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Agile Manufacturing as a Service through AI Autonomous Agents

Project description

Advancing manufacturing through digital innovation

Manufacturers today face numerous challenges, including high investment costs and inflexible production processes that hinder their ability to adapt to changing market demands. In this context, the EU-funded MaaSAI project addresses these issues by developing a comprehensive digital platform designed to automate interactions between suppliers and manufacturing companies within a Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) ecosystem. By leveraging explainable AI, the MaaSAI System facilitates agile and transparent negotiations over manufacturing capacities, enabling on-demand sustainable production. This innovative approach optimises resource utilisation, supports the transition towards circular manufacturing and significantly lowers entry barriers for SMEs. The system will be piloted across various sectors, showcasing its potential to revolutionise the manufacturing landscape in Europe.

Objective

The goal of the project is the creation of the MaaSAI System, a comprehensive digital system to automate and facilitate interactions between suppliers of manufacturing systems (Providers) and manufacturing companies (Consumers) in a Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS) ecosystem, in an agile, efficient and transparent manner. The MaaSAI System aims to revolutionise manufacturing and remanufacturing processes by facilitating access to flexible and decentralised capacities, through the MaaS business model, that extends the principles of the service-oriented economy to the manufacturing industry. The MaaSAI System aims to contribute to the reduction of the heavy investments that manufacturers have traditionally had to make to set up and maintain their operations. With an emphasis on production flexibility, agility and responsiveness, the MaaSAI System enables on-demand sustainable manufacturing, optimising resource utilisation, facilitating the transition towards circular facilities, and promoting better integration of the value chain. The MaaSAI project leverages on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) in autonomous agents to negotiate the use of manufacturing capacities between providers and consumers in a dynamic MaaS ecosystem. The incorporation of secure, and real-time data exchange between participating companies ensures fast response times and improves collaboration. The MaaSAI System represents a paradigm shift that enables manufacturers to access and utilise on-demand production capabilities, further increasing efficiency and lowering barriers to entry for SMEs. The MaaSAI project will deploy 3 main key exploitable results: 1) MaaSAI Cloud MaaS Marketplace; 2) MaaSAI Provider Suite; 3) MaaSAI. The MaaSAI System will be demonstrated in 5 Pilots of European companies from different sectors: metal machining, gears and mechanical power transmission, biomaterials, food processing, and electronics manufacturing.

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ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
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€ 658 050,00
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