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Electronic Technology Management Solution

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Companies have recognised the need for production processes that boost product performance and drive down costs. Experts and resources required to plan and realise this processes are often unavailable. Technology planners and decision-makers are also confronted with a flood of information when investigating innovative technologies. To solve these problems the eTEMsolution has been developed. This ICT-tool consists of a workflow, document, user and competence system, databases, search engines and intelligent agents. The objective of the trial project is to enable a detailed and specified evaluation of the eTEMsolution. Within the trial project the eTEMsolution will be customised and implemented in three technology oriented companies, where it will be used to solve existing problems. The trial should demonstrate the advantages of introducing the software for the user partners and will generate insights and experiences that can be used to overcome the last barriers for its exploitation.

Objectives:
The overall objective of the eTEMsolution is to enable users in the producing industry to carry out professional technology management projects by using an web-enabled tool for technology management. Relevant technology and product data are generated, administered and made available for support in the decision process is supported. The basis for a decision is archived and is easily available later. Spread technology planners, designers and technology experts working in one value chain are better connected by using the eTEMsolution as a basis for communication and data exchange. The trial project aims to validate the eTEMsolution in order to support technology selection and planning for industrial SMEs. For the user partners the goal of this trial project is to demonstrate the advantages that can be realised through broader take-up of the eTEMsolution, for the technology suppliers to gather the insights and experiences that can be used to overcome the barriers for successful exploitation of their new products, services and knowledge.

Work description:
Within the ETEM trial project the eTEMsolution will be implemented in three technologically oriented production companies, where it will be used to solve existing problems within their products and the product planning process. In order to be able to broadly test the eTEMsolution industrial companies with complementary production ranges were chosen. They have complementary needs for production technologies and for the technology management process. To guarantee that the trial project leads to a valuable increase of quality and efficiency of the user partners business processes, a number of workpackages will be carried out within the trial project.

These workpackages have been grouped in four project-phases.
Phase 1 (WP1) builds one reference case per user partner, so the situation before and after the implementation of eTEMsolution can be compared.
Phase 2 (WP2, WP3) entails the preparatory activities needed to facilitate the actual use of the eTEMsolution and tailor it to the specific needs of the user partners.
Phase 3 (WP4, WP5) is essential for the trial project as it implies the first application of the eTEMsolution to the actual commercial business cases. Over a period of 10 months the user partners will test the eTEMsolution. Relevant results and experiences of the trial project will be measured and evaluated.
During phase 4 (WP6) the results will be disseminated within the consortium members and a plan for scaling up the eTEMsolution will be developed. The know-how resulting from the trial project will be disseminated to other organisations and companies that could profit from the experiences gained during the trial project. In the end a plan for further exploitation of the eTEMsolution will be made.
A separate workpackage (7) will be executed during phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 to foster a conscientious project execution. This workpackage for project management ensures the overall control and guards the project objectives.

Milestones:
After 6 months the 1st milestone (MS) delivers reference cases and customisation, implementation and training of the eTEMsolution.
After 9 months the 2nd MS delivers the first results of the measurements, dissemination plan and midterm progress report.
The 3rd MS delivers the final trial results, final validation, baseline projects, disseminated results and exploitation plan. The expected results for the users are cost reduction (10%), quality improvement, shorter time-to-market (30%) and process stability (+15%).
For the technology suppliers the result will be a validated tool to be commercialised.

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FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
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