The Portuguese-German Chamber of Commerce and Católica’s Smart City Innovation Lab have found a winner for the Best Performers Award 2017 / Category Innovation. The award in the category innovation was targeted towards Portugal-based companies that have part of their business established in Germany and have created innovations in the fields of technology, product/service or business model.
This year’s winner is Prodsmart Lda, a startup in the manufacturing industry, which focuses on developing user-friendly software to optimize and streamline manufacturing processes. Their innovative software, also named Prodsmart analyzes, manages and optimizes industrial production processes in a simple, efficient way. By employing tablets and sensors, production information is always available and updated. It allows factory floor management, stock management, planning and scheduling, production flow to be tracked, as well as ensuring real-time alerts and personalized reports.
Their prize will be an intensive workshop on digital transformation, made possible through a collaboration between Roland Berger and the Smart City Innovation Lab.