Conception, development and implementation of smart industrial processes and integrated information and communication technology systems on the factory floor, employing advanced production practices focused on Industry 4.0 concepts, such as PIMS – Plant Information Management Systems. Customized, flexible and automated solutions are offered to integrate technological products, replicable in any factory environment, properly tested and functioning in an optimized form, targeting cost reduction, quality improvement and production control.

The concept of Industry 4.0 or Advanced Manufacturing, in terms of research and technological innovation, is certainly the industry’s next milepost. The so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution’s goal is to create smart factories using technological concepts such as: the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cyber-physical systems, and others. Of great importance for the implementation of this factory concept is the integration of information through intelligent systems, in which machines can communicate with each other and information is fully disseminated. The CERTI Foundation, attuned to the need to resolve the specific issues that these challenges already pose to the market, and aiming to improve factory processes through industrial automation, has the know-how to develop applications in the fields mentioned, as described below:

• Analysis of the potential and evolution of automated processes;
• Simulation and virtual commissioning of factories;
• Process optimization to reduce costs;
• Use of artificial intelligence to increase competitiveness;
• Creation of a digital shadow and digital twin;
• Application of PLM tools;
• Industrial tracking applications using IoT;
• Asset management using predictive maintenance systems;
• Solutions that aim to integrate different factory sectors, generating real-time indicators to help decision making.