Are you running a UK manufacturing business and looking to embark on a digital transformation journey? If so, this free whitepaper is the perfect place to start.
Aimed at ambitious SMEs it acts as a guide, explaining the concepts of digitisation, digitalisation, digital transformation, and continuous improvement.
Made Smarter help manufacturers better understand and navigate current and future trends and make the case for how industrial digital technologies can solve problems and create growth opportunities.
This whitepaper explains the process of how we support SME manufacturers with digital transformation through grant funding and skills and leadership training programmes. It also showcases some of the hundreds of businesses who have benefitted from our intervention across the country.
Finally, hear from some of our partner organisations such as Make UK, the Centre for People-Led Digitalisation (PLD) and InterAct on how they are working with Made Smarter towards a common goal and find links to the best resources available to get you started with digital transformation today.
Executive summary
Ask a hundred SME manufacturing leaders what digital transformation means to them, and you’ll likely get a hundred different answers.
Digital transformation is a broad topic. There is no one size fits all definition. For some, it’s about embracing innovation. For others, it’s about adopting technology. The truth is that it’s both - with people at the heart of change.
The common view is that digital transformation is daunting. This is especially true for SMEs who, while aware of the benefits technology brings, lack the resources and skills to approach digital transformation in the right way.
After all, doing nothing is not an option. Any manufacturer not starting their digital transformation risks being left behind, or risks wasting time, effort and money.
The Made Smarter Adoption Programme was created to help manufacturers overcome those hurdles. It exists to offer businesses access to fully funded support so they can improve their understanding of what steps they need to take, to arm them with the tools and strategy to take those steps, and accelerate them towards the multitude of benefits and growth opportunities.
This white paper is aimed at SME manufacturers who are looking for a place to start.
It acts as a guide, explaining the concepts of digitisation, digitalisation, digital transformation, and continuous improvement.
To help manufacturers better understand and navigate current and future trends and make the case for how technologies can solve problems and create growth opportunities.
It explains the Made Smarter process of supporting digital transformation, the services we offer and showcases some of the hundreds of businesses who have benefited from our intervention here in the North West, the North East, Yorkshire and Humber, and the Midlands.
Finally, this white paper spotlights some of the partner organisations who are also working with Made Smarter towards the common goal: that technology has the power to help everyone build a more sustainable and resilient future.
Donna Edwards,
Programme Director,
Made Smarter North West Adoption