Are you the maker or producer of a product?
Do you spend most of your days trying to resolve reoccurring issues such as machine downtime, meeting customer demand or manual tasks that cause delays? Can you not get the data you need to support decisions on how to make your processes more efficient?
Or would you like to accelerate the growth of your business, but you’re struggling to understand the best route forward?
Technology could be the solution!
There are so many benefits that an investment in technology can bring to your business and all of them will improve your bottom line: –
· Reducing inefficiencies and cutting waste
· Increasing your sales growth and new market opportunities
· Overcoming capacity and resource issues
· Boosting your competitiveness
· Increasing resilience, agility and your ability to innovate
Made Smarter can help with skills support, training and grant funding as you go through your journey to digitalisation – whatever stage you are currently at.
The programme will give you independent advice from subject matter experts who will help you to choose and implement what are called ‘Industrial Digital Technologies’ (IDTs) to solve productivity and competitiveness issues and deliver a measurable return on your investment.
As part of the programme, you will be able to secure grant funding of up to £20,000 with a 50% match from your side. You will also work with a specialist to devise a tailored roadmap for your business which will set you up for the journey to get further support later. This support could include leadership and management training. It will also support you to develop and appraise future solution options. Finally, it will help you create effective specifications and plan for successful implementation.
REGISTER NOW and start your journey today!
Click here: Start your digital manufacturing journey | Made Smarter
https://www.madesmarter.uk/adoption/in-my-region/east-midlands/
The programme goes live first week of November
Some background information
The LLEP in collaboration with D2N2 and Greater Lincolnshire LEP, was recently successful in submitting a joint bid for funding from the Made Smarter manufacturing programme managed by BEIS. The three-year programme worth £3m will help local manufacturing businesses to innovate, creating new opportunities and technologies in the process.
This is particularly important for Leicestershire and the East Midlands because:
- Our economic output is heavily reliant on manufacturing – 18.3% of GVA in the East Midlands compared to 11% for the UK
- Manufacturing is vital for employment – it is the second largest sector for employment in the East Midlands and accounts for 12.7% of employment compared to the UK average of 7.7%
- Manufacturing is a relatively large proportion of all businesses – 10.7% in the East Midlands compared to the UK average of 8.6%
