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How flexible and adaptable is your production really?
Sustainable production in the BANI world – The Software-Defined Manufacturing Maturity Check
Prepare your manufacturing for the future!
In an economic world characterized by uncertainty and rapid change, manufacturing companies are under enormous pressure to adapt. Our checklist helps you assess the current level of flexibility in your production and identify critical areas for action.
It shows how well your company is prepared for the challenges of the BANI world and where there is potential for optimization for software-defined, adaptive manufacturing (Software-Defined Manufacturing). Use this structured assessment as a compass on your way to a future-proof production landscape.
Contents at a glance
The questions on our checklist are based on the five technological building blocks of an efficient IT/OT shop floor architecture. These building blocks form the foundation for flexible, software-defined production that can quickly adapt to new market requirements:
- Strategy: Is the digitization of production strategically anchored in your company?
- Communication: Do your production components communicate via a central, networked architecture?
- Data Insights: Do you use production data centrally for data-driven decisions and process improvements?
- Standardized Models: Do you use standardized data models for manufacturer-independent compatibility?
- Process Orchestration & Optimization: Are your production processes intelligently orchestrated and optimized?
- IT/OT operations: Are your production systems centrally controlled and continuously improved like modern IT infrastructures?
- 45%
are experiencing shorter product life cycles.
- 66%
have significantly expanded their range of variants.
- 37%
of companies admit that their production systems are overwhelmed.