LISI GROUP - Integrated report 2021

28 — LISI – 2021 INTEGRATED REPORT MEDICAL #Market Anticipating changes in the health markets The increasing prevalence of chronic disorders related to aging and lifestyle, as well as the need to reduce health expenditures, are directing health care policies towards ambulatory surgery. This trend is made possible by the development of minimally invasive surgery techniques (MIS) with the assistance of robots for an increasing number of interventions. AEROSPACE AUTOMOTIVE MEDICAL #Factory 4.0 Accelerating digital transformation The health crisis has shown that companies that are advanced in digital transformation are often more resilient than others. Committed to this path for several years, the LISI Group now benefits from a network organization in many sectors. The automation of processes, the development of skills, and the monitoring of data collected continuously in the factories of the LISI Group offer a real competitive advantage. Ecosystem & Challenges THE EVIDENCE • Factory 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence: accelerating the digital transition. Six new Factory 4.0 project pilots were initiated in 2021 and 6 solutions are in the production and scaling phase. A specific roadmap has been drawn up concerning the management and use of the given data. Three LISI Group sites have been labeled Industry of the Future. • Robotics and Automation: the Group committed very early on to a process of robotization and autonomy of certain manufacturing processes. LISI Group sites have 394 robots for 10,000 employees (French average 194). 20 robots were commissioned in 2021. • Dematerialization, paper-free: the dematerialization of administrative and accounting processes is also accelerating in the sectors of Human Resources (recruitment, management of payslips, etc.), Finance (55,000 invoices issued in e-PDF format in 2021 to 310 suppliers, etc.). THE EVIDENCE • Development and launch of a new generation of staplers for fully robotic minimally invasive surgery with one of our main customers. • Major investments to support the strong growth of the market for minimally invasive surgery instruments and surgical assistance robots. Read p. 77 and 78.