The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has agreed a tier-one partnership with software platform BitzList – the first micro-business to sign a top-level agreement with a High Value Manufacturing Catapult organisation.

Working in collaboration, the AFRC and BitzList are developing a technological platform for the creation of a smart factory – an environment where machinery and equipment are able to improve processes through automation and self-optimisation using a constant stream of data from connected operations.
Through the partnership, BitzList will give the AFRC access to specialist Industry 4.0 software it has been working on for over 15 years. The software is designed to provide manufacturers with the tools needed to organise day-to-day operations, and for parts suppliers to streamline supply chains. This technology, which is already deployed within the manufacturing sector, can be used by customers and suppliers to request the production of parts.
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