Industry partners help develop the Shoestring project

Industry partners help develop the Shoestring project

19/08/2021 Support grows for Shoestring as it transitions to a community programme, with in-company specification workshops and factory pilots helping to shape the future Shoestring offering. As nationwide support for Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring grows, with...
Fife College joins Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring

Fife College joins Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring

22/06/2021 Fife College has been named partners of the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring programme. The link-up is part of the College’s drive to increase STEM skills, ensuring the digital needs of the Fife region, and Scotland more widely, are met. The first...
Shoestring Solution Providers Workshop, June 2021

Shoestring Solution Providers Workshop, June 2021

21/06/2021 On Wednesday 16th June, Shoestring held an online workshop for its solution provider partners to explore how off-the-shelf technologies can be integrated into the Shoestring development process. Technology specialists provide key support in making sure...
New low-cost solutions help manufacturers go digital

New low-cost solutions help manufacturers go digital

17/06/2021 A new article, originally published in the Manufacturer, shows how the Shoestring programme is using cost-effective, off-the-shelf technologies to help manufacturing SMEs transform into highly efficient, digitally enabled businesses. In a programme...
Students compete to create low cost digital solutions

Students compete to create low cost digital solutions

01/06/2021 The Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring project successfully ran its second sprint-like event on 24-25 October 2020. This was a highly intensive competition where over 100 students from the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham met...