New chair appointed for £20m Made Smarter North West Pilot

Posted on 10 Jan 2019 by Maddy White

Launched at Digital Manufacturing Week by Business Minister Richard Harrington and CEO of Siemens UK, Juergen Maier, the £20m Made Smarter North West Pilot has appointed BAE Systems’ Andrea Thompson as Steering Board Chair.

Made Smarter North West Pilot was launched at Digital Manufacturing Week. The benefits of adopting digital technology solutions in manufacturing are vast; it can transform operations, processes and products. Despite this, the Made Smarter Review reports that low adoption levels of industrial digital technology and poor leadership is holding back Britain’s…

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