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     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Qualität  |   Digitalisierung  |   DIALOG 66  |   Company  |   Article

FROM “BUILD” TO “BOOST”

NORTH AMERICAS: how companies are coping with current economic challenges

By Konto Chan, Vice President

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     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Strategie  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   DIALOG 66  |   Interview  |   Company  |   Interviews

"COLLABORATION WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE NEXT GROWTH SPURTS"

CHINA: interview with Wang Liping, Vice President

An portrait of Bruno Machiels and Luca Lecchi.
     Supply Chains & Manufacturing Networks  |   Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   Smart Products  |   Global Footprint  |   DIALOG 66  |   Interview  |   Company  |   Interviews

"GLOBALIZATION IS STILL ALIVE"

Bruno Machiels and Luca Lecchi, Co-CEOs in conversation

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     Transformation & Leadership  |   Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Innovation  |   Qualität  |   Supply Chain Management  |   DIALOG 66  |   Interview  |   Interviews

"WE HAVE TO TACKLE SEVERAL CENTURY-LONG CHALLENGES IN PARALLEL"

GERMANY: interview with Sebastian Diers, Managing Director

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     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Future Factory  |   News

Newsletter #5/2022 – SMART FACTORY INSIGHTS

The use of IoT and Industry 4.0 technologies promises to take factory processes and organization to a new level.

     Cost Reduction  |   News

Newsletter #3/2022 – REDUCING COSTS AND CONSERVING RESOURCES

Two goals currently have top priority for many companies - reducing costs and using value-added resources as efficiently as possible.

     News  |   Awards  |   Company

brand eins study selects ROI-EFESO as "Best Consultants 2022

In the market study "Best Consultants", the business magazine brand eins has been determining since 2014 which management consultancies are particularly convincing with competence, quality and professionalism in their projects.

     News  |   Awards  |   Company  |   Press

"TOP Consultant 2022" Award for ROI-EFESO from FOCUS-BUSINESS

In cooperation with FactField GmbH, the business magazine FOCUS-BUSINESS selected the "TOP Consultants 2022" in various industry and specialist segments.

     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   News  |   Awards  |   Newsletter

Newsletter #2/2022 – WELCOME TO THE INDUSTRY 4.0 AVANTGARDE

For almost a decade, the winners of the INDUSTRIE 4.0 AWARD have been showing how to set new standards in digitalization, automation and sustainability.

 

     Transformation & Leadership  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   News

New Skills for Industry 4.0

One of the major challenges as we continue through the 21st century is to respond quickly and flexibly to customer requirements in the digital age. The ROI-EFESO Learning Campus helps to convey practical know-how and to strengthen competencies for the further development of processes, people and technologies in organisations.

     Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Schlanke Produktion  |   News  |   Newsletter

Newsletter #1/2022 – ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS WITH LEAN MANAGEMENT

Lean processes play a central role in implementation - for example, to realize sustainability goals and optimal cost structures.

     News  |   Awards  |   Company  |   Press

HIDDEN CHAMPIONS OF THE CONSULTING MARKET 2022/23

Hidden champions of the consulting market 2022/23: 1st place for ROI-EFESO in the discipline "Engineering, Production & Industrie 4.0".

     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   News  |   Awards  |   Press

Newsletter #12/2021 – WINNER OF THE INDUSTRIE 4.0 AWARD 2021

With the December edition of our newsletter we would like to share some exciting news with you.

     Product & Service Development  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Future Factory  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   Smart Products  |   DIALOG 65

BEST PRACTICES OF INDUSTRY 4.0

Eight practical examples for the implementation of the Smart Factory.

     Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   Smart Products  |   Article

TARGET: IDEAL ONE-PIECE FLOW

An automotive supplier orchestrates the material flow of 70,000 parts with a smart transport system.

     Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Qualität  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   LEAN  |   DIALOG 65  |   Article

LIVE CHAT WITH THE INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE

The application "socialProduction" turns machines into team members.

     Supply Chains & Manufacturing Networks  |   Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   DIALOG 65  |   Article

PROGNOSTIC RELIABILITY WITH HUMAN AI

How Artificial Intelligence and Gamification empower a global, agile Industry 4.0 supply chain.

     Transformation & Leadership  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   Interview  |   Interviews

"IT'S ABOUT THE CORE OF CREATING YOUR OWN VALUE"

Prof. Dr. Holger Bonin, Research Director of the IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor), on the consequences of automation, superstars of digital structural change and the limits of virtuality.

     Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Produktion  |   Innovation  |   Operative Exzellenz  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   Article

WITH MAGIC AND LOGIC TO PACKAGING 4.0

Synchronized cooperation of design, procurement and assembly.

     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Qualität  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   DIALOG 65  |   Article

HOW TO MAKE STEEL TRUSSES TALK

Can 30,000 assets be connected for condition-based maintenance?

     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   DIALOG 65  |   Article

SILENT GUARDIAN FOR THE ENERGY SUPPLY

A high-tech camera system enables predictive maintenance.

     Supply Chains & Manufacturing Networks  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   Innovation  |   Digitalisierung  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   LEAN  |   DIALOG 65  |   Article

ON THE WAY TO "SCREENTIME ZERO"

Designing intralogistics lean: Digitalization of Kanban-based value chains.

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     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   News  |   Awards  |   Press  |   Events

ROI-EFESO presents the winners of the INDUSTRIE 4.0 AWARD 2021

Projects from B/S/H, Infineon, Robert Bosch and SPIE receive awards

     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   DIALOG Magazine  |   Produktion  |   Strategie  |   Innovation  |   Qualität  |   Digitalisierung  |   Article

INDUSTRY 4.0 PREMISES FOR THE SMART FACTORY

A factory visit to digitized heavy-duty cranes and smart parts presses.

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     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   News  |   Events

Building IIoT Ecosystems: gaps, success factors and future scenarios

The manufacturing framework is changing rapidly: starting from self-contained systems and monolithic infrastructures, many companies are facing the challenge to transform the backbone of their value chain to a new industrial IoT approach. Frontrunners are already focusing on the next level, which is taking shape in Open Digital IIoT Systems.

     Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   News  |   Article

Expert interview: Digital integration of machines and plants

     Supply Chains & Manufacturing Networks  |   Manufacturing & Logictics  |   DIALOG 64  |   Interview  |   Interviews

SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS PROMOTES INNOVATION

A conversation with Prof. Dr. Werner Bick, Senior Partner at ROI-EFESO, about strategies to improve the environmental footprint in logistics

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     Sustainability  |   Manufacturing & Logictics  |   DIALOG 64  |   Article

EVALUATE SUSTAINABILITY RISKS

Sustainability risk integration in the procurment of a car manufacturer.

     Sustainability  |   Digitization & Industrie 4.0  |   IoT / Industrie 4.0  |   Global Footprint  |   LEAN  |   Article

USING DATA AS A GROWTH RESOURCE

Digitalization offers opportunities for the forestry and packaging industry to sharpen its sustainability focus.

     Sustainability  |   Manufacturing & Logictics  |   Produktion  |   Transformation  |   Innovation  |   Interview  |   Interviews

„UNITE MATERIAL SAVING AND MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE NEXT DECADE“

Trends and drivers of sustainable waste management.


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