Tag Archives: DRT



April 20 / Uncategorized

DRT renews its status as 2021 SME Leader

A distinction created by IAPMEI in partnership with Turismo de Portugal, main bank entities and Mutual Guarantee Societies, which aims to distinguish and give prominence to companies that show the best performance and management indicators, marking the national competitive capacity.

In this year of challenges and adaptations to a new reality, for us this distinction means another year of achievements and a reinforcement of motivation.

November 25 / Uncategorized

DRT na 1º Edição do Fórum TECH-i9

Foi ontem inaugurada a primeira tech session do FORUM TECH-i9 de um conjunto de 3 webinares, organizados pela CEFAMOL. 

Valdemar Duarte, CEO do Grupo DRT, fez parte da plateia de oradores, que discutiram temas no âmbito dos “Sistemas de Controlo e Gestão de Dados”.

Valdemar Duarte, explicou que a dificuldade de implementar um sistema de recolha e tratamento de dados se prende, sobretudo, com a quantidade de informação recolhida quando, na prática, apenas 20% dela é útil à empresa. Sublinhou ainda que a DRT, desenvolveu o seu próprio software de gestão, o SBI, e que neste momento está a trabalhar em algoritmos que permitam melhorar a triagem dos dados. 

Acompanhe tudo o que foi discutido aqui: 
https://cefamol.pt/index.php?id=16&idn=348&fbclid=IwAR35OkQsKfTgEm1lNCMsWy9yEd7LNOVWDYRCsRiBBg-w82h5imNIuChDxLM

September 29 / Uncategorized

DRT renews its status as 2020 SME Leader

A distinction created by IAPMEI in partnership with Turismo de Portugal, main bank entities and Mutual Guarantee Societies, which aims to distinguish and give prominence to companies that show the best performance and management indicators, marking the national competitive capacity.

In this year of challenges and adaptations to a new reality, for us this distinction means another year of achievements and a reinforcement of motivation.

February 3 / Uncategorized

“O Molde” interview

DRT promotes management of mould manufacturing with the incorporation of artificial intelligence

Valdemar Duarte, CEO of DRT Group, in an article for the magazine O Moldediscusses on how DRT boosted the management of mould making with the incorporation of artificial intelligence, more specifically with the help of SBI, a software that allows to increase effectiveness and efficiency in managers decision making. 

It is an innovative tool that manages the employees tasks and the equipment with which they are working in real time and also allows the process management since quotation stage until the delivery of the finished product. 

The SBI – System Business Intelligence was developed in the DRT Group and is available to the market, now also in mobile application. 

DRT Advance, one of the Group companies, develops and sells SBI, presenting a continuous development and improvement. 

“An intuitive and secure software, whose functionality and results are successfully proven” – Valdemar Duarte for the magazine. 

In addition to the advantages within the organisation, this software allows customers, through the mobile application, to follow the evolution in real time of the manufacture process of their moulds, through reports and images of the production progress, thus participating more closely and more actively throughout the process. 

It allows employees to monitor all production in the company, having a more active participation in meeting deadlines. 

“The SBI system for moulds production was developed in an R&D project within the scope of Portugal 2020, in cooperation with IPL, being co-financed by Compete 2020.” 

It is crucial to understand that this management software does not only apply to the moulds industry, but it is also suitable for any other industrial or service sectors. 

Complete news here.

November 30 / Uncategorized

X Congress of Moulds Industry 2019

X Congress of Moulds Industry – Moulds e plastics Magazine 2020

The Congress of Moulds Industry which took place between the 22nd and 23rd of November 2019, was about the present and future of a sector which is united and determined to face the main challenges. 

“The capacity for collaboration, cooperation and the creation of a critical mass will be the structuring elements, both to differentiate ourselves and to place us one step ahead of our international competitors”. These words from the President of Cefamol, João Faustino, were one of the conclusions at the end of the ceremony, together with the statement that there are new challenges that require new solutions, such as rapid technological development and the assimilation of new processes, which will have a huge weight in business investment. 

The focus on integrating processes and technologies to achieve competitiveness is a key factor in an organization’s strategy. 

Valdemar Duarte, CEO of DRT Group, took part on the “Digitalization Challenges” panel. This panel reflected on the current technological development in which companies are positioned and on the prospects for the future in this field. 

