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Clarifies a requirement and suggests relevant filters and listings.
Identifies missing inputs and proposes work packages for a project.
Summarises actual proposals and surfaces open decisions.

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Industrial Projects · Structure and launch a project with INDUNV AI Assistant

Turn an industrial goal into connected work packages.

Industrial Projects covers connected industrial work — a new factory, a production line, an upgrade, or a product or device — as work packages, responsibilities, inputs and acceptance stages. A project can have one provider or several; its defining feature is coordinated work, not a high price alone.

Simulated

Project intake is simulated in this prototype — nothing is created or sent.

AI-assisted drafting

Requires sign-in and an active paid subscription. Manual project creation is proposed; its availability is an open decision.

Project templates

A template helps you describe a goal — it does not force a technical classification before you can start.

New Factory

Production requirements, equipment, facilities and startup coordination

New / Expanded Production Line

Additional capacity and connected installation work

Existing Factory Upgrade

Equipment, process and system improvement

Automation & Robotics

Controls, robotics, sensors, integration and commissioning

Inspection & Quality

Cameras, models, interfaces and acceptance testing

Digital Transformation & Integration

Machines, data and software across work packages

Product / Device Development

Requirements, design, prototype and test

Transition to Production

Tooling, manufacturing, assembly and inspection

Custom Industrial Project

An industrial objective outside the templates

Worked example — develop an industrial device

Project brief
Requirements
Mechanical / electronic design
Prototype
Test / refine
Tooling
Part / PCB production
Assembly
Final test
Documentation

Marketplacesupplies components

Industrial Servicessupplies design and manufacturing work

Industrial Projectscoordinates dependencies and overall acceptance

The integration owner is explicit — someone owns the fit between enclosure and PCB design, and the interface between the vision system and the factory controls. The assistant does not become responsible for execution because it proposed the plan.

Project stages

Draft
Requirements clarification
Open for proposals
Proposal review
Scope / providers approved
Execution
Integration / acceptance
Completed / closed

On hold, delayed, cancelled and disputed states are tracked separately. Package acceptance differs from overall project acceptance — several individually accepted components can still fail the integration test.

INDUNV AI Assistant in projects

May help with

Clarify the need, structure the brief, suggest filters, identify missing inputs, propose work packages, summarise actual proposals and surface open decisions.

Never does

It does not manufacture credentials, select a supplier, approve a price, transmit a confidential file or accept a delivery. Every AI-created brief or plan stays an editable draft — the human reviews and sends.

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Factory readiness assessment guide

Discover how ready your factory is for industrial transformation.

Discover where you stand, what needs to improve, and what to do next.

Assess your factory across technology, processes, and organization. Identify strengths and gaps, then use the findings to set improvement priorities and explore suitable technologies and industrial services.

Start your factory assessment How does the assessment work?

This guide is open to everyone without signing in. Using the assessment tool requires sign-in.

Three pillars · Eight capabilities · Advisory guidance

What is a factory readiness assessment?

The industrial transformation journey begins with understanding your factory’s readiness.

A readiness assessment is a structured way to understand how prepared a factory is to develop its capabilities and adopt more advanced technologies and ways of working. It considers systems, processes, data, people, and management together.

Your answers and available evidence help describe the current state, strengths, and gaps. The aim is to identify practical development steps, not simply to produce a number or compare factories without context.

Readiness

How prepared the factory is to adopt change and benefit from it.

Maturity

How developed the factory’s existing practices and capabilities are.

Who is this guide for?

Factory owners and managers, engineers and operations teams, technology and service providers, and anyone interested in industrial transformation. You can learn from this guide even if you do not run a factory or plan to take an assessment now.

How can assessment help?

Understand the current situation

Build a structured picture of current practices and capabilities rather than relying on a general impression.

Recognize strengths and gaps

Distinguish what you can build on from what needs further information or development.

Clarify improvement priorities

Consider the findings alongside the factory’s objectives and circumstances to identify areas worth examining first.

Connect a need to a next step

Turn a defined need into requirements for technology, a service, or a project, according to the factory’s context and available platform functions.

The usefulness of findings depends on answer completeness and the quality of information and evidence. Assessment supports decisions; it does not guarantee performance or returns.

