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Hone to manufacture its products on a larger scale. Its implementation of Smart Factory technologies across its plants makes the company’ s operations even more efficient.“ On the manufacturing front, we are implementing significant changes, starting with our German operations, where we maintain rigorous standards despite operating under tight constraints. To reduce costs, we focus on boosting our efficiency and leveraging global sourcing strategies. Given that we are a small company producing only a dozen units of each model, we cannot always apply standard manufacturing principles.
Instead, we prioritize manufacturing flexibility. Our goal is to combine this flexibility with a global sourcing and manufacturing platform to build any type of machine across all three continents in which we operate. This is further facilitated through the combination of our sourcing network, common capabilities, and sharing of best practice knowledge.
Green priorities
“ Most of our machines are Industry 4.0-ready, equipped with advanced data management capabilities. As a result, they can seamlessly exchange information with
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