Collaborating Globally Manufacturing Locally IMS - A Global Program for Collaborative Research, Development, and Innovation Introduction to IMS International

Collaborating GloballyManufacturing Locally

IMS - A Global Program for Collaborative Research, Development, and Innovation

Introduction to IMS InternationalDan Nagy, Managing Director

- Brief Overview of IMS- IMS Services- Networking: WMF- Global Collaboration with Local Benefits

Established MANUFACTURING R&D network …running for 20 years

Experienced in formation of collaborative R&D… between institutions, companies, projects

Established global platform support services… coaching, workshops, forums

Industry-led R&D program …for advanced manufacturing technologies and innovation1995

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(NIST)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION(DIRECTORATE GENERAL RESEARCH,

DIRECTORATE GENERAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, CONTENT

AND TECHNOLOGY)

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

(CONACYT)

28 Countries

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(Advanced Manufacturing

Technologies)

Research and Innovation

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Notable Partners

• Air Products & Chemicals, Inc• Alcatel Microelectronics• Allied Signal• BHP Billiton• Black & Decker• Boeing Company• Bombardier Transport• Bosch• BASF• BP Amoco • Carl Zeiss, Germany• Carnegie Mellon University• Caterpillar• CCSO (Centre CIM de Suisse Occidentale), • CSIRO• Daimler Chrysler AG,• DeBeers Industrial Diamond Division• Dongguk University• Dow Chemicals• Electrolux Zanussi spa

• Ford• Fraunhofer Institut• Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd.• Fujitsu Corporation• General Motors• GM Daewoo• Hitachi Zosen Information Systems• Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions• Honeywell International• Hyundai Motor Company (HMC)• IBM Japan Ltd• Japan Advanced Inst. Of Science & Tech.• Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd• Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)• LG Electronics• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)• Mazda Motor Corporation• Microsoft Corporation

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Notable Partners

• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation• National Institute of Science & Technology

(NIST)• NEC Corporation• NISSAN• Northrup Grumman • NSF Centre for Intelligent Maintenance

Systems• Oak Ridge National Laboratory• Oracle Corporation • Philips Centre for Industrial Technology• Pratt & Whitney Canada• Renault• Robert Bosch GmbH • Rockwell Automation AG• Rockwell Collins

• Samsung Electronics• Samsung General Chemicals Co., Ltd.• Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.• SCANIA • SHARP Corporation • Shimizu Corporation• Siemens AG• SINTEF• Sony Corporation• Stanford University• SUN Microsystems Inc.• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology• Toshiba Corporation• Toyota Motors• Volvo Car Corporation• Volkswagen

Notable Partners

Over 1200 researchers to date…

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• Why Collaborate?– Much required research is non-

competitive and cross-platform, so it is easily shared

– Shared resources provide cost-effective solutions

– Global collaborations promote global solutions

– New networks expand knowledge and supply chains

The Rationale

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING FOR PUBLIC GOOD

INDUSTRY COMPETITION

The Rationale

It makes good business sense to

share IP and business knowledge…

– In most companies, about 20% of a company’s IP is the “golden nugget”, therefore 80% could be shared

– More research can be done without increasing budget, more research budget is available for the “golden nuggets” of a business

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• Bottom-up Projects– Industrial requirement drives project

– Not IP essential, or IP can be shared with others not in direct competition

– MTP Project is initiated by project leader

– Usually self-funded

• Top-down Projects– Social requirements may drive projects

– IP should be shared, i.e., sustainable RDI

– Usually public funded

MTP Collaborative Project Formation

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• Linked Projects– Duplicate research is combined

– IP can be shared

– Additional synergy between projects

• Standards Projects– Global standards require international

cooperation

– Network through standards bodies

– Government supported

MTP Collaborative Project Formation

IMS ServicesProject Development

andNetworking Activities

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Mexico

David Romero

IMS Services – MTP Project Facilitators

European UnionMauro Caocci

United StatesSteven R. Ray

•MTP Project Coaching– Project formation

– Consortium building

– Project brokerage

– Network access to 30+

countries

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• Streamlined requirements:– Three IMS Regions participating– Budget minimum $1M USD– Two-year project or longer– Active project plan and execution