What does the assessment cover?

Technology

Connectivity, data and intelligence, and automation.

Processes

Process integration, quality management, and maintenance maturity.

Organization

Workforce readiness, strategy, and governance.

Shop-floor connectivityConnect machines and systems and protect operational data flows.
Data and intelligenceTurn reliable operational data into usable insights and repeatable decisions.
AutomationReduce manual intervention where appropriate while preserving flexibility and safety.
Process integrationConnect planning, operations, and production in a more coherent workflow.
Quality managementDetect defects, understand their causes, and improve prevention.
Maintenance maturityDevelop maintenance practices with increasing use of equipment condition and data.
Workforce readinessUnderstand the skills, knowledge, and adoption support needed for change.
Strategy and governanceAlign transformation with objectives, responsibilities, decisions, and measurable outcomes.

How do you take the assessment?

Read the guide here, then move to the assessment tool when you are ready.

Sign-inUse your account, or create one through the registration options available on the platform.
Identify the factory and its contextProvide the required factory information and identify the operational challenges you want to understand.
Assess the capabilitiesAnswer according to current conditions. Use “Unknown” or skip a question where allowed, and add evidence when available.
Review outputs and next stepsReview the outputs available for the capabilities you have completed, then consider improvement areas and suitable options.

Hypothetical educational example — not an assessment result

Example: from an operational challenge to an improvement step

A factory wants to understand recurring stoppages on one production line.

The challenge

Recurring stoppages and incomplete information about failures and maintenance work.

What would be reviewed?

Downtime records, maintenance practices, data collection, and the relevant skills and responsibilities.

What need might emerge?

The first step may be better failure recording and maintenance organization. Maintenance-management systems or condition monitoring may merit investigation later if their suitability is established.

How could platform sections help?

Explore a relevant technology category, define an integration or training service, and prepare a pilot-project draft for review, where these functions are available.

How would the effect be reviewed?

Define a baseline and a suitable indicator, such as downtime, then compare actual measurements over comparable periods. Do not assume an improvement in advance.

This example only illustrates an approach. It does not concern a real factory and contains no score, automated recommendation, or promised outcome.

How can your results support the rest of INDUNV?

Use the findings to clarify what you need, then choose the relevant next step. Connections depend on feature availability and the information you approve for sharing.

Industrial marketplace

Turn a documented need into relevant technology, equipment, or system categories. Explore options and proceed to a quotation or purchase where supported.

Industrial services

Define the expertise and delivery support your factory needs, from integration and engineering to training or manufacturing support.

Industrial projects

Develop a selected improvement opportunity into a project draft with a scope, milestones, baseline, targets, and acceptance evidence.

INDUNV Passport

Retain a dated assessment record, evidence references, and improvement decisions to support future comparisons when passport integration is available.

INDUNV AI Assistant

Ask for explanations, understand the basis of a recommendation, and explore next steps using the assessment context you choose to provide.

You can browse technologies and services without completing an assessment. The assessment adds context when you need it.

Explore technologies and systems Explore industrial services

From readiness assessment to measurable transformation

Factory Readiness Assessment
Diagnosis
Prioritization
Planning
Solution matching
Purchasing and contracting
Implementation
Measurement and improvement

These stages explain the wider transformation journey. They are not mandatory browsing steps or evidence that every integration is active. Each function must show its actual availability.

What is useful to prepare?

General knowledge of the factory and its operations, the main challenges, and any available operations, maintenance, or quality records. Record missing information honestly; no file upload is needed to read this guide.

How does INDUNV assess readiness?

INDUNV-FRA is INDUNV’s advisory assessment model. It uses answers and available evidence across technology, processes, and organization to describe the current state and support development decisions.

This guide describes the assessment’s scope and purpose. Questions, data entry, and private results remain in the assessment tool after sign-in.

Advisory assessment — not certification

This assessment helps explain the factory’s current state and possible next steps. It is not an accredited audit and does not issue an official certificate or accreditation.

This page uses general explanations and examples, not answers, files, or results from real factories. Sharing information from your assessment with another party requires appropriate permissions and review.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to read this page?

