Discovery (Powered by SIRI)

Don’t start with technology. Start with clarity.

Without alignment and focus, manufacturers waste time, money, and momentum on fragmented efforts that fail to deliver real impact.

THE CHALLENGE

Insights from the front line:

What manufacturers are telling us when they set out on their Digital Transformation journey.

OUR APPROACH

We combine the globally recognised SIRI (Smart Industry Readiness Index) assessment with our proven framework to deliver clarity, fast.

In a short, focused engagement, we align your leadership, define what’s possible, and identify the first steps that will deliver results.

Current State
Business Review

We work with your leadership team to understand your business context, surface critical pain points, and assess readiness for change, building a shared view of where you are starting from.

We work with your leadership team to understand your business context, surface critical pain points, and assess readiness for change, building a shared view of where you are starting from.

Official SIRI Digital Maturity Assessment & Education

Using the globally recognised SIRI (Smart Industry Readiness Index) framework, we benchmark your current maturity, educate your team on what ‘good’ looks like, show what’s possible in your industry, and prioritise the KPIs and cost areas that matter most.

Using the globally recognised SIRI (Smart Industry Readiness Index) framework, we benchmark your current maturity, educate your team on what ‘good’ looks like, show what’s possible in your industry, and prioritise the KPIs and cost areas that matter most.

Prioritise Focus Areas, Benefits & Foundations

We present a sequenced set of quick wins, priority focus areas, and expected long-term benefits, benchmarked against your sector peers, along with the foundational capabilities you’ll need to close gaps and enable sustainable transformation

We present a sequenced set of quick wins, priority focus areas, and expected long-term benefits, benchmarked against your sector peers, along with the foundational capabilities you’ll need to close gaps and enable sustainable transformation

This process typically requires less than 8 hours of your leadership team’s time, spread over a few weeks. A small investment for clarity that pays off many times over.

OUTCOMES

Clear priorities, aligned leaders, and unified goals your whole team can own.

Senior leaders aligned on what transformation means for the business, with one clear direction everyone supports.

Facilitated alignment on what you want to achieve from your transformation and how success will be measured, ensuring all stakeholders are working toward the same goals.

A clear understanding of how your digital maturity compares to industry leaders within your sector and where the biggest opportunities lie.

Typical outcomes from your agreed focus areas and technology choices, backed by industry benchmarks.

Clarity on which capabilities, processes, and technologies to address first to build solid transformation foundations.

Identified improvements that can be actioned immediately to deliver early value and momentum.

Want to Dig Deeper?

We’ve pulled together articles that answer common questions and share real-world strategies to help you get started with confidence.er

CLIENT RESULTS

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Not sure where to start with Digital Transformation?

We’ll help you assess if our Discovery approach is the right first step, giving you clarity on where to focus, how to align your leadership, and what actions will deliver the greatest impact.

Not sure where to start?

We’ll help you explore the right next step.

We’ll take the time to understand where you’re at and recommend the best starting point for your business.

INSIGHT   //   DIGITAL TRANSFOMRATION

Is Your Leadership Team Aligned on What Transformation Actually Means?

Transformation without alignment is just noise

Manufacturers everywhere are under pressure.

Input costs keep rising, skilled labour is harder to find, and technology vendors are promising the earth.

Most leadership teams know they need to transform — but ask five executives what “transformation” means and you’ll often get five different answers.

The result? Competing priorities, fragmented projects, and resources spread too thin.

  The Maintenance Manager wants sensors to reduce downtime.

  The Operations Director wants real-time insights to cut labour costs.

  The Finance team wants automated reporting.

  The CEO wants profit and market share.

All valid goals — but without a shared vision, they collide rather than compound.

The hidden cost of misalignment

When leadership teams pull in different directions, the impact is bigger than lost time:

  Pet projects gain traction without coordination.

  Vendors shape the agenda before strategy is agreed.

  Weak business cases miss the link to real objectives.

  IT and Operations work in silos, often at odds.

  No clear blueprint of success emerges.

This is how well-intentioned companies end up with disconnected digital tools, frustrated people, and stalled ROI — while more aligned competitors pull ahead.

Why alignment must come first

The companies succeeding with Industry 4.0 don’t start with technology. They start with leadership clarity:

 What are our true business priorities?

 How do we measure success?

 Where do we sequence investment for the greatest return?

Without these answers, transformation risks becoming a patchwork of disconnected initiatives. With them, it becomes a focused journey that engages people and delivers real value.

A structured way forward

For transformation to gain traction, leadership teams need to step back and build alignment before diving into technology choices. That means:

 Defining a shared vision and digital objectives
that connect to business strategy.

 Benchmarking current maturity
across all key Industry 4.0 dimensions, not just one function.

 Agreeing the KPIs and cost drivers
that matter most to the business.

 Learning from sector peers
— where they’re succeeding, and where they’ve stumbled.

 Sequencing initiatives
into a clear, agreed roadmap that everyone can commit to.

The goal is simple: replace competing projects with a single, coherent plan that directs effort, resources, and investment toward the outcomes that matter most.