By the end of this decade, to deliver a low carbon global economy, everything we make will need to be completely re-imagined and re-engineered.
DETI is part of the UK’s action plan for digital transformation. Capitalising on the West of England’s highly collaborative network of R&D, academia, and industry, it brings together leading companies, technology disruptors and universities to push the boundaries of the digitally enabled engineering of the future. It forms part of the West of England Combined Authority’s commitment to prioritising crosssectoral innovation, which will help businesses become more productive and resilient, develop new workforce skills and employment opportunities,
and help the shift towards a low-carbon economy.
DETI will showcase world class digital engineering practice and concepts on industrial scale test beds, enabling industry to engineer sustainable high performance products, with reduced cost and time to market.
The global engineering landscape is shifting. Shorter product development times, faster routes to market and the need for through-life product sustainability for some of the most complex products the world has ever seen provides us with an exciting opportunity.
To maintain engineering leadership, UK businesses need to develop new ways of working that enable agility, flexibility and competitive advantage, that will support future generations socially, economically and sustainably.
Engineers are working out what tools to use, what technologies to invest in and how to exploit vast quantities of data captured at every stage. The digital revolution is fundamentally changing the way engineers work, developing new skills. There are few test-grounds to explore and test technologies and processes without disrupting current production line pressure. This is where Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) comes in.
