Industry 4.0 consulting

Do you want to know how you can hold your own in the long term in times of mutually controlling machines?

Do you want to understand where you currently stand compared to the competition when it comes to the introduction of Industry 4.0?

Do you want to utilise the flood of new data generated daily by your machines in such a way that predictive maintenance improves your plant efficiency or your overall asset effectiveness, for example?

The fourth industrial revolution is confronting start-ups, SMEs and large corporations from all sectors and is constantly presenting them with new challenges. In addition to production, various business areas such as logistics, but also entire business models and environmental protection aspects are being confronted with advancing digitalisation. As a result of technological change, digital technologies and increased competition due to digitalisation, the pressure to innovate continues to increase and demands shorter time to market (TTM).

It is therefore important to find new ways of pursuing future-oriented corporate development with a holistic approach, taking into account the scarcity of resources. With our expertise in the field of Industry 4.0, we support you in making your company fit for the future.

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Our performance promise

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Constantly changing framework conditions require a rethink in management. We support you in adapting your business model and company processes to the new challenges. Together, we will develop a digitalisation strategy tailored to your company.
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We see ourselves as an independent point of contact without focussing on specific technologies. In this way, we create complete transparency about your current level of maturity with regard to the use of innovative technologies and their networking and use our unclouded view from the outside to identify potential.
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Thanks to our holistic approach, we uncover digitalisation potential along the entire value chain and keep the focus on customer benefits at all times.
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We work with you to walk the tightrope between the use of innovative technologies and tried-and-tested methods and maximise efficiency gains for your company.
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We see implementation as a particularly important factor in successful digitalisation. That's why we support your employees in the introduction of new technologies and tools and show them how they can use the challenges of change to their advantage.

Industry 4.0 consulting - this is how we proceed

Analysis of the current situation
With the help of our maturity model, we create transparency for the value-creating use of technologies in your company.
Development of the target image
Working in partnership, we develop a digitalisation strategy that will help you make tangible progress.
Development of the action plan
Based on the potential identified, we initiate specific measures for the targeted use of innovative technologies.
Supporting the transformation process
As technology-independent experts, we accompany you through the transformation process and help you to learn how to ‘walk’ in the new environment.
Sustainable anchoring
We take your employees by the hand and optimise the interaction between man and machine. In doing so, we always have the associated cultural company transformation on our radar.

THE LEITWERK MATURITY MODEL
4 steps to successful digitalisation

1. Stufe 04

Transparent factory

Transparent factory
In the first stage of our model, we take a close look at your company. We record whether you have real-time information on the current situation of your production and know what is happening in your production. We analyse the extent to which networking and communication of the machinery using innovative technologies (e.g. MES, OPC UA) is available and used. We also analyse the extent to which skills, responsibility and integration with regard to the transparent factory are anchored in the workforce.
Data-based workflows
In stage 2, it is made clear whether the available data is used sensibly in order to be able to react quickly and effectively to deviations from the ideal situation with optimised recommendations for action. The extent to which routines can be derived through automation that enable continuous improvement of the work is also examined.
Automated analysis of data
In this stage, we create transparency about the extent to which automation potential in your company can be uncovered with the help of technologies (e.g. process mining). We identify weak points in intelligent systems and check whether optimisation measures can be initiated fully automatically.
Horizontal integration
Here we check whether the entire supply chain is networked and interacts autonomously. In addition to the machines, our focus is also on your customers and employees as essential components of the smart factory. We analyse the impact and acceptance of innovative technologies and check the maturity of your continuous improvement process.

Your advantaged
What makes us an Industry 4.0 consultancy?

Independent contact person
We act as an independent partner with a high degree of flexibility and select the tools and techniques best suited to your individual needs.
Transparency
We create transparency across the entire value chain by taking overarching E2E processes into account and avoiding limiting the digital transformation to individual areas.
Holistic and pragmatic approach
We carry out a comprehensive assessment of your current level of digitalisation based on the LEITWERK maturity model in order to build on your individual level of development and derive tailor-made measures.