• 2 page submission to IMS• Simple MOA signed

• Project must be significant manufacturing research

MTP Project Application

MTP Project Process

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• Sustainable Manufacturing and Safety

• Energy Efficiency• Key Technologies• Standards and

Interoperability• Education and Training

MTP Platform

Potential benefits• Job creation, more and higher value

in technical and professional areas – e.g. Autoform

• Supplier/supply chain development – e.g. Harmony/Symphony

• Training/education, e.g. GEM and others

• Best Practices and Standards– e.g. STEP-NC MUSIC-XML…

• Sustainability– e.g. 3DS, EFSOT, AMITERM

World Manufacturing ForumAn IMS-sponsored Event

Venue• 1-2 JULY, 2014• Palazzo Mezanotte, Milan• Attendance: 400+

Funding:• EC, IMS, Sponsors

Registration• By invitation only

WMF 2014 The WMF was created by IMS to be an international forum where high-level policy makers and industry leaders could meet to discuss global manufacturing issues that should be solved cooperatively.

The Forum strives to bring globally recognized experts to present their views on current topics. Ample time for networking during breaks and meal times promote lively discussions that can lead to mutual understanding and cooperation. The WMF is an invitation-only event but open to influential leaders in manufacturing from anywhere in the world.

Event Chairs• Mauro Piloni, Whirlpool, Chairman of WMF 2014 • Robert Kiggans, IMS International, Chair of WMF 2014 Executive Board • Marco Taisch, Politecnico di Milano, Scientific Chairman of WMF 2014

WMF Board Members• Robert Kiggans (Chair of the Executive Board Members), IMS International

and Chairman of the WMF2014 Executive Board, United States • Dean Bartles, Executive Director, Digital Manufacturing and Design

Innovation (DMDI), United States • Dianne Chong, Vice President Materials, Manufacturing, Structures &

Support, Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology, The Boeing Company, United States

WMF 2014 Program

WMF Board Members• Clara de la Torre, Director Key Enabling Technologies, DG Research &

Innovation, European Commission • Maurizio Gattiglio, Chairman, European Factories of the Future Research

Association (EFFRA), European Union • Jack Harris, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Rockwell

Collins (retired), United States • Anton S. Huber, CEO Industry Automation Division, Siemens AG, Germany • Jarman Richard, President and CEO, National Center for Manufacturing

Sciences (NCMS), United States • Mike Lemon, Chairman and CEO, International TechneGroup, Inc., United

States

WMF 2014 Program

WMF Board Members• Pierfrancesco Manenti, Vice President, Research, SCM World Italy • Mauro Piloni, President, Whirlpool R&D and Global Vice President

Advanced Development and Cross Product Categories Whirlpool Corporation, Italy

• Khalil Rouhana, Director, Components & Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission

• Ji Oh Song, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea

• Abraham Tijerina, Coordinator of Innovation Management, Metalsa S.A. de C.V., Mexico

• Charles Wessner, Professor Global Innovation Policy, Georgetown University, United States

WMF 2014 Program

Session 1: “Industrial Policies for Global Manufacturing”Chair: Mauro Piloni, President, Whirlpool R&D and Global Vice President

Advanced Development and Cross Product Categories Whirlpool Corporation, Italy

• Katy George, Director, McKinsey & Company • Guillermo Rafael Fernández de la Garza, CEO, The United States-Mexico

Foundation of Science • Göran Roos, Chair, Advanced Manufacturing Council, Australia • Garth Williams, Director Advanced Manufacturing Technologies,

Department of Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa • Valerio De Molli, The European House - Ambrosetti, Italy

WMF 2014 Program

Session 2: “Challenges and Opportunities in Next-Generation of Manufacturing” Chair: Dan Nagy, IMS• Philippe Charlès, CEO DELMIA, Dassault Systèmes, France • Tomas Hedenborg, Group CEO, Fastems Oy Ab, Finland• Dianne Chong, Vice President Materials, Manufacturing, Structures &

