The 
SMARTY 
Project 
Smart 
SMEs 
for 
Industry 
4.0 


Supporting 
SMEs 
to 
embrace 
the 
Fourth 
Industrial 
Revolution 


Paolo 
Guarnieri 
–Municipality 
of Prato 


Opening 
Workshop 
– 
23rd 
October 
2019 
– 
Prato 
(IT) 



Industry 4.0 


Digital 
transformation 
is 
the 
change 
associated 
with 
the 
application 
of 
digital 
technology 
in 
all 
aspects 
of 
human 
society 
(Wikipedia). 


It 
is 
the 
"transformation 
of business and 
organizational 
activities, 
processes, 
competencies 
and 
models 
to 
fully 
leverage 
the 
changes 
and 
opportunities 
of 
a 
mix 
of 
digital 
technologies 
and 
their 
accelerating 
impact 
across 
society 
in 
a 
strategic 
and 
prioritized 
way, 
with 
present 
and 
future 
shifts 
in 
mind” 
(I-Scoop) 



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The 4th Industrial Revolution 


“the 
4th 
Industrial 
Revolution 
is 
disrupting 
economies 
and 
societies 
by 
redefining 
the 
way 
we 
work, 
live 
and 
interact 
with 
each 
other. 


It 
offers 
the 
potential 
to 
leapfrog 
stages 
of 
development— 
but 
it 
also 
makes 
the 
pathway 
to 
development 
less 
certain.” 


The 
Global 
Competitiveness 
Report 
2018 



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Digital transformation & SMEs 


Digital 
transformation 
offers 
SMEs 
new business 
opportunities 
and 
can 
fundamentally 
change 
their 
business 
models, 
by 
affecting 
the 
whole 
value 
chain 
from 
product 
development 
to 
sales. 


The 
transformation 
requires 
an 
enterprise-wide 


change 
that 
must 
be 
integrated 
into 
every 
aspect 
of 


the 
company. 
It 
requires 
equally 
important 


amendments 
in 
culture, 
leadership, 
skills 
and 


processes. 
SMEs 
should 
pro-actively 
rethink 
their 


core 
businesses 
to 
adapt 
to 
the 
challenges. 


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“Companies, 
particularly 
SMEs, 
have 
often 
not 
realised 
the 
importance 
of 
the 
digital 
transformation 
for 
their 
businesses.” 


Interreg 
Europe 
Policy 
Brief 
on 
Digitalisation 



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The SMARTY Project 


is 
born 
of 
the 
wish 
of 
the 
Industry 
4.0 
Partnership 
of 
the 
Thematic 
Smart 
Specialisation 
Platform 
on 
Industry 
Modernisation 
to 
exchangeexperience 
among 
its 
members. 


It 
focuses 
on 
Industry 
4.0 
as 
one 
key 
aspect 
of 
the 
European 
economy 
that 
lies 
at 
the 
core 
of 
all 
attempts 
to 
modernize 
the 
Europeanindustry, 
while 
many 
barriers 
stand 
on 
the 
way 
of 
its 
adoption 
and 
deployment 
by 
SMEs. 



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The objective of the project is 


“to 
improve 
the 
design 
and 
implementation 
of 
Structural 
Funds 
policies 
and 
programs 
that 
support 
projects 
and 
investments 
in 
services 
for 
technological, 
strategic, 
organizational 
and 
commercial 
innovation 
in 
line 
with 
Industry 
4.0 
and 
thereby 
increase 
the 
awareness 
and 
adoption 
of 
Industry 
4.0 
solutions 
and 
technologies 
by 
Small 
and 
Medium 
Sized 
Enterprises 
(SMEs)” 



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SMARTY’s specific objectives are 


to 
exchange 
experience 
and 
good 
practices 
relating 
to: 
-the 
promotion 
of 
technological, 
organizational 
and 
socio


economic 
contents 
(services, 
practices, 
solutions) 
of 
the 
new 
Industry 
4.0 
paradigm 
within 
SMEs; 
-the 
introduction 
of 
digital 
technologies 
within 
SMEs 
with 


reference 
to 
e.g. 
the 
relationship 
among 
the 
company 
and 


its 
customers 
and 
the 
management 
of 
the 
supply 
chain; 
-the 
development 
of 
predictive 
models 
through 
further 
integration 
of 
virtual 
processing 
into 
the 
manufacturing 
process; 


-the 
supply 
chain 
management 
for 
value 
chain 
tracking 
and 
monitoring. 



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SMARTY partners (1/2) 

1-LP 
Municipality 
of 
Prato 
IT 
(Lead 
Partner) 


2-PP 
Textile 
Center 
of 
Excellence 
(Huddersfield 
& 
District 
Textile 
Training 
Company 
Ltd) 
UK 
3-PP 
International 
center 
of 
advanced 
materials 


and 
raw 
materials 
of 
Castilla 
y 
León (ICAMCyL) 
ES 


4-PP 
TECOS 
– 
Slovenian 
Tool 
and 
Die 
Development 
Centre 
SI 
5-PP The 
Institute 
for 
Sustainable 
Technologies 
– 


National 
Research 
Institute 
PL 
6-PP 
Regional 
Council 
of 
Lapland 
FI 
7-AP 
Flanders 
Make 
BE 



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SMARTY partners (2/2) 

8-PP 
i2CAT 
Private 
Foundation, 
Digital 
Innovation 
Internet 
in 
CataloniaES 
9-PP 
Next 
Technology 
Tecnotessile 
IT 


10-PP 
Regional 
Government 
of 
Catalunya 
ES 
11-PP 
Office 
of 
the 
Marshal 
of 
the 
Mazowieckie 
Voivodeship 
in 
Warsaw 
PL 


