Shoestring | Digital Manufacturing

👇 Hear from our founder, Prof Duncan McFarlane, via his recent talk at the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics!

How do we develop low-cost digital solutions for industrial SMEs? Join us to learn about this topic with Duncan McFarlane, a professor from Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and founder of Shoestring | Digital Manufacturing. 📅 Tuesday, 10th December 2024,11 AM 📍 at #CIIRC 👉 This talk will discuss low-cost #digital solutions and argue that a systematic approach to their specification, design, and deployment can increase industrial organisations' confidence in their application. 👉 The Digital Shoestring approach developed at #Cambridge will be introduced as an example, and case studies from #manufacturing and logistics will provide examples of how such an approach can be applied. The event is supported by RICAIP - Research and Innovation Centre on Advanced Industrial Production and Národní centrum průmyslu 4.0 (National Centre for Industry 4.0). Find more information at 👉 https://lnkd.in/dStQfYqN #industry40 #industrialSMEs

🌏 We are excited to announce Shoestrings partnership with UNSW Canberra! UNSW Canberra joins the Shoestring team as an academic collaborator, expanding the programmes international reach and making our low cost, accessible digital technologies available to more small businesses. Associate Professor Matthew Doolan will lead in coordinating the Shoestring programme in Australian Capital Territory and surrounding regions. Professor Duncan McFarlane, founder of Shoestring, says “We are excited to be collaborating with UNSW Canberra and expand our International Shoestring programme. We know how impactful Shoestring can be on small companies - this collaboration will allow us to grow Shoestring’s reach in a new region and help many more SME’s in the months and years to come.” 👉 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/ezvby38S

Shoestring's technical lead, Dr Greg Hawkridge has been at the Austria 4.0 Summit talking about low-cost digitalisation. The annual event is all about regional, national and international cooperation and part of the programme focussed on the UK's experience, from programmes like Made Smarter and the High Value Manufacturing Catapault. 👉 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e9U3Q999 Our observation is that Industry 4.0 is the future, but as per the famous quote “The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed." SMEs can miss out, which is why accessible entry points such as Shoestring are so important.

We are recruiting! Shoestring need some administrative support, if you have excellent communication skills, experience of providing operations support this job could be for you. Shoestring is part of IfM Engage, a small but mighty company owned by the University of Cambridge. We offer excellent benefits (healthcare, domestic leave) and are a flexible and family friendly employer. Find out more at the linkedin job advert 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekw5u9M2 or on the IfM Engage website: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dQppAmup #cambridge, #recruiting, #job, #administration

👇 find out more about T-Levels - an important way to address skills gaps in manufacturing!

There is still time sign up for a Skills bootcamps on Sustainability, delivered at West Suffolk College (we're delivering a module as part of it!) Skills bootcamps are a really efficient way of developing your expertise in an area, in this case sustainability. By the end you'll understand the basics of sustainability and how to integrate it into your business, and deployed a low cost digital solution that will help you start collecting the data you need to make positive changes. Bootcamps are: ⏲️1 day a week for 12 weeks 🏫 Mixture of in person in Bury St Edmunds and online. 💸 Subsidised so you only pay between £280-£840 (depends on the size of your business). 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/etjHEji6 Eastern Education Group #sustainability #manufacturing #digital #bootcamp #skills #Norfolk #Suffolk

Learn more about digital transformation in the built environment by signing up for Gokcen Yilmaz's (University of Exeter) online talk as part of Digital Leaders Week...

Earlier this month, the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge were delighted to welcome more than 40 participants from 9 countries to the second LoDiSA Workshop on Low-Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation. Attendees included academics from 22 Universities and panellists included representatives from four companies: TROX UK Ltd, RedBite Solutions, Kinabase and Pathfindr.     Anandarup Mukherjee, Organising Chair at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), said:    “Together, we are shaping a future where industrial digitalization is accessible to all, fostering innovation and driving economic growth worldwide.” Shoestring continues to benefit from our close association with this emerging research theme! 👉 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eJJ6ZWSn

We were delighted to support engineering apprentice Paydon at TROX UK Ltd in deploying a low-cost digital solution. Shoestring's power monitoring solution (£400 for our support, £200 in components) on the compressed air system will save Trox £3.5k in energy costs per year, and potentially >£10k once expanded across the site! Paydon is a student at West Suffolk College and is a great example of bringing innovation into his employer via his college - something we really want to celebrate on #NationalManufacturingDay. Find out more below 👇 Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, IfM Engage #NMD2024 #NMD #ukmanufacturing