshop makes it easier to focus on the projects with the greatest potentials.
- For every project we propose a clear project scope, goals, and offer, ensuring transparency and no surprises.
- We deliver projects in an agile manner with short feedback cycles, ensuring rapid progress.
- After the project is done, we conduct a project review & mutual feedback. We offer this at no additional cost to you, since your valuable feedback is incorporated into further improvement and standardization of our development processes.
- We follow up with a non-binding check-in three to six months later, helping you kick-start your next project with us.
- We follow up with a non-binding check-in three to six months later, helping you kick-start your next project with us.
Start: Orientation with the Smart Factory Navigator (SFN)
Getting started doesn’t have to be difficult. To help you get started with digitalization, the Smart Factory Navigator Framework maps company divisions and development stages. Usually, we use this proven method after the initial assessment for an in-depth assessment of the current situation:
Half-day workshop: Where does your digitalization stand?
- Identification of potential areas: Together, we analyse the current state of digitalization in your company. This makes areas and processes with the greatest potential for optimization tangible.
- Definition of use cases: The 44 “use cases” defined in the SFN can be mapped with the identified areas of potential. You receive a specific overview for possible digitalization projects.
- Prioritization of projects: By combining our experience in manufacturing SMEs, we identify dependencies and synergies between the potential projects. This allows us to develop a coherent action plan.
Projects: Our expertise for your value chain of the future
The in-depth analysis and prioritization is followed by the step-by-step, measurable implementation of the digital transformation in your company. For each stage, we focus on a specific area of our expertise. Our solutions aim to turn your production into a self-learning factory. You benefit from maximum efficiency, reduced costs and future-proof production.
Level 1: Transparent production
Your benefit: You get a solid basis for decisions and process optimizations through and consistent data collection.
Our expertise:
- Lean management & data analysis: Optimization and streamlining of your processes through lean principles and the targeted use of data analysis and visualization.
- Data collection: Integration of PLCs, sensors and ERP/MES systems to collect data through gateways, IoT device management, edge applications and microservices.
- Data transformation: Implementation of modern data lakehouse architectures to convert raw data into optimization suggestions.
- Key performance indicator calculations: Calculation and monitoring of key performance indicators and sensor data on a daily basis.
Level 2: Responsive production
Your benefit: Real-time responsiveness for flexible and agile production.
Our expertise:
- Real-time data: Calculation and monitoring of key figures as well as sensor data in real time for fast decision-making.
- Digital twin: Building a digital twin of your production environment for more precise process control.
- Cloud/ hybrid infrastructure and applications: Rapid deployment of applications and cloud infrastructures through CI/CD processes (DevOps) and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) technologies.
Level 3: Self-regulating production
Your benefit: Automation and optimization of your processes through self-regulating systems.
Our expertise:
- Data quality: Ensuring the integrity of your IIoT data through advanced validation and monitoring solutions.
- Automated process monitoring: Introduction of control mechanisms that monitor and alert deviations in production processes and – if required – automatically make adjustments.
- Predictive maintenance: AI-based prediction (anomaly detection with algorithms) of failures to avoid unplanned downtime.
- Predictive quality: AI-based prediction (anomaly detection with algorithms) of quality problems to avoid rejects.
Level 4: Self-learning production
Your benefit: Maximum efficiency through AI-driven processes and continuous improvement.
Our expertise:
- In-house AI solutions: Development of secure AI applications e.g. for querying and visualizing telemetry data using natural language, dynamic production parameters, adaptive production planning, predictive maintenance planning and quality management.
Our vision (product under development):
- Agentic Manufacturing Operation System: Introduction of an agentic “operating system” for your production and operational processes that uses generative AI in the form of agents to make your factory self-learning – along the entire supply chain.
What makes us different
Process understanding
In addition to technological expertise, we also bring SME knowledge from various companies and projects in the manufacturing industry. In line with our credo “first understand, then get started”, we first gain a deep understanding of your production processes before developing a technology-neutral solution.
Continuous improvement
We know that not only production processes need to be lean, but also software/infrastructure projects! That’s why we continuously improve our own processes and adapt them based on previous projects and customer feedback.
Transparency
We love to share knowledge and insights through various channels and key partnerships. In this way, we enable our customers to drive the digital transformation of their production with us as trusted coaches at their pace in line with the motto “helping people to help themselves”.
Cost-benefit ratio
We combine a customer-specific mix of open source solutions, 3rd party services, cloud providers and other solution components. Because we always have the ambition to achieve customized results and thus an optimal cost-benefit ratio for you.
Flexibility
We adapt to your needs. Whether for a small project or a long-term undertaking – we provide the right amount of resources at the right time according to the defined plan. If necessary, we supplement our expertise with resources from our partner network.
Swissness
We are also a Swiss SME. Thanks to our roots, our local expertise and our network, we have the necessary intuition to understand both the operational and cultural nuances of local manufacturing companies. A big plus!