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  • Manufacturing Professionals

  • 1 User

  • 0 Plants

  • Includes

Industry 4.0 Online Training Courses​

  • Accelerate your Industry 4.0 knowledge​

  • Amplify technology understanding​​

  • Develop the right mindset

Limited Digital Maturity Assessment​

  • Get a glimpse of your plant’s Industry 4.0 characteristics​

  • Explore the Factory of the Future Leadership benchmarking

STARTUP

Scale as you go

Upgrade any time. Unlock the value from Quickstart plan and start strategizing towards an Industry 4.0 ready future.

  • Factories that want to Start Fast ​

  • 1 Plant Team

  • 1 Plant

  • Everything in Quickstart plus

Full Digital Maturity Assessment

  • Learn where you stand

  • See how your plant scores

  • Benchmark internally and externally

Industry 4.0 Loss Analysis

  • Identify the main loss drivers

  • Visualize the opportunities

ENTERPRISE

Accelerate your Industry 4.0 capabilities

Get the full potential! Use our virtual capability accelerator to exponentially create value enterprise-wide.

  • Kick-start Enterprise​ Digital transformation​

  • Unlimited Users

  • Unlimited Plants

  • Everything in Startup plus

Plant & Enterprise Strategy

  • Define your transformation strategy

  • Create your Roadmap and Business Case

  • Discover Industry 4.0 Vendors

Program Management​​

  • Execute your transformation strategy​

  • Scale enterprise​ learning

  • Track Savings

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Available Individually. Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

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Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

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Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

Industry 4.0 Online Training Courses​

On-Demand
1 User

On-Demand
Many Users - 1 Plant

On-Demand
Many Users - Many Plants

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Key Industry 4.0 Insights educational video from IMD Digital Supply Chain Executive Course.

Industry 4.0 Approach - IMD Intro

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Prepare for the digital transformation journey and get exposed to Industry 4.0 characteristics.

Intro to Industry 4.0

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Ask questions, network with peers and let our in-house experts interact with you.

Community Q&A

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We gamified the experience to get certified, so that you don't only answer questions, but you have fun too.

Quiz

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Showcase your Industry 4.0 readiness and earn a certificate for each training course you complete.

Certification

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Advance your technology specific understanding​ with our Industry 4.0 Dimensions Training

15 Hrs Training Sessions

Available to purchase

Available to purchase for Teams & Individually

Available to purchase for Teams & Individually

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A Group Assignment: Building an Industry 4.0 Roadmap, while illustrating concrete use cases for several key technologies.​

Workshop: How To Build an Industry4.0 Roadmap

Available to purchase for Teams

Available to purchase for Teams

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Following workshop completion, 1hr – Follow up call to discuss the results and Q&A on Teams' queries.

1 Hour Monthly Q&A

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Access course materials for all purchased courses via SmarterChains platform.

24/7 Access To Course Materials

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Available Individually. Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

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Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

yes
Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

Digital Maturity Assessment

Self
1 Plant

Self or Guided
1 Plant

Self or Guided
Many Plants

yes
Benchmark your Industry 4.0 capabilities and see how your plant scores.

Digital Maturity Assessment

Limited for 1 Dimension

Full

Full

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Access the results to identify where you stand versus the Industry and plan your transformation.

Access To Results: Digital Maturity Assessment

Full

Full

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Access the enterprise results via a consolidated dashboard, covering common themes and opportunities.

Access To Results: Enterprise Digital Maturity Report

yes
In accordance with our Framework, the Index is further analysed into the 10 Dimensions.

Dimension Scores

Limited for 1 Dimension

Full

Full

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Uncover benchmarking capabilities per Dimension for your operations within the enterprise and the industry

Dimensions Benchmarking

Limited for 1 Dimension

Full

Full

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Each Dimension is benchmarked within the enterprise and with each plant

10 Dimensions Solution Adoption Insights - Internal Benchmarking

Full

yes
Each Dimension is benchmarked within the industry you operate.

10 Dimensions Solution Adoption Insights - External Benchmarking

Limited for 1 Dimension

Full

Full

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A description is provided for capability along with adoption rates amongst your company and industry.

Solution Technology Description

Limited for 1 Dimension

Full

Full

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Have a question? Our experts are standing by to get in touch with you.

Virtual I4.0 Expert Chat Support (24Hrs Response)

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Send us your request and we will reply instantly through our integrated support system.

Virtual I4.0 Expert Live Support

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Available Individually. Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

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Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

yes
Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

Industry 4.0 Loss Analysis

Self
1 Plant

Self or Guided
1 Plant

Self or Guided
Many Plants

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Identify the main loss drivers of your manufacturing operations.

