Objective
The project aims to develp a new software tool enabling SMEs, working in the mechanical sector, to cooperate in a distributed engineering environment.
It is based on the following considerations,
- The main success factors of a product in all sectors are short time-to-market and a high quality level;
- Generally, all manufacturing SMEs (and particularly enterprises working in the mechanical sector) need to frequently innovate their products, both to create new products and to enhance the quality of the existing ones; this policy cannot be practically applied because of the long time and the high costs required for new products design;
- Some preliminary studies show that the systematic application of co-design techniques based on paritary relationships among different enterprises, sometimes among competitors, is particularly interesting for SMEs. Software tools available on the market are partially targeted to shorten engineering time but do not offer adequate capabilities to support such network organisation and are incompatible with SME procedures.
The project aims to develop a software package prototype which will assist the creation of SME networks able to co-operate in the engineering sector, saving time and to reducing engineering costs by managing all the engineering phases even in heterogeneous environments and in different geographical locations, as it happens to SMEs that subcontract vital or important subsystems or components to external suppliers, on which they do not have any strong negotiation power. The software will be integrated with the main CAD systems commonly found on the market, and will simplify and automatize the exchange of information, thanks to a model with high semantic content.
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Coordinator
20600 Eibar
Spain
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