3. NeXT is signed up in the Chamber of Commerce register with
the status of an innovative PMI: we deal with the
development and marketing of high-tech software
applications.
It was among the first 6 innovative Italian PMI at the "Open
Innovative PMI" prize organized by Bernoni Grant Thornton.
The business success of NeXT has led it every year to increase
the size of its team, in relation to important commitments
and increasingly ambitious projects.
NeXT | About us
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INNOVATIVE PMI
AMONG THE FIRST 6 INNOVATIVE PMI
THE TEAM GROWS
4. NeXT | Trend
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In 2017, NeXT crossed the line of € 1,000,000 in sales: great satisfaction, great responsibility for commitments to come.
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5. NeXT | Our mission
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❑ Design and implement strategies for the digitalization of
processes, really strategic activities for the years to come.
❑ Develop projects with a view to factory 4.0, environment
towards which NeXT is naturally oriented.
❑ Continue to develop concrete projects in the field of
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
❑ Investing time and resources in research and development.
«The current scenario is Industry 4.0, but evolution is already in our name»
DIGITALIZATION OF PROCESSES
FACTORY 4.0
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
6. NeXT | Major customers
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FCA Group
•Management of motors in the finishing
department with pick to light
•Check of plant AGV
•Monitoring of motor shaft line
efficiency
•Traceability of motor shaft line
Ariston Thermo
•Monitoring of OEE general efficiency.
•WCM support through “just in time”
manufacturing on production lines
Franke
•Andon monitoring on production lines.
•OEE monitoring general efficiency.
Faber
•Andon monitoring on production lines.
•Monitoring of OEE general efficiency.
•Quality control on vibration testing
(Vibco)
Elica
•Traceability of product units in all
Italian and foreign plants.
•Electrical test traceability
•Quality control on vibration testing
(Vibco)
•Monitoring of OEE general efficiency
•Visual SOP
•Labels print management
•Print inline product characteristics and
packaging label
•Generating energy label
SCA Hygiene Products
•Statistical Process Control (SPC).
•Warehouse Management System.
•Monitoring of customs and relevant
chemical costs and power factors with
regard to production.
•Support for the management of the CILs
•Management of roles and personnel
requirements of all Italian plants
E-Distribuzione
•Creation of “ProLED“, software for the
design and mechanical calculation for
medium and low-voltage power lines.
•Digitization projects
*The efficiency modules have been
implemented in all Franke plants in
the world
7. NeXT | Solutions for industrial processes: AI-IMPROVE 4.0
IMPROVE | Customer Centered Design
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• The graphics are assembled so as to provide
only the necessary information.
• The interfaces are dedicated and adapted to
each specific company role.
8. NeXT | Our core business: IMPROVE 4.0
Plant monitoring
Efficiency monitoring – OEE
In line monitoring – Andon
Energy consumption monitoring
Statistical Process Control
Quality control
Vibco (Quality control based on vibration and noise analysis)
Statistical Process Control
Maintenances
Preventive maintenance – CIL
Professional maintenance – Machine ledger (WCM)
Ewo module (WCM)
Logistic
Kanban
Warehouse Management System
Traceability
Product and process traceability
Operators support
Pick to light
Visual SOP (WCM)
Safety
S-EWO module (WCM)
Robot handling
Robot and AGV handling
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IMPROVE 4.0: Waste reduction, Efficiency monitoring, Production processes rationalization
Areas of applicability
IMPROVE is a software solution that is highly customized and designed to satisfy customer needs.
Each implementation follows a careful analysis of the reality in which the software will operate.
9. NeXT | Other software solutions: ProLED
ProLED | Design and mechanical calculation of power lines
ProLED, which stands for “Progettazione
Linee Elettriche di Distribuzione” (Design
of power distribution lines) is a computer-
based system created for the mechanical
testing of medium- and low-voltage power
lines in compliance with CEI-11-4-1998, CEI-
11-4-2011 and CEI EN 50341-2-13.
ProLED supports designers of power lines
in the creation of new projects; it also
makes it possible to check existing lines,
assessing the suitability of parts present.
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10. Our interest at the moment is mainly aimed at:
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Machine learning
Chat bot
Smart glasses
NeXT | WORK IN PROGRESS
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Machine learning: through
the great flow of data, it
forms the basis for the
creation of algorithms that
can learn and make
predictions and, finally,
make decisions.
Chat bot: Big data and machine
learning will allow the
development of a more advanced
Human2Machine communication,
thanks to the understanding of
natural language.Smart glasses: these innovative devices will lead
to a revolution both in human work and in the
reduction of waste of time and improvement of
efficiency.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Internet of things
11. The application systems developed by NeXT are based on cutting-edge Agent technology. Every software module is
created as an agent, developed to pursue its aim.
The user interfaces are graphically pleasing and highly ergonomic. Web potential has made it possible to integrate
functional, sleek graphic tools..
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Intelligent Agents Framework
Web Intelligent Platform
12. NeXT technology is integrated into open-source environments to allow the implementation of complex, reliable systems,
while optimising resources.
Next systems are created on Linux operating systems; the relational database is PostgreSql, and the Web-Server is
Apache2.
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13. NeXT | Our core business: IMPROVE 4.0
IMPROVE | Distinguishing features
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• Designed in collaboration with Lean and WCM
consultants.
• Created and developed by NeXT using the
innovative Agent programming paradigm.
• Browser-based, it can be used anywhere, on any
device.
• It allows a flow of communication between any «actor» of the
production process: operator, machine, device, ... plant
• It is a powerful tool for extrapolation, interpretation and analysis of
data coming from the field
14. NeXT | Our core business: IMPROVE 4.0
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IMPROVE
4.0
Internet
Of Things
Cloud
Computing
Big Data
Horizontal
and vertical
integration
Machine
learning
Chat bot
IMPROVE | RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
The technologies that have allowed the development of the fourth industrial
revolution are different, but at the center of everything there is communication.
Man has evolved since he began to evolve his own communication systems.
IMPROVE 4.0, with its innovative Agent programming paradigm, represents an
evolution in the field of software, the ideal vehicle for managing the factory that
one really wants to say "smart".
For many years NeXT has been carrying out research activities aimed at
perfecting those tools that today we conventionally identify with the concept of
Industry 4.0.
Today, we are able to reap the benefits of this research and pursue innovative
and ambitious projects.
«If something can be thought, it can be realized»
15. NeXT | Collaborations and research
«The development of innovative solutions is closely related to a continuous
connection with the scientific community»
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NeXT cooperates with the Università Politecnica delle Marche and the R&D of the
major industrial groups, working on fault diagnosis of complex systems and intelligent
control of energy efficiency.
16. NeXT | Prizes and Awards
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2018
NeXT awarded by the «International Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing» as
the «second best paper» for the project «A decision theory approach to support action plans in cooker hoods
manufacturing», for the «Manufacturing and Industrial Process Design» category
2017
Among the first six innovative PMI at the «Open Innovative PMI» prize organized by Bernoni Grant Thornton, in the category
«PMI and European and foreign markets».
Next is presented as a case study and testimonial for innovation and export to the CNA Ancona elective assembly
NeXT is included in the register of the Chamber of Commerce of Ancona with the status of «Innovative PMI»
2016
CNA Marche rewards NeXT: Marche excellence 2015
CNA Marche NeXT rewards: best company for «innovation and research»
2015
CNA Marche rewards NeXT: Marche excellence 2014