ULMA Construction’s adaptation to Industry 4.0 is considered by MONDRAGON to be good practice — ULMA Begira
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ULMA Construction’s adaptation to Industry 4.0 is considered by MONDRAGON to be good practice

The concept of Industry 4.0 - also known as the 4th industrial revolution or Smart Industry - involves the use of smart support tools to optimise industrial processes.
ULMA Construction’s adaptation to Industry 4.0 is considered by MONDRAGON to be good practice
May 16, 2018

It represents a new way of organising production means, allowing companies to better adapt to production needs and processes and to a more efficient allocation of resources.

ULMA Construction’s commitment to progressing towards Industry 4.0 has been considered by MONDRAGON as an example of good practice; it was shown alongside 16 other cases identified in cooperatives belonging to MONDRAGON, highlighted as points of reference for facing this challenge and taking the first steps towards Industry 4.0.

ULMA Construction currently implements a system for continuous monitoring using viewing screens located in the operations office, which provide the necessary information for coordinating production progress, the situation of resources from different production areas and manufacturing orders.

In 2018, Ulma Construction launched a gradual digitalisation project for real-time collection and monitoring of production data through the implementation of the IIoT SAVVY platform in several manufacturing systems.  Its aim is to enable a software tool for data viewing which can offer agile information from different sources to workers, specialists and managers. The proposal involves the use of viewing screens for production data in plan view, increasing the transparency of processes and creating a dynamic of commitment and collaboration amongst all participants in this joint project.

The ideal scenario for ULMA to progressively reach is linked to achieving the highest possible degree of integration of these five principles: Data collection and processing, factories centred around workers, creation of interconnection and integration networks, decentralisation and orientation towards services and self-organisation and autonomy.

The change towards Industry 4.0. embraced by ULMA Construction involves the integration of means to facilitate the collection and smart, real-time processing of available information to guarantee the development of a smarter, more competitive production system