Valdemar Duarte also presented the DRT case, in which technology has been adopted according to real needs and how, in this way, the company has managed to evolve and the work that DRT has been doing on new systems improves the production process and gives lifetime to company employees, associating Artificial Intelligence to the machine algorithms. 

In the Molde 124 magazine, it is possible to find the opinions and the various topics addressed by entrepreneurs in the mold industry. The various speakers defended that “it is imperative to continue to invest in the integration of processes, in new technologies, in strengthening knowledge and, at the same time, in consolidating the international image, the positioning of the sector’s excellence and notoriety”.

November 6 / Uncategorized

In the ranking for the best in its sector

DRT occupies de 5th place on the top 20 of the biggest export companies from the trade sector in  the region and is in the top 10 of the best companies in the municipality of Leiria. 

The Leiria district has remained in the 6th position in the national export ranking for 3 years, having a positive balance in the business of its 3 main markets: manufacturing, commerce and construction.

The trade sector exports 383 million euros (16%) in 105 companies. This sector recorded an increase in exports of 24.1 million euros. The vast majority of companies are engaged in wholesale trade in various activities.

On a basis of 2000 organizations, the analysis was guided by 4 specific criteria. Geographic criteria (companies headquartered or domiciled in the district of Leiria and Ourém municipality), Statutory criteria (individual companies), Financial criteria (public data provided by companies through IES) and Dimension criteria (companies with the largest export volume in the exercise 2018.

Based on these criteria, in the ranking of the 500 largest exporting companies in the district of Leiria and Ourém municipality in 2018, DRT occupies 37th place.

October 24 / Uncategorized

Open Shop Floor at DRT

In the past october, 16  took place in the DRT installations the Open Shop Floor, an event powered by COTEC Portugal and IAPMEI that integrate the government initiative “Industry 4.0”. These sessions aim to address the way companies adopt the different concepts of this norm and promote the sharing of experiences among the various entities present.

This event was attended by entities from north to south of Portugal linked to different sectors, from textiles, molds, higher education institutions, research and technological development companies, business associations, among others.

With the constant advance and innovation in new technologies, themes such as artificial intelligence are a reason for success for companies that bet on this dynamic. DRT believes that the key to success lies in the constant search for new processes that promote efficiency and effectiveness in the management and production of the company. It was with this in mind that DRT Rapid developed its latest advanced management software, SBI – System for Business Intelligence.

To the presents was introduced the way that these system is integrated in the management and production process inside DRT and how it benefits in all production phases.

In this way we thank COTEC Portugal, IAPMEI and all those who were present in this sharing experiences and knowledge.

 

 

October 7 / Uncategorized

Open Shop Floor | DRT Rapid

The next Open Shop Floor take place at October 16 at DRT Rapid.
Registration until October 14th through the form.
The audience of the event is limited and registrations are considered in order of arrival.

Sign up on: https://bit.ly/2OjBYAO

 

October 1 / Uncategorized

SBI public presentation

The SBI public presentation was yesterday and it was an opportunity to show all the joint work done between DRT Advance and IPL during the last year, regarding the enhancement of the SBI implementation process and the customer support processes.

The event took place on IPL installations in Leiria and several DRT Advance’s partners and clients were there to see the results of this collaboration.

The focus on client support is crucial for DRT Advance to accomplish our full commitment with our client’s needs, and so the partnership with IPL allowed us to get new and improved tools to manage client updates and instalments.

The close contact with academic institutions is a priority for DRT Advance. These partnerships allow both parties to share knowledge and train new professionals in real-life contexts, allowing to sustain an added value growth for the future.

For more news or additional details, please contact: info@drtadvance.com

 

September 25 / Uncategorized

SBI public presentation

Next  September 30 will take place a public presentation session about SBI – System for Business Intelligence.

It is a revolutionary management software, that was developed by DRT with the goal to simplified and boost the global management of any business. With the incorporation of A.I. (artificial intelligence), complex heuristics and algorithms of machine Learning, the control and decision making by project managers and company administrators becomes much more effective and efficient. Currently, SBI can be used by any business, such as mass production or production on demand, proven reality in the DRT group.

The session take place at 2:30 pm, at Building D, Campus 2 of School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria.

More information about the event, please contact eventos@drt-group.com