Support, Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology, The Boeing Company, United States

• Charles W. Wessner, Professor Global Innovation Policy, Georgetown University, United States

WMF Participation

Session 3: “Workforce Education and Human-Centered Manufacturing” Chair: Thomas R. Kurfess, HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States • Arturo Molina, Vice President, Research, Postgraduate Studies and

Continuous Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico • Peter Frise, CEO and Scientific Director, AUTO21 Network of Centres of

Excellence, Canada • Jouko Suokas, Executive Vice President, Smart Industry and Energy

Systems, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland

WMF Participation

Session 4: “Venture Capital/Ecosystems for Manufacturing Start-ups” Chair: Herbert von Bose, Director Industrial Technologies, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission • William Mahoney, CEO, South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA), United

States• Diana Saraceni, General Partner and Co-Founder, 360?° Capital Partners,

European Union • Manuel Sandoval, Executive Director of Export Projects, Export Promotion

Unit, ProMexico, Mexico • José Fernando Figueiredo, Chairman/President, European Mutual

Guarantee Association (AECM), European Union

WMF Participation

Welcome: Ji Oh Song, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, Samsung Electronics, Republic of Korea

Session 5: “Robotics for SMEs” Chair: Khalil Rouhana, Director, Components & Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission • Enrico Krog Iversen, CEO, Universal Robots, Denmark • Bernd Liepert, CTO, KUKA AG, Germany • Riccardo Tarantini, CEO, COMAU

WMF Participation

Session 6: “Global Standards for Products and Manufacturing” Chair: Don Hemmelgarn, President, ITI TranscenData Business, United States • Jordan Brandt, Technology Futurist, AutoDesk, United States • Manuel Montoya Ortega, CEO, Automotive Cluster of Nuevo León, Mexico • Howard Mason, Corporate Information Standards Manager, BAE Systems,

United Kingdom

WMF Participation

Session 7: “Cyber Security Issues for Manufacturing” Chair: Michael F. McGrath, Vice President, Systems and Operations Analysis, Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER), United States • Galina Antova, Global Head Industrial Security Services, Siemens Industry,

United States • Andrea Rigoni, Executive Vice President, FINMECCANICA S.p.a. - Group

Security and ICT, Italy • Keith Stouffer, Project Leader Cyber Security for Smart Manufacturing

Systems, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States

WMF Participation

Session 8: “Game Changing Key Technologies for Manufacturing” Chair: Clara de la Torre, Director Key Enabling Technologies, DG Research & Innovation, European Commission • Maurizio Gattiglio, Chairman, European Factories of the Future Research

Association (EFFRA), European Union • Anton S. Huber, CEO Industry Automation Division, Siemens AG, Germany • Matteo Marini, CEO ABB S.p.A. , Italy

WMF Participation

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www.worldmanufacturingforum.org

Examples of Global Collaboration through IMS

IMS2020 Roadmap

Horizon2020 Roadmap

Virtual Simulation and Training of Assembly and Service Processes in Digital Factories

(VISTRA)

PARTICIPANTS

Education

EU1.DFKI (DE)2.Fraunhofer (DE)3.FCC (DE)4.University of Nottigham (UK)5.SGI (DK)6.VOLVO (SE)7.OPEL (DE)

US1.GM

CH2.EPFL

MX3.ITESM 4.METALSA

Virtual Simulation and Training of Assembly and Service Processes in Digital Factories (VISTRA)

BREAKTHROUGH CONTRIBUTION• Development, integration and exploitation of

innovative strategies and systems for learning, training and assistance in manufacturing.

• Research Roadmap: • Future strategies for computer-based training,

e-Learning and ubiquitous assistance in mfg.• Identification of technological and organizational

challenges .• Preparation of future research activities.

• Dissemination and collaboration:• Experts exchanges / Collaboration events / Pub.

