Sémaz — Performance & Renewal Advisory for SMEs

Our Services

Two families.
One shared goal.

Every engagement starts with understanding your operational reality. Technology and strategy come after — in the right order.

Family 1 — Performance

Audit 4.0

Rigorous assessment of your digital maturity across six dimensions. Prioritized roadmap. Access to the ESSOR program sub-section 1B — up to $20,000 in grants for the audit.

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Operational Excellence

Process optimization and documentation, establishment of methods offices, cybersecurity certification support, vendor-neutral technology selection.

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Family 2 — Renewal

Industrial AI

AI deployment where it generates concrete value: RAG on technical documentation, knowledge preservation, and field team acceleration.

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Product Innovation

Product portfolio structuring, implementation of a development methodology, support from concept through to market launch.

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What sets us apart

Four commitments.
No compromises.

These commitments are not sales arguments. They are the conditions without which a Sémaz engagement does not exist.

Total independence

No commissions, no vendor partnerships. The advice you receive serves exclusively your interests.

Decision-making autonomy

You decide. Our role is to inform, not to substitute our judgment for yours.

Long-term relationships

Our engagements last 2 years and more. Trust cannot be built in a few weeks.

Continuous improvement

We apply to our own practice what we recommend to our clients. Without exception.

Founder · Sémaz since 2011

The expert behind Sémaz

Hassan Kassi

Ph.D. in Biophysics · President

Scientist by training, entrepreneur by practice, advisor by vocation. Three decades spent inside companies — not in front of them.

Founder or leader of a dozen manufacturing and technology companies in Québec (Scientech R&D, Avensys, 3SP Group, Comprod, ITF Labs), Hassan Kassi has led Sémaz since 2011 with a simple conviction: strategy first, technology second.

Accredited Industry 4.0 Auditor. Academic chapter forthcoming with Springer Nature. Active collaborator at COPL (Université Laval).

Ph.D. Biophysics Accredited 4.0 Audit Integrated Advisory 30 years in business Springer Nature

Recent Engagements

From diagnosis
to lasting transformation.

Every engagement starts with understanding field reality. The direction of the work often emerges from immersion — not the initial brief.

Digital Transition Cohort · Gatineau

Training + Coaching · Chamber of Commerce

15 SMEs in the Gatineau region
5 theoretical training modules — 21 hours
Individual coaching — 5 hours per company
Digital Transition and Automation Path — Phase 2

Cohort completed

Expert Technical Assistant

Industrial AI · RAG · In deployment

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Bilingual FR/EN interface for field service and FAT teams
Siemens SINUMERIK 840D manuals ingested and queryable
Knowledge preservation against retirement departures
Progressive deployment — operational beta V11

Beta in progress · Fanuc extension planned

B2B Distributor · Cosmetics

Digital Diagnostic · Anonymized

Digital maturity audit across 6 dimensions
B2B model transformation — corporate accounts
Optimization of the quote-to-cash funnel
3-phase roadmap · Law 25 compliance

Completed

Distribution · Professional Sports Equipment

Digital Diagnostic · Anonymized

Maturity assessment across 6 dimensions
Omnichannel strategy — retail + e-commerce
Law 25 compliance and cybersecurity
Technology selection · Roadmap

Completed

+ 8 digital diagnostics completed in the distribution, light manufacturing and technology services sectors (2021–2024).

What they say

Trust is measured
in the words of our clients.

"Hassan was notably responsible for conducting a 4.0 Audit, which allowed us to rigorously assess the digital maturity of our organization. He also worked closely with our Director of Security to support the attainment of the Cyber Secure Canada certification. His contribution was decisive in several respects."

André Durivage

President, EPSI · Gatineau

"His involvement operates in 'embedded consulting' mode — with an integrated presence within teams, access to internal tools, and identification of priorities through field immersion rather than theoretical or one-off mandates. Hassan does not hesitate to go beyond his mandate to help the company."

Pasquale Calò

General Manager, Fives Liné Machines · Granby

Performance and Renewal

Two families.
One shared goal.

Audit 4.0

Operational Excellence

Industrial AI

Product Innovation

Four commitments.
No compromises.

Hassan Kassi

From diagnosis
to lasting transformation.

Trust is measured
in the words of our clients.

Let's talk about your project.

Performance and Renewal

Two families.One shared goal.

Audit 4.0

Operational Excellence

Industrial AI

Product Innovation

Four commitments.No compromises.

Hassan Kassi

From diagnosisto lasting transformation.

Trust is measuredin the words of our clients.

Let's talk about your project.

Two families.
One shared goal.

Four commitments.
No compromises.

From diagnosis
to lasting transformation.

Trust is measured
in the words of our clients.