AI & Digital Manufacturing Analytics worked example

Smart Factory Maturity Score with smart factory business impact score of 4 score: a worked example

This worked example runs the smart factory maturity score numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: smart factory business impact score of 4 score instead of the typical 8 score. Score smart factory maturity using business impact, connected-process maturity, and analytics governance strength.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Smart factory business impact score: 4 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 8)
  • Connected-process maturity score: 7 score (held at the documented default)
  • Analytics governance strength score: 6 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Smart factory maturity score = business impact score × connected-process maturity score × governance strength score.
  • Smart factory maturity score works out to 5.55 maturity score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Business impact score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Connected-process maturity score works out to 7 score at these inputs.
  • Analytics governance strength score works out to 6 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where smart factory business impact score sits at 8 score and the headline result is 7.15 maturity score, this scenario comes in 22.38% below the baseline at 5.55 maturity score.
  • Use it during annual Industry 4.0 portfolio reviews, when ranking plants for a connectivity rollout, or when building the business case for a digital-twin or MES investment. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Smart factory maturity score: 5.55 maturity score (headline result)
  • Business impact score: 4 score
  • Connected-process maturity score: 7 score
  • Analytics governance strength score: 6 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Smart Factory Maturity Score calculator, set smart factory business impact score to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.