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVES• To develop innovative strategies and

systems for learning, training, and assistance of complex, manual processes.

Complexe Manual Processes

Product & Process Data

Interactive, Virtual Training automatic

importtrain/simulate


Product Engineering

Production Planning

Installation & Commissioning Ramp-Up Production

using existing engineering data to complement training on physical prototypes

Interactive, game-based, virtual training

Extent the Digital Factory application range

DF

Reuse existing enterprise data


Peter, an employee at an assembly line for automatic gear boxes, was informed that the production of a new product type will start at his line started in four weeks. To familiarize at an early stage with the new product and its assembly process, he uses a virtual, gesture-based training system.

All product models and process descriptions used in the training are provided by the design and planning tools of the digital factory. The training system explains the assembly process step by step using a combination of animations and speech-based instructions.


• Prerequisite: information structures in the digital factory are modelled in a modular, open and semantically expressive way.

• can be dynamically aggregated and used in new training and knowledge-sharing applications.


Low-cost and large-scale virtual training of complex manual assembly processes of blue-collar workers

• Highly intuitive and interactive. various end-users with different level of technology acceptance.

• Motivating and engaging game-based.• Highly flexible, mobile and extensible.

No CAVE, only consumer interaction devices.• Integrated into the existing organizational structures.

under respect of legal implications.

complementary


Activity 1 – Technologie Initiative SmartFactory KL e.V.

Experimental Evaluation regarding Training Effectiveness & Required Fidelity

Goal:• Compare the effectiveness of conventional

(hardware) training against the new VISTRA training based on a real-world automotive use case.

• Which level of fidelity is needed for virtual training?(high realism vs. conceptional layouts)

Use case:• Door assembly with real hardware door and

assembly data and documentation.


Activity 2 – Academic Use Case

Goal:• Validate and evaluate the use of VISTRA technology

at lab practices of engineering graduate and postgraduate programs, aiming a social impact for educational and training purposes of future engineers.

Use case:• Reconfigurable Micro-factory.


Activity 3 – Automotive Use Case

Goal:• Implementation, validation and evaluation of VISTRA

demonstration at Metalsa.• Metalsa will provide valuable feedback regarding

VISTRA technology.

Use case:• Automotive industry.


Activity 4 – Automotive Use Case

Goal:• Implementation, validation and evaluation of VISTRA

demonstration at General Motors.• General Motors will provide valuable feedback

regarding VISTRA technology.

Use case:• Automotive industry.


VISTRA Symposium on novel training, assistanceand knowledge sharing system in the future factory

When? What?10:00 -10:15 Welcome and Symposium Opening

10:15 - 10:30

European Perspective on novel training, assistanceand knowledge sharing system

10:30 -11:00 Academic Key Note

11:00 -11:30 Industrial Key Note

11:30 -12:00 Experience from the Industry (Effectiveness, etc.)

12:00 - 13:30

--- Lunch + Demo ---

Demonstrate the VISTRA solution

13:30 - 14:30

Panel Session "Virtual Training as Competitive Edge"

14:30 - 15:00

Complex Assembly Simulation including flexible parts

15:00 - 15:30

Game-based Learning in a serious environment?

15:30 - 16:00

Go Ubiquitous - A Future Vision on Human-Centered Manufacturing

16:00 - 17:00

--- Drinks, snacks & networking ---

At the fair grounds of the Hannover

Industrial Fair

Live-demo at the Fraunhofer IGD booth

„Digital Factory“-Section

Sponsored by:

PROduct lifecycle Management and Information tracking using

Smart Embedded systems (PROMISE)

PARTICIPANTS

Key Technologies

CH 1. Bombardier Transportation (CH)2. EPFL (CH) 3. ENOTRAC (CH)EU4. BIBA (DE)5. Cambridge University (UK) 6. CIMRU (IR) 7. Helsinki University of Tech. (FI)8. ITIA-CNR (IT) 9. Politecnico di Milano (IT)10.SINTEF (NO) 11.INDYON (DE)12.SAP (DE)13.InMediasP (DE) 14.CR FIAT (Italy) 15.ELECTROLUX-ZANIT (IT)16.INTRACOM (GR) …

