Manufacturing Executives and Decision Makers who want to understand the “WHAT” and learn “HOW” to get their organisation industry 4.0 ready.
Let’s talk about practical, deployable smart manufacturing strategies.
In this two day workshop, we examine the vision of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 and then consider Smart Strategies to start implementing the vision.
We share ideas and thoughts with industry leaders and together walk away with a plan of action to deliver that most valuable of commodities – a return on investment now and in the future.

- Current understanding and initial experiences
- The essence of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
- Germany’s Dual Strategy – how clever are these Germans?
- The Smart Service Welt – how to get rich!
- Current Status
- Research, Government and Social Influence
- The Chasm – how big is the Gap between Vision and Reality?
- Let’s see examples of deployed smart solutions – successes, failures and pitfalls to avoid
- Core Concepts
- Smart agents, Cyber Physical Systems, (Industrial) Internet of Things, Smart Factory and Smart Ecosystem, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), …
- Standards
- Business drivers and Industry 4.0 levers
- Imagine smart solutions in your company!
- What should you be doing NOW to become Industry 4.0 ready?
- Recognize a smart solution?
- What does a “Fourth” manufacturing plant look like?
- Preparing your next steps, will you crawl, walk, run or gallop?
- Ready, set, go but don’t forget lean, six sigma and manufacturing excellence.
- Removing the people from our plant – how can it be done?
- In which functions will intelligent agents/technologies replace people and how?
- The Smart Backbone – Manufacturing Execution Systems and Manufacturing Operations Management
- Why deploy MES/MOM?
- What is the difference between MES/MOM and ERP?
- What are the steps needed to deploy a MES/MOM?
- How can my people be prepared for an MES/MOM deployment?
- How can MES/MOM support Lean/Six Sigma and Agile Manufacturing?
- Characteristics of an Industry 4.0-ready MES/MOM
- How ready are you for Smart?
- Singapore Readiness Index
- MESA Manufacturing Capability Assessment
- Decision Time! What will you tell tomorrow at work?
- Conclusions and Wrap-Up
The workshop comprises several interactive activities ranging from plenary Q&A sessions to group assignments.
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Registration Fee |
USD 1750 | EUR 1595 | ZAR 14500 | GBP 1450 | SGD 2095
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12-13 November 2019
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hosted by Altron Bytes Integration
Instructor(s): Jan Snoeij
Registration Fee: ZAR 14500

11 – 12 Feb 2020
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hosted at the Advanced Manufacturing Tehcnology Centre (AMTC)
Instructor(s): Jan Snoeij
Registration Fee: GBP 1450

10 – 11 March 2020
Haarlem, The Netherlands
Hosted and endorsed by ATS Global
Instructor(s): Jan Snoeij
Registration Fee: EUR 1595

12 – 13 May 2020
Coventry, United Kingdom
Hosted at the Advanced Manufacturing Tehcnology Centre (AMTC)
Instructor(s): Jan Snoeij
Registration Fee: GBP 1450
SA001 – Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Strategies (1 day)
SA002 – Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 Strategies (2 days)
SA003 – Smart Manufacturing Strategies for Executives
SA011 – MES/MOM for Executives
SA012 – MES/MOM: The Essentials!
SA013 – MES/MOM: All You Need to Know!
SA014 – Smart MES/MOM
SA021 – Business Case to Justify MOM investments
SA031 – LIMS in Manufacturing: All You Need to Know!
MS002 – MES/MOM Standardization using ISA-95 for Operations
MS003 – MES/MOM Standardization using ISA-95 integration
MS004 – Integrating Manufacturing (MES/MOM)
MS011 – MOM Standardization using ISA-88 (Batch Control)
MS021 – Cybersecurity for Manufacturing (ISA/IEC-62443)
MP001 – Metrics Framework for Manufacturing Performance
MP011 – Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing
MA001 – Manufacturing Maturity to Improve Performance
MA011 – Business and IT Alignment in Manufacturing
MA021 – MOM Centre of Excellence: Why and how to start?
MA031 – Enterprise Recipe Management for Improved NPDI