This final round of Wave 2 was organized by Business Upper Austria, which involved the two experts from FH JOANNEUM - University of Applied Sciences in Kapfenberg, Prof. Dr. Martin Tschandl and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ernst Peßl, to introduce the key aspects to the participants. In their input, the two experts presented the I4.0 roadmapping process developed by FH Joanneum, which also includes a similar tool for maturity assessment as the VDMA maturity model from the first session of Wave2. Using…

On April 29th 2021, the third session of capacity building for business support organizations was held, this time with the focus on the business implications that occur during adoption of new technologies by the companies aiming to improve their business. The aim of this session is to present tools and methods that allow the assessment of opportunities, challenges, risks and change requirements regarding business model, strategy and organisation of the company that wants to introduce new…

On April 15th 2021, the first of the 4 meetings of the Boost4BSO capacity building and knowledge transfer 2nd wave has been held. The objective of this round of meetings is to share methodologies, tools, best practices and a business support models aimed at encouraging investments in Industry 4.0 with the associated BSOs of the Central European area. The first meeting, co-organized by Friuli Innovazione and MESAP, was dedicated to the use of a Industry 4.0-Readiness tool,…

The InnoPeer Advanced Manufacturing (AVM) courses offer a practical introduction to the topic of Industrie 4.0. The transformation towards Industrie 4.0 is one of the key challenges for European companies. Traditional factories turn into “smart factories” by adding connectivity and self-intelligence. Components are printed instead of casted or forged, and profit drivers will be data instead of real products. However, technological changes are not the only challenges awaiting companies…

In view of the upcoming European call for the preselected European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) candidates, the European Commission has been organizing the series of webinars. These on-line meetings targeted at the potential EDIHs are to answer the main themes and issues raised by DIH community during the “Gearing up towards EDIH” event in January 2021. For those, who haven’t yet been to those events, it is a great opportunity to clarify issues relevant to the European call as well as…