ABOUT
BACKGROUND
Traditional value chains are facing challenges due to the fast-moving markets, customer demands, and unpredictable manufacturing and logistics. To address these challenges, Manufacturing as a Service (MaaS) is introduced as a concept that utilizes existing resources in a value network by connecting manufacturers to service providers on demand through a connected network.
VISION
MAASive aims at increasing value network resilience, by enabling manufacturers to rapidly respond to unforeseen external events or sudden changes in supply or demand, utilizing manufacturing as a service. This is achieved by developing models of value networks that allow for assessing impacts of events and by servitizing existing manufacturing assets in multiple organizations that can be orchestrated and reorchestrated to address these events. Models are the basis for scoreboards that aid human decision makers in making efficient and timely responses and are enabling self-adaption of value networks.
€ 5 711 992,50
EU CONTRIBUTION
36
MONTH DURATION
12
PARTNERS
6
COUNTRIES
OBJECTIVES
Main Objective
MAASive will provide a toolkit for industry, which will consist of a blend of existing methods and technology applied in the MaaS context, and new models and technology developed as part of the project. Four distinct aspects are addressed in the MAASive project to increase resilience in value networks: network building, impact assessment, reorchestration of networks, and value network operation.
Specific Objectives
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To enable companies to servitize manufacturing resources, using models of products, processes, and manufacturing equipment across a value network of service providers and service consumers.
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To enable companies to discover and connect service-consumers to service-providers and thus orchestrate a value chain in a value network.
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To rapidly predict and assess the impact of unforeseen events disrupting manufacturing processes or logistics, and to identify, simulate, and advise scenarios for reaction/response based on manufacturing services in a value network.
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To allow value chain coordination between service providers and service consumers for fast value network reorchestration and recovery.
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METHODOLOGY
MAASive uses an iterative approach to develop technical solutions and identify potential technology risks early on. The project is focused on creating a toolkit from a human-centered perspective and involving professionals and workers in requirement and scenario definition.
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The iterative approach follows three loops focusing on:
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Model foundations
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Impact simulation and scenarios
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Network orchestration and operation
OUTCOMES
The results of MAASive will be developed in two use case demonstrators. The results of MAASive will contribute to companies being more resilient towards external, unforeseen events, by being able to utilize services in a value network better and faster, while also increasing utilization of network resources.