No. The guide, examples, and FAQs are available without an account. Sign-in is required to start or continue an assessment.

How long does assessment take?

It depends on the capabilities assessed, question depth, and available information and evidence. No fixed duration is stated without measurement of the actual user experience.

Do I need to be an Industry 4.0 expert?

You do not need specialist terminology to get started. This guide explains the basic concepts. During assessment, use information you actually know and consult knowledgeable people in the factory when needed.

What if some information is unavailable?

Do not guess. Select “Unknown” or skip a question where allowed. Missing information may limit the outputs and their accuracy; it does not mean the value is zero.

Will I receive a certificate or accreditation?

No. INDUNV-FRA is INDUNV’s own advisory model for understanding readiness and supporting improvement decisions, not an accredited audit or official certification.

Does registering make every function free?

No. Signing in and subscription-based feature access are different. Plan and feature details are shown in the relevant platform sections; reading this guide requires no payment.

Is assessment required to buy technology or request services?

Assessment is not a general prerequisite for exploring, purchasing, or requesting services. It is an optional path that helps clarify a need. Each function’s own account and access requirements still apply.

Is this useful if I do not own a factory?

Yes. Engineers, service providers, students, and others interested in industry can learn about readiness concepts and factory needs.

Ready to understand your factory’s readiness?

Move to the assessment tool, or continue exploring the technologies and services that interest you.

Start your factory assessment View an illustrative example

Using the assessment tool requires sign-in. Reading this guide does not require an account.

Pathway 2 · Smart Manufacturing · Industry 4.0

Where your factory stands
and what your next step is.

An assessment of eight capabilities that tells you what to develop and in what order — then connects you to the right products, services and delivery partners inside INDUNV.

▶ Run a live assessment Methodology

Eight capabilities · three pillars Advisory guidance — not a certificate

STEP 1

Assessment

STEP 2

Readiness Index

STEP 3

Recommendations

STEP 4

ROI + simulation

STEP 5

Roadmap

MODULE 01

Factory Readiness Assessment

Start with a short factory profile, then place your factory on the ladder one capability at a time — plain-language statements, no numbers to estimate. Free gives you the three audited questions per capability; Professional adds depth, notes and evidence, source-bound recommendations and the Industrial Passport record. You get where you are, the next achievable state, your target and the first practical action. The assessment starts neutral: nothing is pre-filled unless you press “Load demo data”.

🏭 Factory profile step 0 · who you are + what you actually measure

Company name optional — appears on the report Sector Workforce size employees Biggest operational pain in your words

Which of these do you actually measure? pick “Unknown” freely — honesty beats guessing

“Measured” = you have records · “Estimate” = your best guess · “Unknown” = we won't invent it. ROI quality follows data quality.

A simple path: 1) choose the capability you want to develop, then 2) answer the practical questions — select the statement that sounds like your factory, or skip what you don't know. We translate the choices in the background and show where you are, what's next, your target and the first practical action.

Each completed capability gives an immediate focused result. Complete all 8 for the full InduNv Readiness Index — your data answers set the honesty confidence, and nothing is assumed from the demo company.

📷 Visual Shop-Floor Scan optional · AI reads your photos and identifies capabilities to review — photos never answer the assessment for you AI not connected yet · guided

Drag factory photos here, or browse

Up to 4 images · guided mode keeps them 100% in your browser · live-AI mode transmits them to the configured AI endpoint only after you approve the privacy notice

Dual-engine · The platform gives AI-assisted recommendations, backed by a transparent readiness-scoring model. If the network is unavailable during a pitch, the transparent model runs the full flow with identical structure — no black box, no single point of failure.

Not a certification · INDUNV-FRA 1.0 is INDUNV's own readiness model — an indicative assessment that shows where a factory stands and what to do next. It is not an accredited audit and issues no certificate. Every capability, question and statement is INDUNV's own wording, written for this platform.

MODULE 02

InduNv Readiness Index (IRI)

INDUNV's own composite over eight capabilities (three pillars): pillar-weighted (Technology 0.40 · Process 0.35 · Organisation 0.25) with a weakest-pillar drag (25% of the index tracks your weakest pillar), reported with an honesty-gated confidence. A separate floor level applies the strict rule that every pillar must reach a level before it counts. This is a pre-assessment, not a certification or audit.

