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- 1. Advanced Manufacturing for Small and Medium Enterprises November 2013 www.getaglobalvision.com
- 2. Outline • • • • Global Vision SMEs in Europe Advanced Manufacturing in SMEs How to support SMEs in Advanced Manufacturing 2
- 4. Who we are • We are a multicultural, cross-domain, and international, group of R&D veterans • We are believers in open innovation
- 5. What we do • Using Open Innovation principles, we partner with various types of companies, from early-stage start-ups to large manufacturing firms, to: Solve Technical Problems Accelerate R&D – by boosting the initiation or the finalization of R&D efforts Detect Unconventional Markets – by identifying and assessing markets outside the competence sphere of ours clients. 5
- 6. Our locations • California, USA Heart of Innovation • Lille, France Heart of Europe Contact: Contact: Gabriel, (734) 223 4711 Anthony, +33 (0)3 66 72 18 05 gmeric@getaglobalvision.com anthony.beaudier@globalvision-innov.fr
- 7. Some areas of expertise • • • • • • • • Energy Chemistry Plastics and Polymers Advanced Materials Biotech Big Data Modeling & Simulation Mechanical Engineering 7
- 8. They partnered with us Alkern is a European leader in concrete products. Aquarese is a specialist in high pressure products and processes. Jeumont Electric is a world-class pioneer in high voltage electric rotating machines and their auxiliaries. Madeco is a European leader in window blind manufacturing. Castorama is the French leader in home improvement and gardening supplies. Plage is a French innovative provider of mural decoration. Copalis is global supplier of marinebased natural ingredients to various markets. Rio Tinto is a global metal and mining corporation with $51B turnover. Decathlon is a global with $6B turnover sporting goods manufacturer and retailer. Sealock is a leading adhesives manufacturer in France and Eastern Europe. Fives DMS is the world leader for cold rolling mills for the steel industry. Fred & Fred provide innovative luxury lighting solutions to clients in France and in the USA. Wipak is a European manufacturer of films and high-end packaging solutions. Fruition Sciences is a global provider of high-tech solutions for water management in vineyards. 8
- 10. SME definition SME: Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Type Nb of employees Turnover Medium-Sized < 250 ≤ € 50M ≤ € 43M Small < 50 ≤ € 10M ≤ € 10M Micro < 10 ≤ €2M ≤ € 2M or Balance sheet total Annual report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in the EU, 2011 – 2012, published by ECOYS, September 2012 10
- 11. SMEs in EU-27 economy • SMES are the backbone of EU economy 20.7 million SMEs (99.8% of total enterprises) 87 million of employees (68% of total employment) 58% of gross value added Micro Small Medium (< 10 empl.) (<50 empl.) (<250 empl.) Number of 19,000,000 1,400,000 Enterprises (92.2 %) (6.5 %) Large 230,000 43,000 (1.1%) (0.2%) Total 20,700,000 Number of 38,000,000 27,000,000 22,000,000 42,000,000 130,000 ,000 Employees (30%) (21%) (17%) (32%) Annual report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in the EU, 2011 – 2012, published by ECOYS, September 2012 11
- 12. SMEs in EU-27 economy SMEs Large enterprises Manufacturing Number of enterprises % of total SMES Number of enterprises % of large entreprises High-tech 46,000 0.2 1,140 3 Medium-high tech 192,000 1 5,140 12 Medium-low tech 700,000 3 4,300 10 Low-tech 1,000,000 5 5,400 12 4,300,000 21 7,500 17 11,000 54 16,000 37 Services Knowledgeintensive Other Annual report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in the EU, 2011 – 2012, published by ECOYS, September 2012 12
- 13. SMEs in EU-27 economy • High and Medium-high-tech SMEs • Average share of employment in total SME employment in 2009 - 2011 Annual report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in the EU, 2011 – 2012, published by ECOYS, September 2012 13
- 14. SEM trends in EU-27 economy Annual report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in the EU, 2011 – 2012, published by ECOYS, September 2012 14
- 15. Comparison SMEs in EU-27 & USA Number of SMEs Number of employees in SMEs Annual report on Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in the EU, 2011 – 2012, published by ECOYS, September 2012 15
- 16. Advanced Manufacturing in SMEs
- 17. Advanced manufacturing: definition • Manufacturing that entails rapid transfer of science and technology (S&T) into manufacturing products and processes • Implies the proper S&T for the company, not the latest 17
- 18. SME context • Globalization of economy harsher competition • Large companies focus on value-added activities (program management, system integration, etc.) outsourcing of production to qualified suppliers (SEMs) • Large companies impose the rules producing near-perfect quality managing “just-in-time inventory” • Re-shoring 18
- 19. Ex. of advanced technologies (1/6) 19 Source: Making our Future, published by the US National Governors Association, January 2013
- 20. Ex. of advanced technologies (2/6) Source: Making our Future, published by the US National Governors Association, January 2013 20
- 21. Ex. of advanced technologies (3/6) Rapid prototyping 21
- 22. Ex. of advanced technologies (4/6) Computing-Integrated Manufacturing 22
- 23. Ex. of advanced technologies (5/6) Factory simulations 23
- 24. Ex. of advanced technologies (6/6) Cellular Manufacturing Equipment is arranged to allow easy product flow and minimum distances 24
- 25. SME characteristics • Simple and centralized structure where CEO makes most decisions CEO overloaded with sales, production, human resources, …. CEO does not have a full vision of the market • Limited financial resources No room for mistakes • Informal rules and knowledge management 25
- 26. Psychological barriers • Perception of lack of fit feeling of no need for new technologies feeling that organization is not ready to adopt new technologies expecting reluctance from employees • Perception that it is not affordable fears that technologies are too expensive to get a return fears that expenses will never end fears that training be to much time-consuming 26
- 27. Practical barriers (1/2) • Lack of information: unaware of technology benefits, capabilities, return of investment lack of knowledge on how to select, adopt and implement technologies lack of knowledge on how to adapt the organization • Lack of expertise: lack of training unaware of outside sources of expertise 27
- 28. Practical barriers (2/2) • Pressure to be productive no time to learn about technologies no time to plan implementation/reorganization no time for training 28
- 29. How to Support SMEs in Advanced Manufacturing?
- 30. In France • Improving access to academic R&D teams Institut Carnot SATT, … • Providing financial support Crédit Impôt Recherche / Innovation BPI (previously Oseo) ADEME, ANR, FUI • Gathering SMEs, large companies, universities, services companies into collaborative and visible structures, e.g., Pôle de Compétitivité Pôle Maud, Pôle Up-Tex, Pôle I-Trans, Etc… • Providing education/training for workers • Setting up common technical centers 30
- 31. Role of services companies • Being an interface between SMEs and university teams to harmonize their time scale (months versus years) to bring together their objectives (practical results versus publications/PhD thesis) • Providing turnkey solutions (open innovation) • Providing real information on case studies, costs/benefits analysis, etc. 31