12-PP 
Government 
Office 
of 
the 
Republic 
of 
Slovenia 


for 
Development 
and 
European 
Cohesion 
Policy 
SI 
13-PP 
West 
Yorkshire 
Combined 
Authority 
on 
behalf 
of 
Leeds 
City 
Region 
Enterprise 
Partnership 
UK 


14-PP 
Institute 
for 
Business 
Competitiveness 
of 
Castilla 


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y LeonES 

The partners in Europe The partners in Europe 
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The policy instruments (2014-2020) 
1.ERDFEnglandOperationalProgramme (UK) 
The policy instruments (2014-2020) 
1.ERDFEnglandOperationalProgramme (UK) 
2. 
ERDF 
Operational 
Programme 
Castilla 
y 
Leon (ES) 
3. 
Operational 
Programme 
for 
the 
Implementation 
of 
the 
EU 
Cohesion 
Policy 
(SI) 
4. 
ERDF 
Regional 
Operational 
Programme 
2014-2020 
for 
the 
Masovian 
District 
(PL) 
5. 
Sustainable 
growth 
and 
jobs 
2014 2020 
Finland's 
structural 
funds 
programme 
(FI) 
6. 
ERDF 
Regional 
Operational 
Programme 
2014-2020 
of 
Catalunia 
(ES) 
7. 
National 
Industry 
4.0 
Plan 
(IT) 
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8.PratoSmart CityPlan(IT)

The duration of the project 

SMARTY 
will 
be 
structured 
into 
two 
Phases: 


• 
Phase 
1: 
36 
Months 
from 
01 
August 
2019 
to 
31 
July 
2022 
dedicated 
to 
the 
exchange 
of 
experience 
(Good 


Practices) 
• 
Phase 
2: 
12 
Months 
from 
01 
August 
2012 
to 
31 
July 
2023 
dedicated 
to 
the 
transfer 
of 
experience 
(Action 
Plans) 


Total 
No. 
Months 
48 
months 
from 
1st 
August 
2019 to 31st July 2023 


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Activities of the project (M1-M6) 

Define 
methodology 
for 
the 
analysis 
of 
GPs 
Mapping 
exercise 
to 
identify: 


• 
assets 
and 
needs 
of 
SMEs 
vis-a-vis 
I4.0 
• 
role 
of 
different 
actors 
- RTOs, 
cluster 
organisations, 
leading 
SMEs, 
etc 
- as 
technology 
suppliers/end-users/catalyzers 
of 
innovation 
• 
factors 
influencing 
the 
deployment 
of 
Industry 
4.0 
solutions 
across 
different 
industrial 
sectors 
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Activities of the project (M7-M30) 

Exchange 
of 
know-how 
and 
good 
practices 
through: 


• 
Interregional 
Thematic 
Seminars 
(ITS) 
• 
Interregional 
Policy 
Brokerage 
(IPB) 
workshops 
• 
Case 
study 
visits 
(SV) 
focusing 
on 
the 
four 
I4.0 
themes 
Involvement 
of 
regional 
stakeholders 
to: 


• 
identify 
successful 
I4.0 
solutions 
(Good 
Practices) 
to 
be 
exchanged 
with 
partners 
at 
the 
Interregional 
Thematic 
Seminars 
(ITS) 
• 
select 
most 
relevant 
and 
transferable 
GPs 
to 
be 
analysed 
at 
Interregional 
Policy 
Brokerage 
workshops 
(IPBs) 
• 
build 
the 
capacity 
of 
the 
partners 
to 
uptake 
succesful 
I4.0 
solutions 
in 
their 
regions 
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Activities of the project (M31-M36) 


Definition 
of 
the 
Action 
Plans 
(APs): 
together 
with 
regional 
stakeholders 
and 
the 
Managing 
Authorities 
the 
partners 
will 
define 
how 
the 
lessons 
and 
solutions 
learnt 
through 
the 
project 
will 
be 
applied/replicated/adapted 
to 
improve 
the 
partners’ 
policy 
instruments 



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Activities of the project (M37-M48) 


Implementation 
of 
the 
Action 
Plans 
(APs): 
together 
with 
the 
identified 
key 
actors, 
resources, 
tools 
and 
timing 
and 
in 
coordination 
with 
the 
respective 
Managing 
Authorities 
the 
partners 
will 
implement 
actions 
to 
transfer 
the 
good 
practices 
selected 
through 
the 
project 
in 
their 
region, 
and 
thereby 
improve 
the 
effectiveness 
of 
the 
policy 
instruments 
to 
help 
SMEs 
embrace 
the 
Industry 
4.0 
paradigm 



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Expected results (1/2) 


26+ 
good 
practices 
and 
thematic 
guidelines 
describing 
solutions, 
applications 
and 
case 
studies 
to 
improve 
the 
partners’ 
policies 
in 
the 
4 
thematic 
areas 
of 
the 
project 
(Phase 
1): 


1. 
Production 
Performance 
Monitoring 
Systems; 
2. 
Predictive 
modeling 
and 
maintenance; 
3. 
Virtual 
Reality 
and 
Simulation 
Technologies 
4. 
Smart 
logistics 
and 
network 
management. 
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Expected results (2/2) 


8 
Action 
Plans 
to 
transfer 
the 
Good 
Practices 
identified 
by 
the 
partners 
in 
their 
regions, 
and 
thereby 
improve 
the 
effectiveness 
of 


8 
Policy 
Instruments 
to 
support 
the 
adoption 
of 
the 
Industry 
4.0 
paradigm 
by 
SMEs 
(Phase 
2). 



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Thank you! Thank you! 