0.0IRI / 5

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MODULE 2B

Factory Data Readiness Checker

Before promising AI, we check whether the factory can actually feed it. This gate is what separates a realistic plan from a hype pitch — we won't recommend predictive AI to a plant that only has paper logs.

MODULE 3B

Smart Solution Builder

This is where diagnosis becomes a plan. The top recommendation is expanded into an implementation-ready blueprint — tech stack, difficulty, cost band, timeline, requirements, risks, KPIs, and the kind of expert to bring in. The factory leaves with a buildable solution, not just a score.

MODULE 3C

Factory Technology Upgrade Hub

Beyond dashboards — the real upgrade a factory's floor needs. From the diagnosis, the platform names the physical & digital upgrades that fit: robotics, machine retrofit, AI-vision cameras, IoT, control-system upgrades. Not "use AI," but "here is the equipment-level move."

MODULE 3D

Provider and Solution Matching

This is where InduNv becomes two-sided. Once the upgrade is clear, the factory doesn't just learn what and how — it learns who can build it. The platform names the partner types to bring in, turning a diagnosis into an actionable sourcing shortlist.

The business model · Matching is the two-sided hook: factories find vetted providers; providers can fund the platform through subscriptions and transaction fees, but organic recommendation rank can never be bought.

MODULE 04

ROI Calculator

Solution-specific economics in three scenarios (conservative · base · optimistic) — never one exact number. Every input is labelled by provenance: measured, your estimate, derived from maturity answers, or published benchmark. Assumptions are shown and editable; if the data can't carry an estimate, we say so instead of inventing one.

Benchmarks · Predictive maintenance typically cuts machine downtime 30–50% and maintenance cost 10–40% (McKinsey, Manufacturing analytics); −70% breakdowns / −25% maintenance cost on average (Deloitte Analytics Institute). We apply these ranges conservatively — the scenario table shows exactly which end of each range is used.

MODULE 05

Mini Digital Twin — before / after

A lightweight simulation of the top recommendation's effect on the plant's own numbers. No hardware — pure model, driven by the same benchmarks.

● Today (baseline)

→

● After phase 1

MODULE 06

Auto Roadmap Generator

A staged path — easy wins first, data & analytics next, AI/automation last — with the adoption risks every transformation programme warns about (cost, cybersecurity, integration, skills). Phases are sized for SME cash cycles (~12 months); national indices set ambitions on a 2–3-year horizon — re-assess yearly to track progress.

🧭 Methodology — how INDUNV-FRA 1.0 scores a factory Our own readiness model, written for this platform. Open if you want to see exactly how a result is computed. Show details ▾

MODULE 07

INDUNV Factory Readiness Assessment — the model

INDUNV-FRA 1.0 is INDUNV's own instrument: eight capabilities in three pillars, six descriptive stages, and one transparent formula. It is an indicative pre-assessment that shows where a factory stands and what to do next. It is not an accredited audit and issues no certificate.

8 × 3

Capabilities and pillars

Technology · Process · Organisation

Shop-floor connectivity, Data & intelligence and Automation form the Technology pillar; Operations integration, Quality management and Maintenance maturity the Process pillar; Talent readiness and Strategy & governance the Organisation pillar.

Weights: Technology 0.40 · Process 0.35 · Organisation 0.25.

A → F

Six stages

Unseen · Written down · On screen · Joined up · Ahead of the fault · Runs itself

Every question offers six descriptive statements — no numbers to estimate. The factory picks the one that sounds like its floor, or skips what it does not know. A skipped answer is excluded and lowers confidence; it is never guessed.

Stage per capability: round(0.8 × average + 0.2 × lowest) over the scored answers.

IRI

InduNv Readiness Index

A weighted composite with a weakest-pillar drag

IRI = 0.75 × the pillar-weighted average + 0.25 × the weakest pillar, on a 0–5 scale. A separate floor level applies the strict rule that every pillar must reach a level before it counts. Confidence is honesty-gated: it follows what was measured, what was estimated and what was skipped.

