New digitisation strategy could lead to manufacturing jobs boom in Yorkshire

The technology company Razor has been selected by the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to deliver a digitisation strategy which will highlight the economic benefits of using artificial intelligence and big data technology.
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It is part of a strategy to position the AMRC as a champion for digital integration in the manufacturing sector.

Dr Aiden Lockwood, Principal Enterprise Architect at the AMRC said: “This project will bring together all our expertise and use the AMRC as a whole to demonstrate how enterprise scale modern IT could be used across the UK manufacturing sector. This is an exciting new era of the AMRC which will allow us to fully connect our staff, members and partners into a unified digital platform.

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"Having worked alongside the AMRC on a number of projects in recent years, Razor is well-positioned to take on this new challenge. In 2019, the two organisations worked in partnership on a project for one of Britain’s best known aerospace manufacturers, the results of which were startling. The Razor team managed to improve production speed far beyond expectation – in this case – 4,000 times quicker than imagined by the AMRC".

Jamie Hinton, CEO at Sheffield-based Razor, commented: “Both Razor and the AMRC believe in the potential of our region. We are on the cusp of a new industrial revolution fuelled by relationships like ours.”

Steven Foxley, CEO at the AMRC said: “Razor is at the forefront of the fast-growing digital tech community in the Sheffield City Region, through our work with us they’ve proven time and again that they are capable of the forward-thinking, fast moving and innovative approach this work requires.

“The AMRC is determined to bring together the digital and manufacturing communities in the North of England to drive growth and productivity through innovation, this new partnership is that and much more."

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The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is a network of research and innovation centres working with manufacturing companies from around the globe.

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