The document discusses the importance of digitisation in the construction product manufacturing industry, highlighting challenges and opportunities related to data management and transformation. It emphasizes the need for structured, interoperable data to improve efficiency and reduce risks associated with outdated systems. A proposed step-by-step approach to digitisation includes identifying data sources, involving relevant stakeholders, and analyzing existing data before investing in new technologies.

1. Digital Construction: Back to Basics
Construction Products Europe Member Event| 23 February 2022
Su Butcher
Just Practising Ltd
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2. Heat
Pumps

3. Operation & Maintenance Manual?

4. Supply Chain Information Requirements

5. Digitisation for Construction Product
Manufacturers

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7. Creating new business
applications for your data
Inventing new business
models
Digital Transformation

8. Creating new business
applications for your data
Inventing new business
models
Digital Transformation
Making digitised information
work for your current
business model
Digitalisation

9. Creating new business
applications for your data
Inventing new business
models
Digital Transformation
Making digitised information
work for your current
business model
Digitalisation
Moving from analogue
systems to [connected]
digital ones
Digitisation
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10. Your Data already Exists
• In PDFs and PIMs
• No additional information
• Provide in Interoperable Form
• Provide it for Free
• Get your systems in order
• Your Data Belongs To YOU

11. Structured Data
• Structured
• Secure
• Verified
• Interoperable
• Dynamic
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12. Single Source Of Truth

13. Data Templates
• Role of Trade Associations and Product Groups
Source: cobuilder

14. Q:What stage do you think your company is
at on the digitisation journey?
1. Single source of all information about our products
2. Several sources of information but connected
3. Several sources of unconnected data
4. Don’t know but want to find out
5. Don’t know and don’t think its important

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19. Q: What do you think are the risks of
not digitising product data?
• In your organisation
• To industry as a whole

20. Risks of not digitising:
• Organisation:
• Multiple data sources to
market
• Wrong labelling
• Misidentification
• Product Substitution
• Personnel issues
• Software issues
• Liability issues
• Waste
• Industry & Society
• Health & Safety
• Compatibility issues
• Conformance issues
• Interoperability issues
• Procurement issues
• Liability issues
• Waste
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21. Steps to Digitisation:
• Who to Involve
• Where is your Data?
• Data Models
• Data Location Analysis
… all before investing in technology
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22. Third Party Services
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