Shoestring News
Made Smarter Connected Factories Centre makes use of Shoestring solutions
10/02/2025 Low-cost digital Shoestring solutions provide vital data for researchers. Regular geo-political changes have shown the critical importance of being able to adapt...
Shoestring Partners with UNSW Canberra
28/11/2024 Shoestring expands its international reach after UNSW Canberra becomes the latest collaborator to the Digital Shoestring programme. UNSW Canberra has recently become...
LoDiSA Workshop 2024
14/10/2024 A global audience discuss Low-cost Automation Driving Sustainability at the Institute for Manufacturing. From Left to Right: Tasnim Ahmed (Politecnico di Milano),...
Apprentice deploys Shoestring solution at Trox UK
26/09/2024 Shoestring supports the deployment of a power monitoring solution by an apprentice from West Suffolk College, saving £3.5k for their company. A student project carried...
Companies share their supply chain data needs
23/04/2024 In collaboration with the Made Smarter Connected Factories project, the first Shoestring Supply Chain Requirements workshop was held last month to explore how supply...
Shoestring introduces starter solutions
06/12/2023 The Shoestring Digital Manufacturing initiative has taken its first steps into commercialisation with a suite of starter solutions, helping more companies tackle the...
Shoestring launches in Cornwall
05/12/2023 Shoestring’s regional model takes another step forward by training local advisors to support the Shoestring programme in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The...
Shoestring expands into Egypt
04/09/2023 Shoestring’s latest international scoping study has just launched in Egypt, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The study will...
Shoestring’s first hospital pilot begins
25/07/2023 This month Addenbrooke’s Hospital’s histopathology department specified the requirements for a job tracking solution as part of Shoestring’s first hospital pilot...
Western Australia’s food and beverage industry embrace Shoestring
20/07/2023 Results from the first overseas implementation of Shoestring show there is overwhelming support for the programme amongst the food and beverage industry in Western...
Shoestring collaboration: Smart Manufacturing Data Hub
31/05/2023 Shoestring is enabling small and medium sized companies to accelerate their digital journey via the Made Smarter Smart Manufacturing Data Hub. Over the past few months...
Shoestring collaboration: Connected Factories & Elastic Manufacturing
30/05/2023 Two collaborative research projects, Connected Factories and Elastic Manufacturing, are developing a multi-site demonstrator using Shoestring solutions. The Made...
East of England regional activity
23/02/2023 Shoestring’s regional scoping pilot in the East of England launched in January in response to demand from local manufacturing companies. Keen to see how companies...
Scotland’s regional scoping pilot completes
23/02/2023 Shoestring has completed its first regional scoping pilot, paving the way for the next phase of the programme in Scotland which looks at how to expand the initiative...
Shoestring’s first digital starter solutions are ready to trial
22/02/2023 If your company needs a low risk, low-cost way to start digitalising, and would benefit from job tracking, power monitoring or temperature monitoring, try out one of...
Shoestring’s first Sustainability Requirements workshop
22/02/2023 Shoestring held its first Sustainability Requirements workshop this month to find out how the Shoestring approach could best help companies improve their...
FE College students and apprentices create solutions
22/11/2022 Over the summer Shoestring ran two hackathons with HND students at Dumfries and Galloway FE College and Make UK apprentices, who showed how quickly the future...
Shoestring launches in Western Australia
22/11/2022 Shoestring’s first international pilot programme launches in association with the Western Australian government. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional...
Live digital solutions at Digital Manufacturing Week
18/11/2022 This week Shoestring showcased a range of low-cost digital solutions at Factory Expo, including a temperature monitoring solution on a coffee machine. Over 100 people...
Battery manufacturer in Thurso joins the Regional Scottish pilot
10/11/2022 Having just deployed Shoestring’s job tracking solution, the Denchi Group see the potential for Shoestring to help the company move towards Industry 4.0. As part of...
Celebration of the EPSRC-funded Shoestring research project
26/05/2022 As EPSRC funding concludes, Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring enters the next stage. This week, at the final meeting for the EPSRC-funded part of the Digital...
Shoestring at Cambridge Festival 2022
07/04/2022 Join us on Saturday 9 April at the Institute for Manufacturing to see live demonstrations of Shoestring solutions. As part of the Cambridge University festival...
Students create digital solutions for manufacturers in two-day hackathon
25/02/2022 The latest Shoestring hackathon gave students a taste of what it is like to solve real-life manufacturing challenges and the chance to develop their team, project...
Shoestring gave us digital confidence, says dental manufacturer
25/01/2022 A temperature monitoring pilot at dental manufacturer, Kemdent, gave the staff confidence to digitalise more processes across the company. After deliberating about how...
Shoestring’s research is well received at SOHOMA’21
30/11/2021 Shoestring researchers' papers on developing low-cost digital solutions and digital manufacturing architectures sparked discussions at SOHOMA’21. The latest advances...
Construction manufacturer sees immediate benefit from Shoestring pilot
11/10/2021 This new job tracking pilot at David Smith, a construction manufacturer in St Ives, is already bringing benefits to the company’s production process. It was exciting...
Top business challenges for manufacturers identified
23/08/2021 Top business challenges for small to medium sized manufacturers are identified and matched to digital solution areas. Taking a radical approach to helping SMEs go...
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...
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,...
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...