Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) has launched a project to define a form of digital certification that can be used by Italian manufacturers to certify the ease of integration of their machinery into the production systems of their textile customers.

The project elaborates a shared reference vocabulary for Italian textile machinery manufacturers, which has led to the creation of a conceptual model of machine and process production management data useful for textile manufacturers for identifying and calculating related productive KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).

This model was developed by the Manufacturing Group of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, under the scientific guidance of prof. Marco Taisch, an international expert on digital transformation processes in the manufacturing sector, and within the bounds of the Industry 4.0 paradigm, supported by researcher Elisa Negri.

The project aims to build customer loyalty through a common vision of machine data and an easier and more uniform integration of information derived from the machinery of different manufacturers in the operating systems of client companies. It will create the ACIMIT Digital Label for member companies applying this data model.

This digital label will provide customers with a continuous flow of information and allow them to develop additional services and new business models for greater competitiveness within the industry.