SFN AG, based in St. Gallen, was founded in December 2022 as a spin-off of the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (OST). SFN AG supports industrial companies, in their profitability optimization to implement the Smart Factory. Due to the new challenges in supply chain, resources and energy supply, the implementation of the Smart Factory is changing from a "nice to have" to a "must have". In over 5 years of research, 44 generic use cases were scientifically derived and defined from more than 800 industrial companies, forming the "Smart Factory Navigator Framework". Using the Smart Factory Navigator Framework, SFN AG develops the appropriate individual Smart Factory strategy for industrial companies and identifies the use cases with the highest business value for the customer. From the individually matching use cases, the Smart Factory Navigator matches the optimal IT solutions and IT solution providers for the customer. In this way, industrial companies gain investment security, implementation speed and transparency in a previously largely confusing IT market. In addition, SFN AG offers neutral and scientifically based consulting services for the selection of solutions and their implementation. The Smart Factory Framework has already proven itself in more than 20 research and consulting projects with industrial companies, from large multinational to small and midsize companies. The projects have included the manufacturing of machining parts, railway industry, construction suppliers, logistics companies, machinery and plant engineering, and automotive suppliers. The founding team of SFN AG consists of Adrian Rüedy (CEO), André Ziemke (COB), Dr. Thomas Stöckel (CTO) and Dr. Lukas Budde (COO). SFN AG is supported scientifically by Prof. Dr. Roman Hänggi (Ostschweizer Fachhochschule OST), on the Scientific Advisory Board.