This document outlines an action plan for a digital transformation roadmap created by the Digital Innovation Hub Emilia-Romagna (DIH-ER) for an Italian SME manufacturing company. The plan includes 8 priorities identified through a digital maturity assessment: 1) digital maturity analysis, 2) digital transformation roadmap, 3) technological partners, 4) funding opportunities, 5) training opportunities, 6) technological macro-trends, 7) Enterprise Europe Network. The digital maturity assessment found the company's average level was 2.2 out of 5, with the least digitized areas being organization/control and supply chain/logistics processes. The roadmap identifies ways to increase maturity in these areas through virtualization, sensor integration, supply chain

1. Towards Industry 4.0: Action Plan
Opportunities and hypotheses of a digital
transformation roadmap
6 aprile 2020
Digital Innovation Hub
Emilia-Romagna

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Context
SME company, founded in 1957, active in motion solutions industry
Profile: The company designs, develops and manufactures brushed motors, brushless motors and planetary
gearboxes. In 2019, the company had a turnover of 8,6 million euro with 55 people.
Needs: The company would exploit their digital potential (also including the entire value chain) in order to
increase the value added provided to customers and to become more efficient and flexible. Thus, the
company needs a managerial support from DIH-ER.
Solutions: Through the Digital Maturity Assessment, DIH-ER created a digital transformation roadmap
comprising 8 priorities (mainly connected to vertical and horizontal integration, evolution of offerings from
products to ecosystems), provision of technological partners, funding opportunities, training
opportunities, technological macro-trends and connection with Enterprise Europe Network and other
relevant European stakeholders.

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Action Plan
1 Digital maturity analysis
2 Digital transformation roadmap
3 Technological partners
4 Funding opportunities
5 Training opportunities
6 Technological macro-trends
7 Enterprise Europe Network

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Digital maturity analysis (1/3)
The results of Digital Maturity Assessment show that:
➢ The average level of digital maturity is about 2.20 (2.27 at dimension of analysis level; 2.12 at
process level)
➢ The maturity is managed, processes are partially controlled and decisions are mainly guided by
management experience
➢ The least digitized dimensions are organization and control
➢ The least digitized processes are maintenance, supply chain, logistics

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Digital maturity analysis (2/3)
In particular, analysing the least digitized dimensions/processes, the digital maturity could be increased
(by increasing the degree of control and decision-making capacity) by enhancing:
➢ marketing, supply chain and quality processes
➢ in particular on technology and execution dimensions

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The digital maturity of the company can be increased by enhancing the elements of the matrix highlighted
in red and yellow
Digital maturity analysis (3/3)
tecnologie esecuzione organizzazione monitoraggio
progettazione 2,20 2,67 2,00 2,50
produzione 2,67 3,30 3,00 3,67
qualità 3,00 2,83 1,83 2,25
manutenzione 1,00 2,00 1,50 1,67
logistica 2,50 1,67 2,00 1,00
supply chain 1,80 1,67 2,00 2,00
smart product 1,00
risorse umane 2,50 4,00 2,67 2,00
marketing 1,60 2,43 1,75 2,00

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to reduce the diversity of the pieces in product variants, also involving production function in the design
Introduction of virtualizers/configurators (reconfigurable platform approach)
to verify both the integration on the PLC and the configuration on the smart product (how the data will be managed and who will develop the algorithm)
Analysis of the integration strategy of sensors and data from PLC
to verify the solidity of critical suppliers and identify back-up solutions, in line with the risk analysis carried out annually
Improvement of the acquisition of information on supply chain
to better analyze product performance
Improvement of analytical accounting
to generate improvement processes and to define incentive plans
Introduction of a system for collecting suggestions
to verify the performance of continuous improvement projects and identify individual empowerment interventions
Definition of KPI for projects
to eventually create dedicated promotional campaigns and reconfigure the commercial part
Verification of digital marketing strategy
to identify regional / national / European financial opportunities
Analysis of the characteristics of the vertical warehouses
Digital transformation roadmap

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Technological partners Training opportunities
Partnerships Funding opportunities
Specialized consultancy for industrial processes and analytical accounting
Industrial research action aimed at the implementation of Digital Twin models
Design and implementation through support with experts in Industry 4.0 technologies
and System Integration for the Assessment, design and development phases
Support to improve the acquisition of information on the supply chain
Study and design through support of experts in industry 4.0 technologies and System
Integration for Assessment and design
Specialized consultancy from an Innovation Manager to analyze Digital Marketing
strategies
Industrial accounting and product costs - Analytical accounting as an evaluation tool.
From cost centers to the evaluation of company business units
Internal audits on integrated management system: practical laboratory to be effective
and efficient - The organizational improvement of management systems: people beyond
certification
The secrets of teamwork and group dynamics - Growing through feedback
Communicate relationship with emotions, expectations, words, results
Use of social media for digital communication
Operational and strategic marketing for foreign markets
Supply Chain Management: the management of suppliers and warehouse
Industrial technology partners
Competence Center Bi-Rex
Enterprise Europe Network
IMP³rove Innovation Management Assessment
IMP³rove Digital Innovation Quotient
Tax credit on capital goods
New tax credit on R&D, innovation and design
Tax credit on training 4.0
European funding programme 2021-2027

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Thanks for the attention and
... have a good transformation
https://cerr.eu/en/projects/dih-er