JP1. University of Tokyo 2. Waseda University 3. Chuo University 4. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding 5. Ricoh 6. Toyoda Machine Tools 7. Toyota Motors US8. University of Wisconsin-Milwakee 9. Stanford University 10.University of Michigan AU11.IRIS institute, 12.Swinburne University of Technology 13.MRI Pty Ltd. / AEEMA

PROduct lifecycle Management and Information tracking using Smart Embedded systems (PROMISE)

BREAKTHROUGH CONTRIBUTION• To allow information flow management to go

beyond the customer, to close the product lifecycle information loops, and to enable the seamless e-Transformation of Product Lifecycle Information to Knowledge.

• A consortium of three Swiss, 16 European, seven Japanese, three American and three Australian partners.

OBJECTIVES• PROMISE deals with the information

flow of a product system through all the phases of the product’s life cycle.

• The fact that the information flow is broken before a product closes its life cycle does not allow the feedback of the expertise and know-how, from service and maintenance and recycling experts back to the designers and producers.

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW• Use, Service & Maintenance

or MOL and EOL.• Feedback of information

from these phases to BOL (Design and Production).

Started: 2004 - Ended: 2008


CH 1. Bombardier Transportation (CH)2. EPFL (CH) 3. ENOTRAC (CH)EU4. BIBA (DE)5. Cambridge University (UK) 6. CIMRU (IR) 7. Helsinki University of Tech. (FI)8. ITIA-CNR (IT) 9. Politecnico di Milano (IT)10. SINTEF (NO) 11. INDYON (DE)12. SAP (DE)13. InMediasP (DE) 14. CR FIAT (Italy) 15. ELECTROLUX-ZANIT (IT)16. INTRACOM (GR) –…

JP1. University of Tokyo 2. Waseda University 3. Chuo University 4. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding 5. Ricoh 6. Toyoda Machine Tools 7. Toyota Motors

US8. University of Wisconsin-Milwakee 9. Stanford University 10. University of Michigan

AU11. IRIS institute, 12. Swinburne University of Technology 13. MRI Pty Ltd. / AEEMA

One of Most

Complex Collaborations


• New generation of Product Lifecycle Management system that…– Uses smart product embedded information devices,

– Allows the seamless flow and transformation of data and information to knowledge, and

– Supports new work and business models.

• Allows product users, maintainers, and manufacturers to manage and control product information:– At any moment of its lifecycle.

– At any place in the world.

• Developed and validated by IMS Project PROMISE.

MOL EOLBOL

Analysis and Transformation

Value Creation for Customers and Business

Data RetrievalData – Information

Information – Knowledge

DesignManufacturing

UseMaintenance

ReturnDiscard


• Manufacturers control their products during design and production.

• But are lacking information about product performance in operation due to growing gaps in information flows,

Loc OperatorLoc Manufacturer

ProductDatabase

ProductDatabase

SystemSuppliersSystem

Suppliers

ProductionEngineering

After SalesServices

Operation

Maintenance

Information main flow

Material flow

Legend:

Information gap

Information main flowInformation main flow

Material flowMaterial flow

Legend:

Information gapInformation gap


• Main enabling technologies and principles:– Smart Product Embedded Information Devices (PEID)

– Data gathering and information flow (Middleware / PMI)

– Knowledge generation and management (PDKM)

– Design and decision support (DSS)

– New work and business models

– Standardization reuse and evolvement

• Architecture:– Provides secure infrastructure for exchange and processing of

life cycle management data throughout all life cycle phases .

– Defines standards, interfaces and components.

– Allows implementation for a specific application scenario in flexible and reliable manner.

PROMISE Architecture

Hardware (1)

PEID

PDKM / DSS

Middleware (Data Services)


• Delivers technologies for a new type of closed-loop product lifecycle management (PLM) based on product embedded information devices (PEID), which allows tracking of product information at all time and any place of the world.