Form 1.0-S (Free, three questions per capability) or 1.0-F (Professional depth) is stamped on every result.

sig

One identity, four states

Answer signature · Industrial Passport record

Every result carries an answer signature computed by one function from the answers and skips only — notes and evidence sit outside it. The passport record moves through four states: current readiness → planned uplift → observed uplift after reassessment → independently verified uplift. A purchase is recorded and never touches the score.

Recommendations are source-bound: platform records only, never an invented match.

Why our own model · Formal maturity programmes are powerful — and heavyweight by design: scheduled multi-day on-site engagements with certified assessors. INDUNV-FRA 1.0 is the fast, honest front door: a factory can place itself on the ladder in minutes, see its first practical action, and build evidence on the platform before any formal engagement. When a factory later wants a formal audit, its INDUNV passport and evidence trail travel with it.

METHOD

Why the numbers hold up

Scoring = one transparent formula

Every stage, weight and gate is published above and computed in the browser — nothing hidden, nothing borrowed. The same numbers can be recomputed by hand from your answers.

ROI = benchmarks

Downtime, scrap and cost effects use published ranges — McKinsey (downtime −30–50%) and the Deloitte Analytics Institute (breakdowns −70%, maintenance cost −25%) — applied conservatively to the factory's own figures, with assumptions shown and editable, in three scenarios.

Market = real

~400M SMEs exist worldwide, ≈90% of all firms (World Bank, SME Finance). The SME manufacturing-operations-management software segment was US$6.69B in 2024, ~21.4% CAGR to 2033 (Grand View Research, Horizon). The wedge: enterprise platforms are priced for giants — SMEs are underserved.

Prioritisation = gap-to-ambition logic · Good transformation programmes don't conclude "buy the most technology" — they rank a short list of priority dimensions by weighing gap-to-ambition against company pain relevance. Navigator applies the same direction × focus logic at solution level — and gates it by data readiness.

Factory 4.0 Navigator

Optional demo case (food packaging) available via “Load demo data” · model applies to any SME manufacturing sector.

Grounded in recognised readiness standards ROI · McKinsey / Deloitte benchmarks Market · World Bank / Grand View Research

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Factory Assessment

Factory readiness assessment guide

Offer your industrial expertise or manufacturing capabilities.

Real identities, labelled demos

Clear scope and next steps

Help and support

What the assistant does for eligible subscribers

AI-assisted drafting

Project templates

New Factory

New / Expanded Production Line

Existing Factory Upgrade

Automation & Robotics

Inspection & Quality

Digital Transformation & Integration

Product / Device Development

Transition to Production

Custom Industrial Project

Worked example — develop an industrial device

Project stages

INDUNV AI Assistant in projects

What is a factory readiness assessment?

Readiness

Maturity

Who is this guide for?

How can assessment help?

Understand the current situation

Recognize strengths and gaps

Clarify improvement priorities

Connect a need to a next step

What does the assessment cover?

Technology

Processes

Organization

How do you take the assessment?

Example: from an operational challenge to an improvement step

The challenge

What would be reviewed?

What need might emerge?

How could platform sections help?

How would the effect be reviewed?

How can your results support the rest of INDUNV?

Industrial marketplace

Industrial services

Industrial projects

INDUNV Passport

INDUNV AI Assistant

From readiness assessment to measurable transformation

What is useful to prepare?

How does INDUNV assess readiness?

Advisory assessment — not certification

Frequently asked questions

Ready to understand your factory’s readiness?

Where your factory standsand what your next step is.

Smart Factory Agent — structured diagnosis

Factory Readiness Assessment

InduNv Readiness Index (IRI)

Factory Data Readiness Checker

AI Recommendation Engine

Opportunity Heatmap

Smart Solution Builder

Factory Technology Upgrade Hub

Provider and Solution Matching

ROI Calculator

Mini Digital Twin — before / after

● Today (baseline)

● After phase 1

Auto Roadmap Generator

INDUNV Factory Readiness Assessment — the model

Capabilities and pillars

Six stages

InduNv Readiness Index

One identity, four states

Why the numbers hold up

Scoring = one transparent formula

ROI = benchmarks

Where your factory stands
and what your next step is.