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TOULOUSE, France, Oct. 21, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB)
(TSX: GIB.A) has opened a new global innovation center dedicated to
Industry 4.0 in the heart of the Occitanie region in Toulouse, France. This latest center completes
a network of global innovation centers established by CGI in
France, including centers
dedicated to digital transformation (Montpellier), commerce and consumer services
(Lille) and supply chain
digitization (Lyon).
"As the cradle of industry in France, Toulouse and the surrounding region are home
to several high-tech industries, including aeronautics,
pharmaceuticals and agri-food," said Jean-Bernard Rodriguez, Senior Vice President,
Grand Sud region, CGI. "Therefore, the choice to set up this new
center in the region of Occitanie was obvious; we want be in close
proximity to leading manufacturers in the area."
In the 2021 CGI Voice of Our Clients, which provides insights
and recommendations based on interviews with nearly 1,700 business
and technology executives, manufacturers cite modernizing and
rationalizing their systems as a top priority. They also seek to
digitize the value chain through technologies such as Internet of
Things (IoT), augmented reality and digital twins. In addition,
developing innovative products and services through automation,
including autonomous decision-making, within collaborative
ecosystems is a key priority.
CGI's new global innovation center is designed to help
manufacturers achieve these goals and more. It gives them the
opportunity to experiment with innovative and practical solutions
that are quickly executable. Further, because the center is
interconnected with CGI's other innovation centers, visitors can
explore all of CGI's offerings through a cross-center, immersive
and personalized journey.
Overall, CGI is pursuing three major objectives with its new
center in Toulouse:
- Co-build, with manufacturing clients, the factory of the
future.
- Through innovation, develop new manufacturing solutions and
improve existing ones.
- Apply Industry 4.0 best practices to accelerate
transformation.
Another unique aspect of the center is an immersive game
designed to interactively teach a course structured around seven
key Industry 4.0 issues, including: real-time monitoring, data
continuity, digital twins, process automation, manufacturing
execution systems, process mining, and cybersecurity.
"CGI has proven industry expertise across the globe," said
Laurent Gerin, President of CGI's
operations in Western and Southern
Europe. "With a network of more than 6,000 experts, we
deploy many technological innovations for our manufacturing
clients. With this new center, we can help our clients address
their key transformation challenges, with the objective of driving
the end-to-end digitization of their value chains."
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest
independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
With 78,000 consultants and other professionals across the globe,
CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from
strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration,
managed IT and business process services and intellectual property
solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship
model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients
digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI
Fiscal 2020 reported revenue is C$12.16
billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the
NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
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SOURCE CGI Inc.