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Webinar: Customer Voice in 5.0 Industry with Luís Alves

In this webinar, Luís Alves, Managing Director of Formaplás (FLAMA Group), shares his real-world experience in transforming the shop floor through digitalization with proGrow.

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In an insightful conversation alongside Marco Tschan, Catarina Afonso, and Carlos Gonçalves from the proGrow team, they explored the practical perspective of someone who went through the technology implementation and how data analytics allowed Formaplás to achieve complete visibility and reliable real-time data.

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What you will find in this webinar:

  • proGrow Solution & Connectivity: How proGrow brings any machine online, collecting real-time data using IoT devices and intuitive shop-floor tablets.
  • New proGrow Features: A showcase of proGrow's new features, Margin Loss indicators, automated reports, and AI-generated daily alerts.
  • Formaplás Real Case Study (Flama Group): Luís Alves' testimony on the history, operational challenges, and evolution of digitalization in the factory, along with a demonstration of proGrow's real impact on Formaplás machines.
  • Open Q&A Discussion: A debate sharing critical insights on the impact of digital tools and answering questions from the audience.

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Video Timestamps

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‍00:00 — Webinar introduction by Catarina Afonso and Podcast presentation

02:00 — proGrow presentation by Carlos Gonçalves: IoT connectivity and the 3 pillars of production

05:47 — Demo of shop-floor tablet usage and downtime tracking

06:36 — Overview of dashboards, equipment monitoring, and shift-by-shift analysis

08:27 — Implementation model (1-month Trial) and modular plan

09:25 — Presentation of new features: AI mobile app, Margin Loss, Feed, and automated reporting

11:43 — Shopfloor monitoring from anywhere and global diagnostics powered by AI

13:36 — Beginning of the conversation with Luís Alves (Managing Director of Formaplás)

14:08 — History, origins, and evolution of Formaplás (FLAMA Group)

18:51 — Luís Alves' career background and the introduction of technology into the factory

22:42 — Practical challenges in implementing digitalization and software integration

51:30 — Q&A Session

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