Know exactly where your factory stands — and where to go next.
SIRI gives manufacturers a clear, independently verified picture of their Industry 4.0 maturity across 16 dimensions — so leadership can prioritise the investments that actually move the needle.
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One framework. Three layers. A complete picture.
16 dimensions, 8 pillars, 3 building blocks — turning a vague I4.0 ambition into a measurable, benchmarkable profile.
Six ascending bands — from undefined to future-ready.
Each of the 16 dimensions is rated on the same six-band scale, so progress is unambiguous and every step up is clearly defined.
Ad Hoc
No defined processes. Activities are reactive and unstructured.
Defined
Processes are documented. Basic standards and procedures exist.
Repeatable
Consistent execution. Processes are followed and tracked.
Integrated
Cross-functional data flows and system integration are in place.
Optimised
Continuous improvement with data-driven decisions and automation.
Innovative
Future-ready. Autonomous, predictive, self-optimising operations.
Focus improvements where they create the most value.
Four complementary lenses that turn your assessment score into a focused, commercially grounded action plan.
Understand your facility's current Industry 4.0 maturity via the 16-dimension Assessment Matrix.
Map which Industry 4.0 dimensions deliver the greatest financial return for your specific operation.
Align improvement priorities to the KPIs and business objectives most critical to your leadership agenda.
Learn from successes across 12 industry clusters — benchmarked against real-world peers.
5 Principles of Assessment
The SIRI Assessment captures a facility's current state — not its future potential.
All 16 dimensions are assessed, though importance varies by industry type and business needs.
Stage 5 across all dimensions is not the goal — target higher where business need justifies it.
SIRI is a recurring exercise — used to track transformation progress across assessment cycles.
10 Cost Categories Analysed
Industry 4.0 improvements are mapped against ten key cost drivers, identifying which dimensions deliver the greatest financial return for your specific operation.
14 KPI Categories
Business objectives are mapped across four performance dimensions, each with targeted KPI categories to guide prioritisation.
Learn from the Global Network
Emulate successes and learn from the mistakes of the broader manufacturing community — your assessment is benchmarked against real-world peers across 12 industry clusters, 59 industry segments, and 169 production categories.
Example Industry Segments
EPIK — turning maturity scores into business outcomes.
EPIK links maturity levels to five operational performance categories, making visible which Industry 4.0 investments move the needle on cost, quality, and agility.
*Content varies for each prioritisation index
Overall Equipment Effectiveness
First Pass Yield
Mean Time to Repair
Awarded when a facility begins monitoring EPIK metrics — a committed first step toward data-driven performance management.
Awarded when a facility tracks more than four EPIK metrics with demonstrated improvement — signalling measurable Industry 4.0 business impact.
Your benchmark only counts if it compares you to peers who actually look like you.
Generic global averages mask more than they reveal. SIRI's Profile Matching auto-filters every benchmark, gap, and recommendation to facilities sharing your industry, economic zone, geography, and scale.
The closest peer set — same industry, same product complexity, same competitive pressures. The apples-to-apples comparison that makes benchmark gaps defensible to leadership.
Filters to peers with similar regulatory, fiscal, and infrastructure conditions — because comparing a high-income facility to an emerging-market plant produces misleading gaps.
A regional lens capturing shared trade dynamics, policy environments, and technology adoption cycles — especially relevant for strategic positioning and investment timing.
Controls for organisational scale — resource constraints and transformation capacity differ vastly between a 100-person plant and a 5,000-person facility. Size-matched gaps are genuinely closable.
Applied across every analytic in the report — not just benchmarks.
Profile Matching filters EPIK scores, maturity benchmarks, cost profiles, and dimension impact rankings — every number a manufacturer sees is peer-contextualised. The system is automatic: peer dimensions are populated from the intake form before the on-site visit, removing assessor subjectivity.
A score of 2.5 in Advanced Manufacturing means something very different in ASEAN High-Income versus a Low-Income Emerging Cluster. Profile Matching makes that distinction visible and defensible.
The most common objection to benchmark data is "that comparison doesn't apply to us." Profile Matching removes it — because the peer set is explicitly defined by industry, economic zone, region, and headcount, leadership cannot dismiss the findings as irrelevant.
The conversation shifts from "is this benchmark fair?" to "what are we going to do about these gaps?"
Six tangible outputs, one comprehensive report.