Industry 4.0 Loss Analysis

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Identify line efficiency losses on a production process level.

Line Efficiency Losses

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Identify operator effort losses on a production process level.

Operator Effort Losses

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Identify losses on key plant functions. (i.e. quality, maintenance)

Key Plant Functions

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Loss analysis verification ensured by financial data.

Financial Data Ensurance

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Dedicated Power BI interface for loss visualization and reporting purposes.

Access To Results: Top Losses

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Access the enterprise results via a consolidated dashboard, covering common opportunity losses.

Access To Results: Enterprise Loss Analysis Report

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Provide your comment and questions through dedicated comment functionality.

Virtual I4.0 Expert Comment Support

yes
Have a question? Our experts are standing by to get in touch with you.

Virtual I4.0 Expert Chat Support(24Hrs Response)

yes
Send us your request and we will reply instantly through our integrated support system.

Virtual I4.0 Expert Live Support

yes
Available Individually. Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

yes
Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

yes
Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

Business Case


Plant Business Case
1 Plant

Enterprise-wide Business Case
Many Plants

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Design your Industry 4.0 site-specific transformation strategy.

Up To 15-Step Industry 4.0 Roadmap

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Discover Industry 4.0 Vendors for each proposed solution on the Industry 4.0 Roadmap.

Vendor Solutions per Roadmap Step

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Get a concrete cost-benefit analysis for each proposed roadmap step and visualize the opportunities.

Cost-Benefit Analysisper Roadmap Steps

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Granular Power BI interface and consolidated dashboard covering the key results and business case output.

Access to Results: Business Case Dashboard

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Gain access to a plant-specific report that highlights the roadmap steps towards digital transformation.

Access to Results: Plant Industry 4.0 Roadmap Report

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Receive a consolidated Industry 4.0 Roadmap report that summarizes your upcoming enterprise structured steps.

Access to Results: Enterprise Industry 4.0 Strategy

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Have a question? Send us your request and our team will get in touch.

Email Support

yes
Available Individually. Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

yes
Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

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Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

MasterPlanner




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Execution tracking software for your Industry 4.0 implementation to scale learnings across enterprise.

Program Management Workflow

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Ready to use step-by-step templates for implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies.

Industry 4.0 Technologies Implementation Templates

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Access an easy to grasp consolidated view of your enterprise's past, present and future projects.

Enterprise Consolidated Project Dashboard

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Select Table view to get a more condensed view - great for viewing a ton of information at once.

Project Table View

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Select Dashboard view to see how many tasks are running late, how many are in each task group, their priority and the number of tasks each person is assigned to.

Project Dashboard View

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A dedicated project plan that contains the actions and milestones to be completed for the execution of the Business Case project with SmarterChains.

Project Plan For Business Case Execution

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Available Individually. Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

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Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

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Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

Savings Tracking




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Repeat the loss analysis methodology to identify the updated main loss drivers of your manufacturing operations.

Repeat Loss Analysis during specific time intervals

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Track your Industry 4.0 Savings, upon Roadmap steps implementation; visualize results on a dedicated Power BI interface.

Access Results: Savings Tracking

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Available Individually.Limited functionality for 1 Plant.

QUICKSTART

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Available for Teams & individually. Full functionality for 1 plant.

STARTUP

yes
Available for Teams & Individually. Full functionality for many plants.

ENTERPRISE

Add-ons




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Integrate to Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams Integration

All plans include

Learning Resources

Get Started Guide

Collaboration

Email Support

Priority Support Response

Flexibility - Change Plan Any Time

faq

Absolutely! As the name suggests, you can start fast and we give you for free our Industry 4.0 Course, along with other platform resources. You can upscale within the Quickstart plan, or upgrade to unlock additional features on the Startup and Enterprise plans.

In the Quickstart plan, there are no secret subscriptions and content is available on a lifelong status. We have built our platform in a way to provide free educative resources for those who want a boost in their Industry 4.0 introductory engagement. Subscriptions do apply in the startup and enterprise tier of our plans.

The Quickstart plan is specifically designed for those who want to start fast and take a glimpse into the world of Industry 4.0. Our platform serves as a virtual capability accelerator to exponentially create value enterprise-wide. To unlock its full potential, the enterprise plan includes all the tools and functionality you need to make Industry 4.0 happen.

We accept debit cards and major credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Maestro, and American Express. Before you add a card, please make sure that you can use it for online international transactions.

There are no setup or hidden onboarding fees with any of our plans. Select the plan that best fits your needs and get started right away.

No. You can get started for free and your credit card details will not be asked. Our process is fast, simple and easy to follow. When you decide to purchase additional trainings just follow our simple process and enter your credit card details when you are prompted to.

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