With the right digital mindset

– fast-forward to your Smart Factory.

Electronics & Electrical Industry

Project in a nutshell

Scaling in Rough Conditions ur client – a leading manufacturer of wallboxes and charging stations – is gearing up to take a central role in shaping the future of e-mobility infrastructure. The market is changing fast: demand is rising, user needs are shifting, and talent is becoming scarce. To stay ahead, it’s time for new thinking – and bold moves.

The Customer Need

Not What We Expected It started with the idea of implementing a new Manufacturing Execution System (MES). But our analysis quickly revealed: the requirements our client will face go far beyond the scope of Industry 4.0. What’s needed is full connectivity – not just within production, but across the entire enterprise. And even beyond company boundaries. It’s the logic of a Smart Factory. One thing became clear: a new MES alone wouldn’t cut it. So we changed course – and embraced real digital transformation.

Challenges & Extra Miles

99 Problems, but new business ain’t one Growth is Risk. Especially When You’re Growing. Sounds paradoxical – but for fast-scaling companies, it’s a real digital pressure point. In an exponentially growing market, staying ahead means building smart production capabilities fast. And raising the entire manufacturing game. We're talking fully digital production lines. Integrated systems and seamless interfaces. Connected sales and supplier processes. New skills, new talent – and people who know how to run it all. Our client is building these capabilities today – to secure tomorrow’s growth.

Transformation Strategy

A Use-Case-Driven Approach When you’re in transformation mode, you want to move at your own pace. That’s why we opted for a strategy that’s both holistic and agile – and especially effective for mid-sized businesses. Instead of kicking things off with a long, upstream strategy phase, we took an iterative route. Together, we tackled real-world use cases step by step, adjusted course when needed – and delivered results fast.

Innovation

The Roadmap to a Smart Factory Bidirectional charging and energy management are becoming key – and production has to keep up. Our client is scaling up manufacturing capacity massively by 2030. At that pace, digitalization and automation are not just nice-to-haves – they’re non-negotiable. The fastest route to a Smart Factory? A clear roadmap. It defines the target vision and prioritizes use cases based on value contribution. The result: a transformation that pays for itself. What it takes is strong digital program management – aligning stakeholders, enabling organizational redesign, building cross-functional teams, and creating full project transparency.

Technical Solution

Digital Infrastructure: Ready to Go To bridge the gap between ERP and production, the first step was to standardize connectivity. blu BEYOND’s experts tackled the key question: how and where should data be connected and collected? That’s now answered – the data platform is up and running. It supports multiple data formats, ensures reliable app provisioning, and enables the client to offer standard services to third-party apps. The result? The company is now equipped to roll out any digital use case – fast, methodically sound, and tech-agnostic.

Initial Technical Milestones

Ready for Progress:

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Solid Data Foundation: The client can now integrate any data source in a standardized way. First data sets are already delivering real-time insights for analysis and forecasting.
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Flexible Architecture: The new platform supports all relevant use cases, is future-proof, and scales in line with the company’s digital maturity and investment strategy.
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First Digital Production Line Live A fully digital line went live in 2022 – and has been producing smart ever since, powered by real-time data.

Big

Wins

Innovation Starts with a Solid Foundation The groundwork for the client’s future growth is in place – built on a Smart Factory approach. Comprehensive digitalization is underway, automation is easing operational load, and the upskilling process has started to empower teams for what’s next.

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45 prioritized use cases – spanning data visualization, digital knowledge building, and automation
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1 highly flexible digital platform
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1 solid data foundation
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100 % business growth in 2022

Small Victories

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Immediate savings through digitalization Paperless processes are already boosting productivity – and cutting costs by eliminating the need for expensive paper storage and supply.
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Connectivity concept developed To enable automation, our experts designed a connectivity concept covering infrastructure, data integration, real-time monitoring, and analytics tools.
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New digital capabilities acquired Based on prioritized use cases, the client built first skills in data integration and visualization – with more to follow as per the digital roadmap.
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Scalable setup with fast time-to-market Thanks to a holistic architecture of solution design, process enablement, capability building, and organizational structure, new use cases are now faster to define, test, and roll out.

Fast-track to a Smart Factory

– with the right digital mindset.

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