Industry 4.0 sample factory training and demonstration project for food industry companies

Industry 4.0 sample factory training and demonstration project for small and medium sized food industry enterprises to capitalise on their information and data.

The so called “Industry 4.0 Sample Factories” flagship project offers a free program that provides key, hands-on experience and knowledge, among others, to food processing micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises to learn about industry 4.0 technologies, their applicability. As a result, they increase their data and information management capabilities by developing/applying the innovative IT products and services, processing technologies.

Majority of food processing SMEs fall short in automatization and digitisation due to lack of professional knowledge, finance and insight into technological solutions. Having these at hand, they could ideally reduce company operating costs, increase their productivity, and minimize passive production times. Also, they may meet new/higher supplier ratings and as a consequence, enter new markets.

Implementation has four steps:

1. Registration and self-scanning of their IT, data and information management capacities, industry 4.0 readiness
2. Individual visits to relevant sample factories and technology centres, based on expert assistance
3. Local consultancy, production management, industry 4.0 and technology workshops
4. Elaboration of tailored, SME focused industry 4.0 development plans

Beneficiaries of the flagship project are listed in section “main institutions in charge”, indirect ones are the targeted food industry SMEs. Stakeholders are regional clusters and county level directorates of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture.

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