Made Smarter North East Adoption
Programme Overview
Made Smarter is a digital adoption programme – backed by world-renowned businesses and UK
government – that helps manufacturers in the region increase profits, improve efficiency, and grow by
investing in smart technology, people, and processes.
Since launching in the Tees Valley, we’ve supported almost a 100 manufacturing SMEs to:
- Increase productivity
- Adopt proactive maintenance
- Optimise process control
- Increase flexibility to work remotely
- Improve cyber security
- Create a smart factory
Businesses that take part in Made Smarter North East Adoption will benefit from:- Training to understand what technology is available, and how and where it can be
implemented - Support to develop a bespoke digital roadmap
- Workshops on digital transformation, road mapping, process mapping, leadership
development and industrial cyber security - Networking opportunities with other manufacturers
- Grants of up to *£3.5k for consultancy projects to access expert technical advice to support
digital roadmap development (100% funding) - Grants of up to *£10k to support the journey to become a smart factory (up to 50% of the overall cost)
- Training to understand what technology is available, and how and where it can be
*Grants are subject to availability upon completion of the three programme workshops
Workshop 1 Business Strategy and Digitalisation Strategy – 31st October 2024 – 8:45am-1pm
Workshop 2 Lean Thinking & Process Mapping – 13th November 2024 – 8:45am-1pm
Workshop 3 Change Management and Project Management – 5th December 2024 – 8:45am – 1pm
For more information email: David.Dixon@tees.ac.uk