In CIMM Level 5, the focus shifts from process improvement to the proactive design of robust products, processes, and systems.
With Design for Excellence, AI for Operations, and Smart Factory, Symbol helps organisations both to embed quality from the outset and to digitalise existing processes.
In the first four CIMM levels, processes have become more organised, stable, and capable. CIMM Level 5 builds on this by embedding reliability into the design of products, processes, and systems from the start.
With Design for Six Sigma and Design for Excellence, customer needs are translated into measurable design criteria. Risks, variation, and potential causes of failure are investigated early, before production or implementation begins.
Additionally, data analysis, digitalisation, AI, and Smart Factory technologies play an increasingly important role. Organisations can use these to increase productivity by generating more added value per employee.
This creates an organisation that not only continuously improves but also becomes more future-proof.
Future-proof processes emerge when organisations embed quality in design, use data and AI for better decision-making, and deploy digital technology to increase productivity.
Design for Excellence and Design for Six Sigma focus on developing products and processes that are robust, reliable, and efficient from the outset. Customer needs are translated into measurable design criteria, ensuring quality and reliability are embedded in the design phase.
AI for Operations uses artificial intelligence and digital agents to analyse processes, identify deviations, and support decisions. Organisations can react faster to incidents, better utilise operational data, and continuously optimise processes.
Smart Factory combines digitalisation, automation, and connected systems to make production processes smarter and more efficient. Technologies such as IIoT, MES, cobots, and digital twins create an integrated production environment that can better manage quality, flexibility, and performance.
Future-proof products and processes arise when customer needs, technology, sustainability, and risks are integrally considered from the design phase.
Symbol guides organisations in applying Design for Excellence, Design for Six Sigma, and data-driven innovation methods. Together with design and process teams, customer requirements are translated into measurable demands, risks are analysed early, and concepts are validated. This optimises manufacturability, costs, reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance, among other things.
Within CIMM Level 5, the focus thus shifts from reactive improvement to proactive design. Processes become more robust, products perform more predictably, and the organisation can respond more quickly to technological developments, changing customer expectations, and new market conditions, without compromising quality.
Symbol advises organisations on developing products and production processes that contribute to improved resilience.