Digital Readiness Accelerator: Data & Digital Road Mapping Workshop

Come for inspiration or bring a business challenge you’d like support on starting or advancing to this fully interactive 2-hour workshop
About this Event

Join EDGE Digital Manufacturing and guests for a 2-hour virtual workshop to find out how digital readiness can accelerate your business' journey and help you transition towards a data-led, connected business.

Through case studies, a preliminary road mapping exercise, and peer group discussion, we will explore questions such as “Where should we start?” and “Which actions should we take first?” using evidence from our recent Digital Readiness Accelerator - an Innovate UK and SMDH-funded research project.

During this interactive, 2-hour virtual workshop, we will explore:

What links are emerging between digital readiness and business performance?

Where can manufacturers start and achieve quick wins?
How manufacturers are achieving initial successes piloting digital tools and data for:
AI deployment
Business strategies and customer targeting
Workforce performance management
Supply chain collaboration

Workshop Agenda:

Introductions

Digital Readiness Accelerator Research findings

Case study exploration and Q&A

Facilitated peer group exchange

Preliminary digital road mapping

Closing and referrals

To support our ongoing research and your digitalisation journey we invite you to take advantage of several tools which are available at no cost thanks to our partnership with the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub:

Digital Readiness Diagnostic including our new Digital Readiness Impact Calculator (coming soon)

SMDH’s online community and learning experience platform

Access to our research findings

Ideas for data projects and referrals to potential support

About us

EDGE Digital Manufacturing is a digital transformation consultancy which has served hundreds of manufacturing and technology businesses and many more through leading government programmes such as Made Smarter and in private practice. Over 1000 SME manufacturers have benefited from EDGE’s digital readiness diagnostic tools. EDGE directors were technical authors of British Standards PAS 1040 on Digital Readiness in Manufacturing and PAS 2009 on Digital Maturity for Government Organizations.

EDGE will be joined by a number of guests including Digital Readiness Accelerator participants and leading innovators and technologist working in the manufacturing sector.

About the Digital Readiness Accelerator Project

The Digital Readiness Accelerator is working with SME manufacturers to demonstrate how businesses which implement a holistic digital transformation strategy and promote cross-functional collaboration are more likely to achieve superior business performance, innovation, and operational efficiency.

Our research to date has explored the influence of different readiness factors and looked at key performance indicators to measure business impact. We have partnered with a small cohort of SME manufacturers to explore specific digital transformation priorities including artificial intelligence, supply chain optimization, workforce engagement and using data effectively.

Our current focus is to develop a larger body of evidence to validate our findings and support our Digital Readiness Impact Calculator prototype.

The Digital Readiness Accelerator rapid demonstrator project is funded through Made Smarter Innovation and the Smart Manufacturing Data Hub’s Digital Innovation Fund.