Producing competitively these days means at least meeting the challenges of cost pressure, quality requirements, market niche, skilled workers and communication at the same time. Digitalization can help. However, many manufacturing companies come from traditional industries. New digital methods meet analog worlds. As part of this joint event organized by the MOONRISE project, IT-Cluster Oberfranken e. V. and SWS Digital, we used the textile industry as an example of how digitalization can succeed in traditional industries. These topics are of interest to all manufacturing sectors beyond the textile industry.