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Smart Process & Manufacturing Survey 2019

SURVEY REPORT


RESPONDENT PROFILE

• Participants of the Survey / Industry 4

• Job Level & Company Size 5

• Company Locations 6

TRENDS & CHALLENGES

• Production Challenges in the next 12 Months 8

• Preparations for these Challenges 9

• Industry 4.0 / IoT: Importance 10

• Industry 4.0 / IoT: Advantages 11

• Industry 4.0 / IoT: Hurdles 12

• AI & Predictive Maintenance: Implementation Status 13

• Topics / Production Areas: Increasing Importance in 2019 14

• Products / Areas / Solutions: Investments 2019 15

• Required Skills in the Digital Era 16

RETHINK! SPMS EUROPE 2019

• Rethink! SPMS Europe 2019 – Driving the Internet of Manufacturing 18

• Imprint 19


RESPONDENT PROFILE


Target Group:Production directors and plant managers

Approach:Online via E-Mail

Inquiry Period:November 2018

Participants:116 Decision-makers from the fields of production, manufacturing,

assembly, production planning, work organization, quality, quality

management, quality assurance, sustainability, energy management,

logistics, materials management, supply chain management, research

& development in the process industry and discrete manufacturing

Published:December 2018

Branch of Participants

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Other

Transportation

Food / Beverage

Engineering

Chemicals

Academia

Machinery

Energy

Aerospace / Defense

Software Provider

Automotive

Pharmaceuticals

Electronics

Manufacturing


Bord Member /

CxO /

Managing

Director

30%

Job Level of Participants Company Size

Director / Head

of

34%

Senior

Manager /

Team Leader

19%

Plant

Manager

7%

SVP / VP

10%

Up to 1.000

employees

48%Up to 10.000

employees

33%

4%

More than

100.000

employees

15%

Up to 100.000

employees


Where are the Participants‘ Companies Based?

Germany

5%

3%

3%

3%

4%

5%

6%

6%

7%

9%

17%

32%

Switzerland

Austria

Spain

Poland

USA

France

Greece

Portugal

Turkey

United Kingdom

Other


TRENDS & CHALLENGES


• Lack of qualified labour

• Human Resources / Know-how

• Change Management

• Increase in material cost

• Global recession

• Individualization of customer requirements

• Connection of MES / ERP Systems

• Cyber Security

• Security of newly connected systems

• Cloud Computing

• Increasing flexibility needs

• Increase in productivity

• Cost efficency / cost pressure / cost reduction

• Agile development and manufacturing

• Cross-divisional transparency

• Connected supply chain

Digitalisation /

Industry 4.0

• Implementation of IoT solutions

• Automation

• Use of Artificial Intelligence

• Becoming a Smart Factory

• Digital Twin

• Digital Printing

• Finding an overall strategy for digitalisation

Process

Optimisation

IT Security Workforce 4.0

Market Demands

Which Challenges do You Expect for the Production Area in the next 12 Months?


How Do You Think Your Company is Prepared for these Challenges?*

3,4 Average Rating*

*1 – not good 5 – very good


How Important is Industry 4.0 / IIoT in Your Company? What is the Implementation Status of Smart Technologies

and Industry 4.0 in Your Company?

2,6 Average Rating*

*1 – no automation 5 – fully automated

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Not important Moderate Important Veryimportant

3%

14%

40%

29%


What Advantages / Optimizations Do You Expect for Your Company through Industry 4.0 / IIoT?*

*multiple answers possible

4%

3%

4%

7%

12%

15%

18%

37%

Other

Increase in quality

Increase in sales

Reduction of costs

Faster decision-making

Increased productivity

Competitiveness

Increased efficency



What is the Biggest Hurdle in Your Company for Implementing Industry 4.0?*

6%

6%

6%

11%

15%

19%

37%

Use of new technologies

Privacy / Data Security

Linking of customer process data with advanced process control systems

Cost / Financing

Building/accessing expert knowledge

New structures & processes

Mastery of complexity


Is Artificial Intelligence an Issue in Your Company?

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

No Yes Planned

45%

29%

26%

How Advanced is Predictive Maintenance

in Your Company?

2,8 Average Rating*



Which Topics / Production Areas will Become More Important in Your Company in the Next 12 Months?*


3%

3%

6%

8%

9%

9%

11%

11%

14%

26%

Predictive maintenance

Additive manufacturing

Cyber security

Sensor / automation technology

Robotics

Human machine collaboration

Production: IT / MES

Operational excellence

Cloud / IoT platforms

Big data / data analysis


In which Products / Areas / Solutions will your Company Invest in the Next 12 Months?*

Other

PLM Software

Additive manufacturing

Workforce: training & recruitment

Software Integration / mobile devices

Robotics

Data analysis

Supply Chain

Lean / OpEx consulting

Cloud / IoT solutions

MES / ERP Solutions

9%

3%

3%

6%

6%

6%

6%

9%

9%

17%

26%



What New Skills do Executives Need in the Digital Age?*

Understanding of a broad spectrum of processes & functions and

their integration

Ability to cope with market and technology changes

Use of analytics to make successful data-driven decisions

Ability to accept and manage virtual work cultures

across multiple sites 9%

18%

33%

39%



RETHINK! SPMS EUROPE 2019

DRIVING THE INTERNET OF MANUFACTURING


The Rethink! SPMS Europe 2019 is the leading strategic Smart Manufacturing summit for

production executives and plant managers to interactively discuss the future of smart factories,

advanced production strategies, factory automation, organisational change, data

management, predictive maintenance, robotics, cost reduction, lean & operational

excellence, Industry 4.0 and Workforce 4.0. Innovative technologies, as well as trends on current

projects, strategic thinking and latest developments in the field of Smart Manufacturing will be

discussed throughout 2 ½ days of interactive and intensive best practice sharing.

Visit our event website to learn more about the agenda, our 30+ speakers and all the interactive

formats, designed to help our delegates network and exchange knowledge.

www.rethink-smart-manufacturing.com

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Imprint:

Rethink! SPMS Europe – Smart Process &

Manufacturing Survey 2019

Publisher:

we.CONECT Global Leaders GmbH

Reichenberger Str. 124

10999 Berlin

Managing Directors:

Daniel Wolter

Henry Fuchs

Phone Number:

+49 (0)30 52 10 70 3 - 0

Market Research & Conception:

we.CONECT Market Research & Intelligence

Project Manager:

Alexander Rumpel

Head of Production i.CONECT Series 360°

Email: [email protected]

Jana Gabler

Marketing i.CONECT Series 360°

Email: [email protected]

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