Fostering DIHs for Embedding Interoperability
in Cyber-Physical Systems of European SMEs

MADE

MADE is an initiative promoted by the Industry 4.0 National Plan, and its model is a public-private partnership. It is a non-profit consortium and a technical partner of SMEs that works as a pan European Digital Innovation Hubs. Its peculiar methodology is to foster the company competitiveness concerning their business/production processes, products or services using digital technologies by providing its technology infrastructure and by enabling access to the latest knowledge, expertise and technology to support their customers with piloting, testing and experimenting with digital innovations.

It helps companies to become more competitive concerning their business/production processes, products or services using digital technologies. They are based upon technology infrastructure (Competence Centre – CC) and provide access to the latest knowledge, expertise and technology to support their customers with piloting, testing and experimenting with digital innovations.

The provision of digital transformation services is carried out under a one-stop shop scheme. This approach facilitates the provision to SMEs of a comprehensive service that addresses not only their technological needs, but also complementary aspects such as financing, training, etc. In this sense, the enabling technologies of the digital transformation that have a greater importance in the catalogue of services provided from the DIHBU Industry 4.0, are: Artificial Intelligence, GPS location systems, Sensors, Robotics, Cloud computing, Cybersecurity, Additive Manufacturing, Big Data, the Internet of Things, and man-machine Technologies.

Country

Italy

Status

fully operational