Your Maturity Score by Dimension
A score from 0–5 for each of the 16 dimensions, giving a granular picture of where your facility stands today.
Your Global Benchmark Comparison
See exactly how your facility compares to the 3B global dataset — Bottom (10%), Broad Middle (80%), and Best (10%) — sector-specific and broken down by building block.
Your Transformation Roadmap
A prioritised, sequenced action plan that maps the highest-impact improvements to your current baseline.
Your Workforce Capability Analysis
Assessment of talent gaps across leadership and workforce dimensions — with targeted upskilling recommendations.
Your Technology Gap Report
Identifies critical gaps in automation, connectivity, and intelligence — ranked by impact and implementation readiness.
Your Executive Briefing Report
A board-ready summary distilling the assessment findings into strategic priorities and investment rationale.
SIRI Global Whitepaper
Smart Industry Readiness Index — Framework Methodology & Global Insights
The definitive guide to Industry 4.0 maturity assessment.
Published by INCIT — the definitive reference for the SIRI framework methodology, global industry overview, and progress analytics from assessments worldwide.
Framework Methodology
Deep dive into how the 16 dimensions and maturity bands are constructed and scored.
Global Industry Overview
A broad view of Industry 4.0 adoption trends across sectors and regions worldwide.
Progress Analytics
Data-driven insights tracking how manufacturers improve maturity scores across assessment cycles.
From kickoff to roadmap in three focused phases.
A structured, facilitated process that captures an accurate maturity picture with minimal operational disruption.
Understand your facility's goals, constraints, and strategic context before the assessment begins.
Structured on-site assessment across all 16 dimensions — evidence collected and maturity bands scored with certified rigour.
Build the transformation roadmap — 4 Focus Dimensions with sequenced priorities anchored to your cost profile and KPIs.
Deliver the debrief, hand over the report, and set multi-cycle targets that sustain transformation momentum.
Planning & Preparation
3–4 weeks prior · ~3 hrs commitment
- Assessment scoping and objective setting
- Pre-assessment questionnaire and self-evaluation
- Stakeholder and team identification
- Documentation and data collection planning
- On-site schedule and logistics alignment
On-site Assessment
2–3 days on-site
- Comprehensive facility walkthrough by certified assessors
- Structured stakeholder interviews across functions
- Shop floor observation and technology audit
- Dimension-by-dimension evidence collection
- Collaborative validation workshop with your team
Debriefing & Roadmap Implementation
Post-assessment · ~60 minutes facilitated session
- SIRI Star Emblem reveal — your tier badge and what it means for board and marketing use
- Maturity baseline walkthrough — dimension-by-dimension with inline assessor rationale
- EPIK performance impact — quantified answer to "is our transformation paying off?"
- Profile Matching benchmarks — how you rank against peers who actually look like you
- Transformation roadmap handover — 4 Focus Dimensions with cost, KPI, and execution pathways
- Full written assessment report delivered with all four sections
Four sections. Four questions answered.
Progressing from maturity baseline to business impact, competitive positioning, and a concrete execution plan — each section builds on the last.
First Reading
All 12 EPIK metrics are captured once, before any improvement work — Cycle 0.
Overall EPIK Score
12 metrics roll up to 5 category scores and one overall index.
Measured Against Peers
Each metric is compared to Industry, Economic Zone, and Alliance peer layers.
Next-Band Goals
Focus Dimensions carry explicit next-band targets for the metrics they move.
Establishes your factual baseline before any comparison: Star Emblem tier, the full 16-dimension matrix with inline assessor rationale, and the prioritisation inputs that drive your roadmap.
- SIRI Star Emblem — your tier badge (★ to ★★★★★)
- Scope and Profile Matching peer dimensions
- 16-dimension Assessment Matrix with inline Assessor Notes
- Cost Profile, Priority KPIs, and Planning Horizon inputs
- 12 EPIK Performance Metrics baseline
The section CFOs and COOs focus on. EPIK translates maturity into 12 operational metrics across 5 categories — a quantified answer to whether digital investment is moving the needle on cost, quality, and agility.
- Overall EPIK Score — single unified performance indicator
- Radar chart: Previous → Current → Top Performer
- Per-metric trend table with improvement / decline flags
- Profile Matching benchmarks for EPIK across 3 peer layers
- Metric classifications: Critical Development / Competitive Growth / Innovation Leadership
Builds outward from global context to precise peer comparisons — maturity benchmarks at three Profile Matching levels, cost structure vs. best-in-class, and Archetype Positioning that places your facility in the strategic landscape of your sector.
