Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is a term that has become increasingly popular in recent years. The integration of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics and the internet of things, into industrial processes. This has enabled companies to improve the efficiency and quality of their products, as well as increase flexibility and customization in production.

But Industry 4.0 is not just about machines and advanced technology. It also involves a change in the way companies are organized and managed. With the help of technology, companies can collect and analyze data in real time, enabling them to make faster and more accurate decisions. 

At Smartup we develop our projects in the industrial sector following the maxim of minimum friction in the adoption of technology and maximum depth in the choice of people and processes to work on. 

The industry has been facing a triple challenge for years: technological adaptation, talent retention and promotion, and sustainability. Looking towards quantum computing or the adoption of artificial intelligence in their processes is a path they know because it has been taken before. The adoption of analytical models on digital twins, in virtual pre-production environments or the securitization of co-investment processes in innovation through distributedblockchain technologies are examples of projects that are growing exponentially nowadays. 

Where do these adaptive models come together in a global industry, subject to multiple inertias such as energy costs, disruptive technologies or changes in demand, being rigid in its business structures and difficult to adapt structurally?

These models of adaptation to a reality like the current one, always converge in the human team of each company. That is where the game is played. Since our beginnings in the technology sector at the end of the 90's, we have found the greatest contribution of value in this industry.

Digitalization in the industry has to be adopted in a direct, tangible and adapted way to the people who are involved in the process and have to transmit it within the organization. To this end, we have developed our own proprietary methodology that facilitates the identification of a succession of success stories used as a guide for the adaptation of people and processes.

Projects to improve productivity, analyze absenteeism, optimize communications or detect competencies are, in the eyes of our consultants, pieces of a puzzle without a defined outline. A proper structuring of the problem to be solved, in terms recognizable by the different teams involved, from existing sources within the organization, is the initial step to start shaping that piece. Understanding in this way the digital transformation projects based on data, we will be shaping a data driven structure throughout the organization. From production to marketing. From management to the last operation.