Manufacturing Magazine - October 2021 | Page 28

“ YOU SPEND SUCH A LOT OF YOUR LIFE IN WORK AND IT ’ S SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE IF YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE YOU LIKE ”
Atos
We talk to digital services specialist Atos UK and Ireland about smart manufacturing , Industry 4.0 and the importance of technology in data use for future success

Atos is a major global systems integrator which provides a range of digital services to predominantly large corporations , as well as some smaller ones . It operates in the following industry sectors ; retail , logistics and transport , utilities , manufacturing , financial services and insurance , healthcare and life sciences , public sector & defence , telecoms and media . The company provides everything from traditional IT services through to large SAP implementations , cybersecurity , cloud , decarbonisation and digital transformation . It is a lesser-known fact that Atos is , in fact , the largest digital services company in cybersecurity in Europe .

One of the company ’ s key offerings and a significant focus for Atos in Northern Europe is smart manufacturing and , specifically , the integration of SAP , PLM , MES , OT , IoT and data analytics to achieve genuine closed loop manufacturing .
So how would Simon Culshaw define smart manufacturing when it comes to Industry 4.0 ? He says what crystallises the concept is to drive sustainability through the design
“ YOU SPEND SUCH A LOT OF YOUR LIFE IN WORK AND IT ’ S SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE IF YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE YOU LIKE ”
SIMON CULSHAW VP MANUFACTURING STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NORTHERN EUROPE , ATOS
28 October 2021