The next generation of manufacturers is getting organized: Anthony Lacoste, one of the youngest auditors to have passed the Auditor 4.0 certification

Montreal on June 11 — Anthony Lacoste, co-founder and strategy director of the Lakhos Group, a digital firm dedicated to the digitization of Quebec manufacturers, is one of the youngest auditors to have completed the training and obtained the “Industry 4.0 Auditor” certification issued by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation (MEI).

While we are still hearing about the shortage of workers, the economic recovery and the productivity of manufacturers, the next generation is preparing silently and is ready to digitize the 13,664 manufacturing establishments in Quebec.

“With my partner, we started business because we wanted to offer concrete help to local manufacturers. Auditor 4.0 accreditation was the logical next step in giving a seal of quality and credibility to what we were already doing. Subsidized or not, once they understand the efficiency gains they can achieve, they have no problem taking the plunge,” explains Anthony Lacoste, co-founder and chief strategy officer of the Lakhos Group.

Indeed, the problem is not so much about the budget but more about finding the right partner. Since the beginning, the group has noted that the market is made up of both excellent players and companies that saw the opportunity in the big pie of Industry 4.0 and, finally, it is the manufacturers who are paying the highest price.

“Very quickly, we made the choice to focus on SMEs, most of which have an urgent need, with an envelope that does not allow mistakes. The more or less defined processes the company has, the easier it is to digitize it because everything has to be built and, let's face it, our Quebec SMEs are extremely agile,” adds Anthony Lacoste.

This accreditation has so far been issued to less than 200 auditors in Quebec.

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Lakhos is a digital company dedicated to the industrial/manufacturing industry based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We support companies in the digitization of their RevOps, in order to improve the customer experience (CX). As a HubSpot partner, we implement CRM ecosystem technologies to increase the efficiency of internal teams and optimize customer touchpoints. Our mission is to help manufacturers review and implement a CRM strategy and ecosystem to collect and act on customer data.