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The next-generation digital inspection platform for fully remote supply chain monitoring

Project description

Tool for trustworthy industrial inspections

The global testing, inspection and certification (TIC) sector is poised to grow, providing a range of services required by the international trade. The TIC market is in rapid expansion as a result. Digitalisation proved that the classic methods of inspection are unreliable. However, current digital methods do not fulfil all the needs of the market. The EU-funded CyRaCo Box project is a technologically advanced tool aiming to provide real-time, effective, trustworthy and fully automated industrial inspections. In addition, it diminishes the costs in comparison to classic methods by 90 %. It will also help European SMEs improve their participation in international trade. The project aims to develop a business model that is highly scalable and subscription-based.

Objective

The global Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) market is expected to reach €250 billion by 2024, driven by international trade, tightening regulations and outsourcing. This market is also changing radically and will experience a complete technological revolution, as traditional TIC services are now in decline in favor of digitalized alternatives. This is particularly relevant for the manufacturing vertical, where manufacturers and retailers still heavily rely on third party quality inspectors to monitor the supply chain. This process is expensive, complex and unreliable, since real-time inspections are not feasible on remote locations. Additionally, current digital alternatives are not fully automated and lack the tools to guarantee a full inspection. Existing partial solutions only provide highly specific tools and do not offer cross-sector factory inspections.

Our team of highly experienced experts in the TIC field is developing the CyRaCo Box, a unique and patent-pending tool that provides a reliable, efficient and real-time remote factory inspections. It combines 3D Modelling, Augmented Reality, Cloud technology, analytics and smart sensors to offer completely automated and fail-safe factory inspections. As a result of the improved efficiency and automation, it also reduces traditional inspection costs by 90%.

The CyRaCo Box wil democratize supply chain monitoring, promote supplier accountability and pave the way towards real ethical sourcing. Additionally, it will also facilitate international trade for European SMEs, which do not have the necessary resources to develop expensive in-house inspection infrastructure.

The unique features of the CyRaCo Box will allow us to grow exponentially and disrupt the inspection market, with a highly scalable and flexible subscription-based business model. By 2024, we will already perform almost a thousand factory inspections, generating over €16 million in revenues and resulting in a ROI of 7.75.

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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

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Coordinator

CYRACO GMBH
Net EU contribution

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€ 50 000,00
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AM HEIDETOR 7
51467 Bergisch Gladbach
Germany

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost

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€ 71 429,00
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