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Smart Process & Manufacturing Survey 2019
SURVEY REPORT
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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
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• Rethink! SPMS Europe 2019 – Driving the Internet of Manufacturing 18
• Imprint 19
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RESPONDENT PROFILE
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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
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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
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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
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TRENDS & CHALLENGES
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• 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?
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How Do You Think Your Company is Prepared for these Challenges?*
3,4 Average Rating*
*1 – not good 5 – very good
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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%
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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
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*multiple answers possible
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
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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*
*multiple answers possible
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Which Topics / Production Areas will Become More Important in Your Company in the Next 12 Months?*
*multiple answers possible
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
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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%
*multiple answers possible
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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%
*multiple answers possible
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DRIVING THE INTERNET OF MANUFACTURING
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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.
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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:
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Head of Production i.CONECT Series 360°
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