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A recent study by KU Leuven (Belgium), one of the leading European universities, revealed that factory workers feel too little involvement in the introduction of new technologies and digitisation at their workplace. As a result, elder workers in particular tend to be worried about how their job will change, leading to ’technostress’. “This mainly concerns […]

This is the last in a series of seven articles that the ADMA initiative has produced in order to present the self-assessed current maturities of manufacturing managers in relation to the seven dimensions that European enterprises can advance on in order to improve their manufacturing performances. The seven dimensions are: Advanced manufacturing technologies Digital factory […]

After having trained more than 50 advisors from different ADMA partner organisations last year, we’re very happy to announce that the pipeline of European manufacturing SME’s interested in our services is filling up quite rapidly.  Throughout Europe, over 210 manufacturing professionals have completed the ADMA scan. In the meantime 43 scan feedback sessions have been […]

Manufacturing SME’s throughout Europe are increasingly using customer expectations as the key driver and starting point for all new developments and processes.  This is good news. Robust, high-quality product, manufacturing and service creation processes are increasingly the results of a cross-functional and cross-departmental design approaches.  Significant challenges faced by companies nowadays are how to make […]

Topic: Human-Centred OrganisationLocation: Belgium Getting people on board On November 27th and November 28th, Agoria facilitated 2 ADMA Learning Network Events in Belgium, with 2 hosting manufacturing SME’s that have won the Belgian Factory of the Future Award. A limited number of participants allowed for a lot of interaction and discussions throughout the days. The […]

Asking more than 130 European SME-leaders about their biggest manufacturing challenges, their answers were: a mindset change to increase the employees’ willingness to change towards a more automated, digital way of working; a need to move faster and smarter from new manufacturing ideas & concepts to realisation & value capturing; the need for a clear […]

In this interview, Henk Vincke tells us a bit more about the process of building an ADMA implementation plan for the HUMAN CENTERED ORGANISATION transformation. Stage 1. Vision, challenges and objectives • How did you arrive at a Factory of the Future vision for this transformation?Within the BMT Group we got the mandate to play […]

Within a digital factory, digital technologies help realize the company’s objectives by supporting the employee/operator. A digital Factory of the Future also guarantees the availability of relevant data at the right moment at the right place. Manufacturing SMEs nowadays use digital technologies both in product development and production. One of the important requirements is to […]

Company description Since 1963, Rivierasca S.p.A. has been producing fibreglass-reinforced polyester laminates. From the most varied possibilities of application of the traditional roll. The company offers solutions for a variety of applications in of civil, industrial, sports, agricultural and zootechnical coverage. From traditional It has moved from a huge variety solutions with traditional rolls, to […]