• Allows product users, maintainers and manufacturers to manage the lifecycle information of their products seamlessly over all lifecycle phases.

• Enables process improvements, gives better understanding of product life cycles and makes rebuilding and recycling choices more precise with direct environmental benefits.

Middle of Life End of LifeBeginning of Life

Increases Competitive Advantage

Improves supply chain efficiency

Reduces Total Cost of Design and Manufacturing

Lowers Cost of Ownership and Increases Asset Utilization

Reduces Environmental Pressure


• Spin-out Company (2008): http://promise-innovation.com/cl2m


• Next Generation Consortium (2015)…

EU H2020 Program

– Call for Proposals: Internet of Things and Platforms for Connected Smart Objects

– Project acronym: bIoTope

– Title: building an IoT Open Platform Ecosystem for connected smart objects

– More than 20 participants.

Vision:bIoTope lays the foundation, both technologically and business-wise, of ecosystems for “Platforms for Connected Smart Objects”. From a technological perspective, new combination of data sources and services across vertically oriented closed systems, silos and domains will be made possible through the development of a Suite of COTS software components developed around Open API Standards. From a business perspective, bIoTope focuses on community and ecosystem building activities that ensures the quality and effectiveness of collaboration.

IMS MTP Projects Seeking Partners

Projects Seeking Partners

• Additive Manufacturing Product Performance Prediction (AMPPP)

• Model Based Manufacturing (MBM)

– Economics of Model Based Manufacturing (EMBM)

• I-PLM Archiving: Implementation of Long Term Archiving and Retrieval Systems for Digital PDM and PLM Data

POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS

Key TechnologiesAdditive Manufacturing Product Performance Prediction (AMPPP) [In Formation]

IMS ACTIVITIES• Contribute to existing metal powder

characterization standardization activities.• Apply state of the art metal processing

simulation to predict product characteristics.• Increase technology transfer from government

facilities to commercialization partners.

GOAL• To enhance models that predict the

performance characteristics of metal products created using additive manufacturing

• To expand and enhance metal powder property databases

EU1.ESI Group (FR)US2.GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY 3.Stratasys, Ltd., Eden Prairie, MN 4.3D Systems, Rock Hill, SC 5.Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NMMX 6. Tecnológico de Monterrey 7.Universidad Autónoma de México, National Lab

for Additive Manufacturing 8.Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez


Key TechnologiesModel-Based Manufacturing (MBM) [In Formation]

IMS ACTIVITIES• Research the application of, and improvements

due to model-based methods on cross-sector manufacturing problems,

GOAL• Improved cross domain interoperability• Enhanced modeling and simulation• Optimized design decision making• Improved Performance predictability• Strengthened collaborative environment• Shortened development time• Reduced Total Ownership costs

US1.Rockwell Collins 2.PDES, Inc. 3.Honeywell Aerospace

EU 4.ITIA-CNR

MX5.Metalsa


Key TechnologiesImplementation of Long Term Archiving and Retrieval Systems for Digital PDM and PLM Data (I-PLM Archiving) [In Formation]

IMS ACTIVITIES• Bring together separate activities underway in

aerospace and automotive sectors for a unified digital archiving solution.

GOAL• Movement from paper to digital data has

made product information archiving much more complex.

• Digital product data becomes unreadable or irretrievable before end of product life.

US1. AIAG2.PDES Inc.3.General Dynamics4.ITI

EU 5.ENEA Research (IT)6.Habel Dokumentenmanagement (HU)7.EU Project TERRIFIC

8.LOTAR International

TextIntelligent Manufacturing Systems

• Global collaborations promote global solutions AND local benefits

• Much required research is non-competitive and cross-platform, so it is easily shared.

• Shared resources provide cost-effective solutions.

• New networks expand knowledge and supply chains.

700+ million USD in research

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Dan Nagy, Managing DirectorIMS International

www.ims.orgwww.worldmanufacturingforum.org

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

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