In a post-COVID outbreak scenario manufacturing SMEs need to become more capable to rapidly shift to flexible and resilient production paradigms. This involves organizations to change as a whole. Technology experts from RTOs and universities can enable such transformation by providing consultancy on technology integration problems. Intermediaries such as industry clusters and associations, Digital Innovation Hubs, and Competence Centres are called to act as facilitator, enabling the transfer of know-how between RTOs and SMEs, and the creation of more value-adding digital transformation support programs to SMEs...
Flexman project will create and deliver a transformational program for manufacturing SME s with a demand to swiftly integrate tailored technology solutions for flexible and resilient manufacturing, such as applied AI for predictive maintenance, production re-scheduling, optimization of operations in the supply chain.