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Low-cost solutions that provide business benefits

Shoestring offers a step-by-step approach to digitalisation using off-the-shelf technology to create low-cost, low-risk digital solutions. These small-scale solutions provide companies with immediate benefits without disrupting core operations. And they help shift mindsets so employees are ready to embrace further change. Get started today with the starter solution package.

Deployed in over 70 companies

Discover how Shoestring helps companies improve productivity, reduce waste and energy usage, and in addition give staff digital skills and confidence to do more.

“Time has been saved in the packing area. Manual checklists have been cut down, which has saved hours of work every week.”

Job tracking solution | David Smith Ltd

“Feedback from staff is positive. The dashboard is now the first point of call for employees looking to check on the [wax] production status.”

Temperature monitoring | Kemdent Dental Products Ltd

Shaped by industry

Engineering Director, Carl Dean, explains the benefits of getting involved with Shoestring, how the low-cost solutions help smaller manufacturers get “a flavour” of what is possible in a market where many digital solutions are costly. “If we can help by being involved with Shoestring and these processes can be rolled out to other businesses across the country, it means that a lot of people can actually win out of this project.”

Our partners

Meet the partners who are helping build the Shoestring community and bring low-cost digital solutions to the UK manufacturing sector.

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A step-by-step approach to digitalisation for smaller companies, using off-the-shelf technology to create practical low-cost, low risk digital solutions

Shoestring | Digital Manufacturing @dmshoestring ·

25 Sep

LoDISA workshop kicked off @IfMCambridge today with #industry insight from PIL Membranes- how to help #SME #manufacturers accelerate intro of #digitalisation into their factories: start simply with low budget, get proof of concept using the @dmshoestring approach, then push hard

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22 Sep

Look out for updates next week from @dmshoestring's 1st #academic workshop @IfMCambridge. Visitors from across the globe will share findings on how low-cost #tech can help accelerate #industrial #automation.

https://conferences.digitalshoestring.net/shoestring-conference/

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22 Sep

Ready for next week? 25th and 26th of @dmshoestring, @IfMCambridge and @UniofNottingham run the first workshop in Low Cost Digital Solutions for Industrial Automation after the great success of the EPSRC Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring research programme.

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