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WP 1: Implementation of an integrated company-wide information management system
A company-wide information management system should embrace the different layers in which different stakeholder interests, needs and knowledge are reflected for the different business processes. This new information management system should be developed to identify the different perspectives in which distributed stakeholders create, obtain, manage and reuse content and knowledge for the along the complete lifecycle in distributed locations.
Semantic web is a new form of web content which provides standard languages for expressing both data and rules for reasoning. The Semantic Web is a net of interconnected resources which define the contents and their relationships. The same contents may be shared and processed both by humans and computer programs. This tool will enable employees to share information and knowledge by developing an adequate governance model improving the learning cycle within the digital factory. |
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WP 2: Provision of a new ERP-human simulation interface
There is a current need to optimise the production scheduling process considering different disturbances that affect the overall production system. A new simulation based tool interface to be integrated to the ERP could help develop “what-if” scenarios to optimise the production scheduling.
At the same time, the “form” in which information is transferred to the shop floor is not easy to understand for workers or doesn’t even exist; therefore the project proposes a new interface to enable job floor employees to share production information to “self-organise”.
This Swiss DIFAC project will provide a new friendly web based interface on the existing available ERP to enable the analysis of “what-if scenarios” for scheduling improvement. |
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WP 3: RFID-ERP integration analysis and prototype testing
With all the advantages of RFID technology it is natural to begin thinking about how this new identification technology will affect the overall design and operation of ERP systems. As increasing amounts of data become available, the nature of ERP and the infrastructure needed to support the system will change dramatically opening new possibilities to do things previously thought impossible to achieve in practice.
One of the most important inputs to ERP is data about objects such as raw materials, work in process, and finished goods.
The DIFAC project will develop a RFID-ERP integration prototype taking into consideration the requirements from different factories needs according to their manufacturing typologies: Maker to Order (MTO), Make to Stock (MTS), Assembly to Order (ATO) and Engineering to Order (ETO). |
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WP 4: Aggregate WP training material and develop
e-learning platform
The objective of this WP is to facilitate Swiss companies (with a particular focus to SME’s) to understand the importance of applying Digital Tools in their factories to increase their efficiency and integrate the human and safety elements. At the same time, Industrial Associations from different sectors will be important agents to communicate to their associated members about the value of managing their companies using Digital Tools and motivating their members to implement them. |
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