4IR & Digitalization
4IR is used as a shortened version of Industry 4.0 in reference to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It refers to the ongoing global transformation of traditional industries and societal structures through the integration of digital technologies, automation, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and other emerging technologies. It represents a paradigm shift in the way we live, work, and interact, blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological domains.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) brings about numerous opportunities for innovation, growth, and efficiency, but it also presented several challenges that industry leaders must address to navigate this transformative era successfully.
CHALLENGE 1
Technological Disruption
CHALLENGE 2
Cybersecurity Risks
CHALLENGE 3
Operational Compatibility
CHALLENGE 4
Data Privacy & Compliances
CHALLENGE 5
Workforce Upskilling & Reskilling
WHAT WE DO
Our 4IR digital transformation approach is based upon our intensive know-how of Agile Enterprise Architecture, systems engineering, complexity management and business process engineering disciplines ensuring a safe global enterprise optimization.
The Design of the solutions
Business-Process-Product-People In-depth analysis
We start with an in-depth technical audit of your operational model (including all processes involved in the scope of intervention).
We model & simulate the “AS-IS” screenshot of your actual core SCM-MoM-PLM processes and their associated interfaces with your organization’s support functions, organizational structure, and external stakeholders (suppliers, customers, regulators, etc.).
Each process is then mapped according to the client’s context using a scientific approach. This step is crucial to gain a clear overview of how the process works, to identify the associated bottlenecks, where they are located and what their causes are, which processes should be standardised and why, and how we can improve efficiency and effectiveness using a data mining approach to understand the operational metadata streams, patterns, usages and trends.
Process Mapping & Data Mining
IT & Orgnizational Structure
Once the design and optimization of the business operating model assessment has been validated, we begin to examine your company’s IT capabilities (software and hardware solutions, usage, cybersecurity levels, ERP platform configurations, application integrations, usage of advanced technologies such as RPA, IoT, etc.).
At this stage, we also audit your workload capabilities (team efficiency, organizational structure, management model and practices for projects and teams, etc.).
The assessment steps are mandatory for us. It allows our experts to make sure we haven’t missed any important details and that our solutions are not redundant or threatening to your company’s day-to-day operations.
At this stage, we have gathered enough data and knowledge of your current “as-is” status that we formulate and present to you and your team for convergence.
Once this is done, we proceed with our design of the appropriate operational, data, IT and organizational solutions that form what we call the “Enterprise-Industry Architecture” for your business.
Design of the Enterprise - Industry Architectural Solutions
Design of the Implementation Road-maps, Technical requirements and risk mitigation protocols
The designed solutions, called “To Be”, are presented to you and your team for convergence.
Each solution is supported by its associated technical requirements for each level (functional, data, IT and orga) and their associated implementation roadmaps.
Our risk protocols are provided to our clients upon request.
Our approach is human-centered and based on our belief that no transformation will ever be successful if it is not supported by the internal teams.
Our deliverables also include the appropriate change management strategy that we design based on the data we have collected and how we have had the opportunity to get to know your organizational structure, behavioral patterns, resistance to change, level of digital literacy of your teams, etc.
Design of the change management strategy and the upskilling/reskilling process for the new "To-Be" architecture
The Implementations of the solutions
Congratulations.....We have made it this far!
Designing the 4IR & Digital Transformation solutions for your company is quite a complex job and at this stage we have successfully gone through it together.
But the real expected KPIs of the transformation won't be measured and perceived unless we succeed in implementing the designed solutions correctly.
Managing the implementations and of the technical solutions - Systems Managers
Our systems architecture team will help you and your teams through every step of the implementation phase. From selecting the right vendors to detailing the technical specifications, defining the V&V protocols/scenarios, and managing the implementation roadmaps, we make sure that what you pay for is on track with the solutions you validated in Phase 1.
Our goal is to help you gain control and mastery of your business transformation, so we’ve developed a whole aspect of our services where we train and coach your teams during the implementation phase to become more independent and lead the transformation journey themselves. That’s our official handover.
Train & Coach the transformation leaders and execs under the upskilling/reskilling program
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US
Nesrine has this outstanding ability of explaining complex and complicated concepts in a pragmatic fashion, she is definitely your Digital Transformation Swiss Knife, I highly recommend working with her.
SOME OF OUR WORK
The future of E-Mobility and Transportation
Our client wanted to lead the E-mobility services market by adding another layer to its current operations through the integration of leasing activities and subscription models for their B2B and B2C customers. This was only possible by designing a new functional and operational architecture where our client could add/Remove/Update/Sell/Rent/Purchase connected services to its vehicle fleet without risking impacting its current operations
The future of Aerospace: Digital continuity for end-to-end business processes
The aerospace industry is a highly regulated and complex sector which has been counting on its legacy for several decades to ensure its operations. However, with the arrival of new environmental regulations and the evolution of airline companies’ expectations and needs, aerospace leaders need to transform their core operations using advanced technologies in order to keep their leadership role within their market and preserve the excellent reputation that they’ve managed to build.
Supply Chain process optimizations through data-models in the textile industry.
Driven by the desire to gain a better competitive advantage and expand their operations overseas, our client’s leaders decided to initiate a digital transformation in order to bring more innovations and create real-time proximity with their customers;
USING DATA TO OPTIMIZE THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT VALUE CHAINS
The accelerating changes in the travel sector have greatly affected the airports industry. For an airport operator, its main clients are the airline companies using its infrastructure to operate their related flights and serve their customers. So, if the travelers’ habits change, it automatically implies an update of the requirements that airline companies send to airport operators to be able to satisfy their new customers’ new needs.
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