Objective
NIMBLE: collaboration Network for Industry, Manufacturing, Business and Logistics in Europe will develop the infrastructure for a cloud-based, Industrie 4.0 Internet-of-things-enabled B2B platform on which European manufacturing firms can register, publish machine-readable catalogs for products and services, search for suitable supply chain partners, negotiate contracts and supply logistics, and develop private and secure B2B and M2M information exchange channels to optimise business work flows. The infrastructure will be developed as open source software under an Apache-type, permissive license. The governance model is a federation of platforms for multi-sided trade, with mandatory interoperation functions and optional added-value business functions that can be provided by third parties. This will foster the growth of a net-centric business ecosystem for sustainable innovation and fair competition as envisaged by the Digital Agenda 2020. Prospective NIMBLE providers can take the open source infrastructure and bundle it with sectoral, regional or functional added value services and launch a new platform in the federation.
Internet platforms need fast adoption rates and the work plan reflects this: we start attracting early adopters from day one and develop the initial, working platform in year one. Added-value business functions follow in year two and final validation at large scale, involving hundreds of external firms, will happen in year three. Our adoption plan is designed to enable two or more platform providers at the end of the project, and to have 1000 to 2000 enterprises connected to the overall ecosystem at that point. NIMBLE has 17 partners grouped around 3 main activities: developing the infrastructure, running a platform adoption programme, and validating the platform with 4 supply chains (white goods, wooden houses, fashion fabrics, and child care furniture).
NIMBLE will give manufacturing SMEs in Europe a stable and sustainable digital ecosystem.
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- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation management
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- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce
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5020 Salzburg
Austria
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Participants (18)
49527 Petach Tikva
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06800 Ankara
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
28359 Bremen
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28359 Bremen
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971 87 Lulea
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00131 Roma
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
20156 Milano
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941 28 Pitea
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13814 Pollone
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
46430 SOLLANA VALENCIA
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.
46430 SOLLANA VALENCIA
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46980 Paterna Valencia
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
20821 Meda (Mb)
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
28203 Bremen
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
13856 Vigliano Biellese
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
46980 PATERNA
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943 33 Ojebyn
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00196 Roma
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