The Machine Tool Case: Higher Efficiency Through Lean Digital Transformation

If you think that digitalization is always expensive and exhausting, you are wrong

Many manufacturing companies start their digitalization journey by implementing automation and manufacturing execution systems (MES). This can be an suitable way. But often it is not, sometimes it is even a waste of time and money.

How to go digital is a question of strategy. From a customer-oriented and lean management perspective the approach that generates the most value will win. Companies on their path to a lean digital transformarion should have eight principles in mind. I will explain it step by step using an example of a mechanical engineering company.

 

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