European Future Manufacturing
What is an EFM Showcase
- Open platform for showcasing various aspects of future manufacturing
- Implementation of some of the Strategic Visions of ManuFuture, I*PROMS roadmaps and methods of overcoming Grand Challenges
- Representative examples/demonstrators
- Suite of cases, physical demonstration, simulations, multimedia presentations and reports of the EFM elements’ functionalities and implementations
I*PROMS vision of EFM
I*PROMS deliverables and other European reports suggest that the future manufacturing will have following characteristics
- Enterprise adaptability to sustain in the changing global economy
- Collaborative – Supply chain, intra-organisation, product lifecycle
- Collaborative vs. Cooperative production
Others?
Strategic Vision of ManuFuture has 4 drivers of innovative production
- Adaptive production
- Digital manufacturing (e-manufacturing)
- Networked production (cooperative)
- Knowledge based manufacturing