CGI NETHERLANDS
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Huesmann - key on journey to smart manufacturing
chains using a strong methodology called Manufacturing Atlas , providing innovative solutions to address new market realities and meet customer needs .
Bridging the gap between OT and IT “ Harvesting information from all systems is key to providing all the answers that are necessary to run a factory and is vital in helping them achieve their end-goals and strategic vision ,” points out Huesmann .
“ Many older factories still have a lot of labour-intensive processes in place . We help our clients to identify their next steps and support them in their journey to automate processes from order to production to quality control to delivery . Taking in processes across the end-to-end value chain including logistics , quality control and production steps , while also maintaining the equipment in a factory . Together with our clients we increasingly focus on safety and sustainability .
“ For these as well as for their efficiency and productivity goals , they need to make decisions based on facts . Manufacturers want to use their data to make better decisions . Factories are the biggest generator of data , and it is hard for manufacturers to make sense of it . First you must collect it and then context it so you can unlock its value .” Huesmann explains more about the automation of Operational processes and how CGI is bridging the gap between
“ We secure devices in different ways so we can dig the gold without exposing it to the external world ”
COEN HUESMANN VICE PRESIDENT MANUFACTURING , CGI
120 April 2021