- 3B Maturity Benchmark — global Bottom / Broad Middle / Best reference
- Industry Cluster, Economic Zone, and Alliance-level comparisons
- Cost Profile vs Best-in-Class by planning horizon
- Priority KPI alignment with peer leaders
- Archetype Positioning — Rainforest / Coniferous / Savanna / Tundra
Translates everything into a sequenced execution plan. A balanced rule selects 4 Focus Dimensions — one each from Process, Technology, and Organisation, plus the highest-impact dimension overall — each with cost attribution, KPI linkage, and execution pathways.
- 4 Focus Dimensions selected via a transparent balanced rule
- Cost & KPI attribution table — the "why these four" made visible
- Priority 1–4 narratives with next-band targets
- Internal and external execution pathways per dimension
- Multi-cycle aspiration linked to Archetype progression
The 12 EPIK metrics, by category
An illustrative view of how 12 EPIK metrics span 5 categories — each one baselined, benchmarked against peers, and targeted by your roadmap.
- Cost per Unit of Output
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Labour Productivity Index
- Revenue Share from New Products
- R&D to Revenue Ratio
- Order to Delivery Cycle Time
- Changeover / Setup Time
- New Product Introduction Lead Time
- First Pass Yield
- Safety Incident Rate / TRIR
- Energy Intensity per Unit of Output
- Waste-to-Landfill Ratio
Illustrative example metric set — your official report reflects the metrics relevant to your facility.
Assessor Notes are now inline — not buried in an annex
The certified assessor's rationale for every maturity band is written directly alongside each dimension in the Assessment Matrix — not buried in an appendix. Manufacturers immediately see the evidence, gaps identified, and improvement actions behind each score.
The lowest-performing 10% of facilities in the global assessment pool — a baseline reference showing the floor of each dimension.
The mainstream band — where most assessed facilities sit globally. The scores shown represent Broad Middle averages for each dimension.
The top-performing 10% — industry leaders whose scores define best-in-class for each dimension and serve as the aspirational target.
Integration
Integration
Product Lifecycle
L&D
Governance
What you cannot measure, you cannot improve.
Clarity on where you stand
An objective, independently verified baseline — no more guesswork about your factory's digital readiness.
Prioritised investment decisions
Know which Industry 4.0 initiatives will deliver the greatest return before committing capital.
Independent third-party validation
Independently verified credentials give credibility with boards, investors, and supply chain partners.
Benchmark against global peers
See how your facility compares to sector leaders and regional medians across every dimension.
Close workforce capability gaps
Identify skill shortfalls and leadership readiness to ensure your people can deliver transformation.
Track progress over time
Repeat assessments show measurable uplift — turning transformation ambitions into a trackable performance record.
Become a Certified SIRI Assessor.
CSAs are independently certified digital-transformation consultants, officially recognised under the SIRI framework. They conduct Official SIRI Assessments and build tailored transformation roadmaps for manufacturers worldwide.
Attend training
40 hrs in-class coursework via an approved training organisation.
Pass certification
Complete the CSA examination from an approved organisation.
Orientation & access
Complete orientation and gain access to the SIRI Portal to start assessing.
Become an approved SIRI training centre.
If your organisation is a training provider, consultancy, or industry body interested in delivering the official Certified SIRI Assessor (CSA) programme, we'd love to hear from you.
Deliver officially recognised training
Train industry professionals on the official SIRI methodology and become an approved training organisation under the SIRI framework.
Grow a pipeline of certified assessors
Position your organisation as a centre of excellence for Industry 4.0 maturity capability development.
Access official curriculum and materials
Receive the official 40-hour CSA curriculum, examiner support, and the complete SIRI assessment toolkit.
Join a global network
Become part of the international SIRI training ecosystem spanning institutions and industry bodies worldwide.
What it means to be an approved training centre
Your organisation becomes authorised to deliver the official CSA certification pathway, helping build Industry 4.0 talent across your region.
- Official SIRI-approved programme status
- Complete 40-hour curriculum and trainer guides
- CSA examination and certification rights
- Listing in the global SIRI training directory
- Ongoing support from INCIT
- Access to the official SIRI assessment portal
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