Industry 4.0 Ready

Deloitte UK
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Industry 4.0 Ready Podcast

This podcast series explores the importance of digital transformation across the manufacturing sector – and its impact on how businesses design, make and service their products. Each episode offers you easily digestible insights into the key topical themes and lessons being learned in today’s business environment as manufacturers respond, recover and prepare to thrive in this ‘new normal’. You’ll hear from opinion leaders, business leaders, academics and researchers on key developments and their experiences across the sector. Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is your series host.

Episodes

  1. 02/07/2022

    Episode 6: Aftermarket Services

    Discover the variety of digital and traditional levers that manufacturers can utilised to help transform your aftermarket opportunity. Hear about the opportunities in this sector, as well as finding inspirational Aftermarket use cases from other industries. Join Nick Davis, Geoff Hurst and Michael Wright for this episode of the Industry 4.0 Podcast.

    25 min

  2. 07/16/2021

    Episode 5: Cyber and Smart Manufacturing

    With the rise of digital technologies and global interconnectivity, the manufacturing sector faces a new level of complexity. Nearly half of manufacturers have been the victim of cyber-crime, with the sector now the third most targeted for attack. We discuss the risks of cyber security for smart factory adoption and the steps manufacturers can take to protect their business. Your host Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by Aaron Maran, Policy Manager at Make UK, and Bia Bedri, Industrial Products Cyber Leader at Deloitte UK.

    18 min

  3. 06/09/2021

    Episode 4: The Future of Work

    In this episode, we explore the people dimension of smart manufacturing. As manufacturers return to work in a post-pandemic world, business leaders must consider and respond to new ways of working. We explore some examples of how humans and machines are working effectively together, and what manufacturers need to consider as they plan for the future of work. Your host Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by returning guest Janet Godsell, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy, Warwick Manufacturing Group, and Bruce Finch, Industrials Human Capital expert at Deloitte.

    24 min

  4. 01/27/2021

    Episode 3: Ecosystems and Innovation

    In this episode, we focus on the collaboration between government, industry and academia to drive digital innovation, industry competitiveness and sustainability in manufacturing. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need for smart manufacturing capabilities. We explore how smart factory ecosystems helped in responding to COVID-19, and the role they could play in supporting the energy transition. Your host Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by Rab Scott, Head of Digital at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, and Stephen Laaper, Smart Factory Leader at Deloitte US.

    22 min

  5. 10/29/2020

    Episode 2: Solving the productivity challenge in UK Manufacturing

    Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by Janet Godsell, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy at WMG University of Warwick; Chris Courtney, Challenge Director at Manufacturing Made Smarter; Ian Stewart, Partner and Chief UK Economist at Deloitte to discuss the economic state of UK manufacturing productivity. This episode provides insight into the challenges and viability of supply chain localisation, and the potential for digital technology to boost productivity and competitiveness through the changing landscape of COVID-19 and Brexit. It covers how industry and government are working together to address barriers to productivity, and industry success stories.

    27 min

  6. 08/20/2020

    Episode 1: Prepare. Protect. Prosper: How digital solutions support the safe return to work and ramp-up production

    Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is joined by Neeraj Shah, Global EHS at Johnson Matthey; Graham Cox, EMEA Digital Transformation Manager at PTC and Callum Irvine, UK HSE Practice Leader at Deloitte to share their personal experiences of how the sector is safely returning to the workplace. This episode provides insight into how manufacturers can leverage digital solutions to support the safe return to work and ramp-up production. It covers the challenges manufacturers are facing along the road to recovery, and what health and safety principals they must consider to thrive and successfully return to the workplace with confidence.

    29 min
  • 6 Episodes

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About

This podcast series explores the importance of digital transformation across the manufacturing sector – and its impact on how businesses design, make and service their products. Each episode offers you easily digestible insights into the key topical themes and lessons being learned in today’s business environment as manufacturers respond, recover and prepare to thrive in this ‘new normal’. You’ll hear from opinion leaders, business leaders, academics and researchers on key developments and their experiences across the sector. Nick Davis, UK Industry 4.0 Leader at Deloitte is your series host.

Information

  • Creator
    Deloitte UK
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023. Deloitte LLP is the United Kingdom affiliate of Deloitte NSE LLP, a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”).
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    Industry 4.0 Ready

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