Model-based Adaptive Product and Process Engineering

Objective

In the knowledge age increased cooperation and collaboration among enterprises during the product lifecycle is a global demand. In line with this MAPPER contributes towards the following vision for European manufacturing: "In 2010, agile manufacturing companies can inexpensively form collaborative networks and quickly adapt to market demands".

The overall objective that enables our project to approach the vision is: "MAPPER will enable fast and flexible manufacturing by providing methodology, infrastructure and reusable services for participative engineering in networked manufacturing enterprises, demonstrating practical benefits and scientific values in three industrial pilots".

The MAPPER solution will consist of four components:
- Reconfigurable visual enterprise models of products, processes and other enterprise aspects. Models described in business terminology enable the cultivation of a web of shared understanding among stakeholders, and management of complex and dynamic networked manufacturing enterprises
- Participative engineering methodologies, enabling joint product and process design, interdisciplinary and inter-organisational collaboration throughout multiple product life-cycles
- Secure collaborative service integration platform, enabling enterprises to access each others engineering tools and product data in a collaborative, yet secure manner
- Customisable work environments for different stakeholders, roles and tasks in networked manufacturing.

The platform will enable solution providers and users to jointly customise such environments. Using MAPPER results, enterprises can transform into dynamically networked organisations. Integrating, holistic views of the joint enterprise will lower friction and process losses, resulting in more effective operations, innovative designs, and increased business opportunities. Our approach seeks to extend Europe's competitive advantage, such as the agility, skills and competence of the workforce.

Fields of science

• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › employment

Programme(s)

• FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• NMP-2004-IST-NMP-1 - Integrating Technologies for the Fast and Flexible Manufacturing Enterprise

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT - SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI

Address

Strada Torino 50
Orbassano (To)
Italy

Links

Participants (10)

ACTIVE KNOWLEDGE MODELING AS

Norway

Address

Vollsveien 9
1326 Lysaker

ADVICO MICROELECTRONICS GMBH

Germany

Address

Steinstrasse 12
45657 Recklinghausen

EVATRONIX SPOLKA AKCYJNA

Poland

Address

Ul. Przybyly 2
43-300 Bielsko Biala

FERNUNIVERSITAET IN HAGEN

Germany

Address

Feithstrasse 152
58097 Hagen

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

Address

Hansastrasse 27c
80686 Muenchen

INGENJOERSHOEGSKOLAN I JOENKOEPING AKTIEBOLAG

Sweden

Address

551 11 Joenkoeping

KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE AB

Sweden

Address

Box 504
565 28 Mullsjoe

POLITECHNIKA SLASKA

Poland

Address

Ul. Akademicka 2
44-100 Gliwice

SINTEF - STIFTELSEN FOR INDUSTRIELL OG TEKNISK FORSKNING VED NORGES TEKNISKE HOEGSKOLE

Norway

Address

Strindveien 4
7465 Trondheim

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO

Italy

Address

Via Belenzani 12
38100 Trento