Project description
Re-designing manufacturing to deliver a rapid response during pandemics
In the fight against COVID-19, manufacturing and distributing vital medical equipment became a major challenge. Unforeseen spikes in demand for essential medical supplies have been causing a greater urgency for supply chain optimisation and for deploying innovative approaches to scale up flexible and sustainable production methods. To protect European citizens and address the needs of the healthcare sector on short notice, the EU-funded CO-VERSATILE project aims to prepare Europe for managing pandemics by elevating the adaptability and resilience of the manufacturing sector. The goal is to offer manufacturing firms readily available and customisable solutions - accessible via a cloud-based marketplace, Digital Technopole - that enables them to boost the production of medical equipment and respond quickly in times of crises.
Objective
CO-VERSATILE aims at increasing the adaptation capacity, resilience and flexibility of the European manufacturing sector, focussing on vital medical supplies and equipment, to support Europe in improving its response and preparedness to deal with pandemics. CO-VERSATILE builds upon research and innovation industry-driven initiatives to deliver demonstrators of a flexible 48-hour industrial response capability at scale, to cope with sudden spikes in demand of strategic products, for requalification or release of Manufacturing Settings. The project foresees four key objectives:
- Deliver a rapid response to the ongoing emergency situation in the re-orientation and repurposing of production capacities through repurposed MVP for 7 manufacturing settings at M2 of the project and improved results iteratively delivered every 3 months after that, allowing an increased production capacity of vital medical supplies and equipment. Manufacturing settings outside the project will start having access to the project results at M6 of the project through a digital platform
- Set up an accessible and democratic Digital Technopole for the re-orientation and repurposing of production capacities to meet the urgent needs of our societies for vital medical supplies and equipment, consisting of 5 operational building blocks.
- Validate the proper operation of the Digital Technopole on 7 selected Manufacturing Settings to demonstrate a flexible 48-hour industrial response capability at scale, to ramp up production in response to sudden future spikes in demand of strategic products (for instance medical equipment such as PPE, respirators), for requalification or release of production lines.
- Ensure the sustainability of the Digital Technopole and the multiplication of the offered services to the European Manufacturing Industry to achieve wide replication.
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H2020-SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2
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16129 Genova Ge
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70197 Stuttgart
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6928 Manno
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80686 Munchen
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7624 Pecs
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W1B 2UW London
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50018 Zaragoza
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E9 5EN London
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64295 Darmstadt
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24020 Onore
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24060 Viadanica
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30167 Hannover
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CV7 9JU Coventry
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40003 Segovia
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49277 Petach Tikva
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50018 Zaragoza
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1040 Wien
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00185 Roma
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00144 ROMA
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7521 PH Enschede
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7521 PH Enschede
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5683 CR Best
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48161 Munster Roxel
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7521 PH Enschede
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7521 PH Enschede
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7521PH Enschede
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7521 PH Enschede
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