Crafting change in manufacturing

Manufacturing is changing fast. To keep up, businesses need smarter platforms, streamlined processes, and the right technology to perform at their best.

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Sound familiar? You're not alone.

59%

Report rising complexity

53%

Struggle to meet requirements

46%

Miss launch deadlines

Monday morning doesn't wait

Manufacturing is facing increasing pressure to deliver more with less. Product complexity is growing, margins are tightening, and skilled talent is becoming harder to find and retain. At the same time, manufacturers must modernise their operations, accelerate digital transformation, and achieve sustainability goals—all while keeping production running.

Real transformation requires more than a plan. At Emixa, we help you define the roadmap and stay involved through implementation, ensuring change delivers measurable business value in daily operations. We are hands-on where others hand off.

The gap between ambition and the factory floor

While everybody talks about AI, digital twinning, and Industry 5.0 and beyond, the reality is that most manufacturers aren’t ready for that. They’ve standardised their disciplines and implemented digital systems, but they often fail to regard the alignment and integration between these systems. As a result, their engineering and manufacturing departments work from different versions of data. Information gets lost in translation, resulting in manual rework.

Wherever you sit on that curve between Industry 1.0 and 5.0 in manufacturing, we can help you take the next step. Our five maturity levels describe the capabilities that a Digital Thread can deliver.

1.0 Initial
Ad-hoc and siloed

Data lives in disconnected files and spreadsheets. Knowledge is held by people, not systems.

2.0 Managed
Standardised in domain

Digital structure exists within teams, but handovers between them stay manual. The thread exists in parts, but doesn't run end-to-end.

3.0 Integrated
Connected Digital Thread

Engineering, production, and operations are connected, but the shop floor and field are still dark. Quality issues take days to trace back to their source.

4.0 Optimised
Closed-loop analytics

The Digital Thread is enriched with IoT, quality and service feedback. Closed-loop wins exist, but gains stay locked in pilots that never scale.

5.0 Transformed
Autonomous and AI-driven

The Digital Thread powers autonomous, data-driven operations. The challenge shifts from operations to business model: partner data, new commercial models, and talent that can keep pace.

The Digital Thread in manufacturing

A Digital Thread covers the entire idea-to-market process in manufacturing. It provides a sequence of connected data artefacts related to product definition, production planning, manufacturing execution, and product service operations into one integrated concept, so that any kind of change or defect along that process can be traced and managed to what it affects and what has caused it.

Change needs makers

To help manufacturers find their footing in the Digital Thread, we developed a structured gap assessment: a diagnostic that maps your full manufacturing capability stack, from infrastructure and data through to strategic analytics and reporting, and pinpoints exactly where the highest-impact gaps sit. Not a generic assessment, but a fact-based baseline across every layer, with gaps prioritised by impact and effort, and a funded roadmap to close them. Built in weeks, not months. Before spending millions on systems, it's worth spending a few weeks understanding exactly where the value is. Wherever you sit on the curve, the next step has a shape.

To take you further, we bring a committed team that works alongside yours, from understanding where you are today to building what you'll need tomorrow. At Emixa, we understand manufacturers don’t need slides for that. You need makers and doers, teams who craft change with you. We stay until change actually works and your teams truly own it. We help you face Monday morning with confidence.

Inform me about the GAP assements.

AESSEAL needed to protect its speed and service reputation while scaling design and manufacturing worldwide. Emixa implemented Teamcenter PLM and integrated it with AESSEAL's CRM, MES and ERP systems, automating the flow of design data across the business and cutting out manual data entry.

75% LESS MANUAL DATA PROCESSING

Kornelis was planning its next phase of growth, needing faster, data-driven investment decisions instead of relying on knowledge held by a few key people. Emixa built a Digital Twin Simulation using Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation, letting Kornelis test high-speed machine and layout scenarios virtually before committing capital. One scenario cut a job that took 3 weeks down to 3 days.

85% FASTER LEAD TIMES

As their product range grew and design timelines tightened, Sunseeker needed to modernise its engineering workflows to remain competitive. By implementing Siemens NX with Emixa’s guidance, the company replaced outdated CAD tools, improved collaboration, and accelerated product development - ultimately supporting faster time to market for its world-class yachts.

2x PRODUCTION SPEED

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What is a Digital Thread, and why does it matter for manufacturers?

The Digital Thread is the connected flow of data across your operation. From engineering and production through to the shop floor and field. When it breaks, teams work from different versions of the same information, quality issues take days to surface, and progress stalls at every handover. For most manufacturers, closing that thread is the difference between change that lands and change that stays on paper.

How do I know where we are in our digital journey?

Most organisations have a rough sense of where they stand, but the detail matters. Being "somewhere around 3.0" can mean very different things depending on which handovers are working and where ownership breaks down. That's what our gap assessments are designed to find out with a prioritised plan as the output.

Do we need to have everything in order before we can start?

No. Waiting until everything is perfectly defined is one of the most common reasons progress stalls. We're built to create early traction, clarify decisions fast, and build momentum before the full picture is clear.

What makes your approach different from a standard consultancy assessment?

We don't hand over a report and step away. The same team that assesses the gap helps you close it, through build, go-live, and into day-to-day operations.

Which platforms and systems do you work with?

We have deep experience across Siemens PLM, SAP ERP, Mendix low-code, and Boomi integration. These are the platforms where manufacturing transformations most often connect and most often break. Working across all four means we can close the gaps between them, not just within them.

Crafting change in manufacturing

Monday morning doesn't wait

The gap between ambition and the factory floor