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Self-diagnosis tool for the digital maturity of industrial enterprises

The SHIFT to 4.0 project, developed by ISQ, in partnership with IAPMEI, the University of Aveiro and the University of Minho, consists of the application of a tool for self-diagnosis of the digital maturity of companies In practice, the tool allows analyzing the difficulties and state of companies in the face of the challenges of digital transformation promoted by Industry 4.0. The program allows to identify opportunities, teach good practices, introduce tools and implement measures and actions to make companies technologically more advanced, especially SMEs, during their journey in digital transformation and skills strengthening in this area. The program also provides additional tools to support consulting work, in matters associated with digital transformation processes and 4.0. The implementation of SHIFT to 4.0 will be divided into three phases. The first aims at the selection of 80 companies, of different dimensions and sectors of the national economy, where the diagnostic methodology and the sample to participate in the exercise will be defined. In the second phase, the defined methodology will be put into practice, accompanied by monitoring on the ground. If necessary, adjustments will be made, defining support tools that are necessary, such as roadmap of interventions, support texts on Industry 4.0, draftinterviews and reports, and other materials. In the third phase there is the scale up of the project, in which the tool of self-diagnosis of the digital maturity of companies will be available to those who are interested. The "SHIFT to 4.0" rating is supported by a six-dimensional analysis of industry 4.0, which is the essence of i4.0. From the different themes of each dimension it is possible to position the company in one of the six states of maturity i4.0 Developed by ISQ and promoted by IAPMEI, the design of "SHIFT to 4.0" was based on the survey created by the IW Consult of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research and the FIR of RWTH university of Aachen, having been adapted to the Portuguese reality by ISQ in collaboration with Cristina Barros, as Technical Co-Coordinator of AXIS 3 of the INCODE 2030 Program. By the end of May 2019, the pilot initiative "SHIFT to 4.0", to which several entities of the Scientific and Technological System have been associated, will enable a group of companies to benefit from an i4.0 maturity assessment exercise.