Made Smarter: Digital Manufacturing Leadership (Strategic)

This course will significantly improve your chances of digital success. It will give you the skills, confidence and network to refresh your business strategy and grow your business through the adoption of digital technologies.

You will develop the leadership skills and mindset to create your Strategic Growth Action Plan by:

· Gaining a solid awareness of Industry 4.0 technologies

· Developing your technology-enabled business strategy and

· Creating your strategic change plan to take people with you and realise the target growth benefits

The course is complimentary to the other services provided through the Yorkshire & Humber Made Smarter programme and can be used validate and justify technology adoption initiatives and capex grants.

Overall, it is an excellent, funded way to review and enhance your firm’s growth strategy through technology-adoption. It has been designed to drive maximum outcomes from a relatively small time commitment.

The course is fully funded for senior or emerging leaders in Yorkshire and Humber-based small or medium-sized business. You will need to commit to attend the whole course and undertake the required project work to develop your firm’s strategic growth plan.

This event is open to senior managers / business owners across the Yorkshire area - whether Hull & East Riding, York and North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and/or South Yorkshire.

The programme has been designed to fit around your existing work and personal commitments and comprises 6 in-person and online workshops over approximately 8 weeks.

Week One: 2 days: Strategic Focus

Week Two: 2 day: Change Leadsership

Week Three: Site Visit

Week Four: (Online) Artifical Intelligence

Week Five: Industry 4:0

Week Six: (Online) Financial & Benefits Planning

Week Seven: (Online) Implemention Review

As part of the program, you’ll also receive two personalised, one-hour online consultations with your Development Consultant to consolidate your learning and give focus to your growth planning

Your Business must be registered with the Made Smarter Programme to access this programme: Boosting manufacturing in Y&H – Made Smarter

This programme of workshop is tailored specifically for manufacturers businesses in the Yorkshire area, and we ask that non-manufacturing businesses not to register but to contact us separately for support or more information (other programme are avaiable via local Bootcamp providers).

Host or Publisher HEYLEP Made Smarter Team