Digital at WMG

Simon BuckinghamGet Connected: Practical digital solutions to transform your business

7th February 2017

My Current Activities

• HVMC Large Scale Project is working with Industry and others.

• Linked directly to the Industrial Digitalisation Review led by JuergenMaier.

• Working with Head of Manufacturing.

• Understanding UK Manufacturing Sector.

• Linked to adoption of Digital Technologies.

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• Feeding into WMG & HVMC response to Industrial Strategy Green Paper.

• Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Workshop in B’ham.

There is significant support, and funding, from Government to accelerate the adoption of digital technologies.

Our Challenge

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What takes5 days

in the UK, is achieved in

4 days or lessin the US,

France and Germany

4%

24%

The UK is lagging behind, but there are many opportunities to enable us to catch up with our competitors.

Things are changing, fast…

Time

Cost of Sensors

DataConnectivity BandwidthComputing PowerQ

uan

tity

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Digital Technologies are interwoven with our personal and professional lives. The rate of change is increasing.

The Terminology

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Numerous opportunities and technologies exist, the foundations are built around sensors, data, connectivity and analytics.

About WMG

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“Academic excellence with industrial relevance has always been at the heart of what we do…it’s what makes us unique.”

Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, Chairman and Founder

▶ Academic Department of the University of Warwick▶ Strengthening UK industry through collaborative applied

research driven by future market needs▶ Working with partners at a regional, national and

international level▶ A unique mix of academics working alongside ex-industry

engineers, lead by professional project managers▶ 500+ staff working in 7 buildings▶ 350+ technical staff from Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Motors

European Technical Centre are accommodated within our facilities

Our Values

Thought Leadership

Creating Collaboration Relationships

Research and

Innovation

Industrial Impact

Embedding Knowledge

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Who’s Who

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Dr Mark Swift

SME Programmes

Prof. Robert Harrison

Automation Systems

Sue Parr

Professional & Exec.

Prof. Jan Godsell

Operations & Supply chain

Prof. Tim Watson

Cyber Security Centre

Prof. Dariusz Ceglarek

Digital Lifecycle Management

Prof. Jay Bal

Digital Business Models