Industry Leaders Opening Panel: Delivering Britain's 4th Industrial Revolution.
summary
UK pilot aims to engage 3,000 SMEs and move 600 onto action plans, offering 10–15 days of on-site advisors, 12‑week student placements and match‑funding for about 480 projects (50/50). Examples: simple sensors for ~£800 can double CNC throughput, one line quadruples productivity after adding collaborative robots plus data analysts, and robot density sits at ~30/10,000 workers vs 170 in Germany. Focus is pragmatic step‑by‑step adoption, open standards, cyber measures and measurable productivity uplift.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:23Welcome
- 2:38Make UK
- 4:08The Growth Company
- 5:37The University of Manchester
- 6:45Ian Fennell BB
- 8:10Made Smarter Northwest
- 12:12Manufacturer Technology Provider Perspective
- 14:15Taking the First Step
- 16:05Skills
- 20:59University of Manchester
- 24:11Closed nature of technology suppliers
- 26:57ABBs strategy for Industry 40
- 29:06Barriers to adoption
- 32:01Cybersecurity
- 35:16Demonstration
- 36:29What do we need to do differently
- 38:36The need for creativity
- 41:56Life learning lifelong learning
- 43:49Productivity challenge
- 47:53Productivity vs continental Europe
- 51:33Ian Stephens
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