Creating a Methodology to Train Manufacturing SMEs: The Lift Europe Case

Abstract

The recent industrial trends helped manufacturing companies to digitalise their shopfloor and to exploit the functionalities of new data-based technologies. However, small and medium manufacturing enterprises, due to their size, faced several barriers in embodying the knowhow to manage these new technologies. For this reason, LIFT Europe, a consortium made by eleven universities and one competence centre, has been constituted, matching the companies needs and the expertise of its partners in creating a set of courses targeted to fill this knowledge gap.