Project description
The digitisation of supply chains
Expanding into huge networks of heterogeneous organisations involved in the manufacture and delivery of products to end users, supply chains of the future are in for a big change, thanks to the many new technologies such as 5G, big data, blockchains, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. The EU-funded iNGENIOUS project will design the next generation of internet of things (IoT) technology to add digital value to future supply chains. It will also propose technical and business enablers to build a complete platform for supply chain management. Formed by 21 partners from 8 countries, including telecommunications vendors and manufacturers, logistic partners, universities, research institutes and high-tech small and medium-sized enterprises, the project will address interoperability between IoT and blockchain platforms for transport.
Objective
During the last decades, supply chains have become huge networks of heterogeneous organisations involved in the manufacturing and delivery of products to end users. The appearance of IoT is transforming every sector subject to be digitalized. After a period of evaluation of the use of IoT, companies are now moving to complete digitalization of their supply chains. Under this paradigm, iNGENIOUS (Next-GENeration IoT sOlutions for the Universal Supply chain) will exploit some of the most innovative and emerging technologies in line with the standardised trend, contributing to the Next-Generation IoT (NG-IoT) and proposing technical and business enablers to build a complete platform for supply chain management. iNGENIOUS embraces the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA) and Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) vision for empowering smart manufacturing and smart mobility verticals. The iNGENIOUS network layer brings new smart 5G-based IoT functi¬onalities, federated Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) nodes and smart orchestration, needed for enabling the projected real-time capable use cases of the supply chain. Security and data management are fully recognized as important features in the project. iNGENIOUS will create a holistic security architecture for next-generation IoT built on neuromorphic sensors with security governed by Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and tile-based hardware architectures based on security by design and isolation by default. In the application layer, iNGENIOUS new AI mechanisms will allow more precise predictions than conventional systems. Project outcomes will be validated into 4 large-scale Proof of Concept demonstration, covering 1 factory, 2 ports, and 1 ship, encompassing 6 uses cases. iNGENIOUS is formed by 21 partners from eight countries, including three telecom vendors and manufacturers, two network operators, four logistics partners, two universities, three research institutes and seven high-tech SMEs.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligence
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
46022 Valencia
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01067 DRESDEN
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00118 Roma
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28045 Madrid
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6815 Betzdorf
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28050 MADRID
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01069 Dresden
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92700 Colombes
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56122 Pisa
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00990 Helsinki
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20520 Turku
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04007 ALMERIA
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80331 Munchen
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28037 Madrid
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02 008 Warszawa
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43124 Parma
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46024 Valencia
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46015 Valencia
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57123 Livorno
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4 Dublin
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08011 Barcelona
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28050 Madrid
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