Pilots
The MaaSAI System will be demonstrated in five pilots hosted by industrial companies from different sectors, each presenting different problems to be handled (D4.1). D4.5 analyses the business processes that each pilot addresses and the problems associated with them.
Overview
Section titled “Overview”| Pilot (D4.1) | Host company | Country | Industrial sector | Role in the MaaS model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot 1: Metal Parts Manufacturing as a Service | FACTOR (Factor Ingeniería y Decoletaje SL) | Spain | Metal machining | MaaS Consumer |
| Pilot 2: Optimising a Gears Manufacturing as a Service Production | TASOWHEEL (Tasowheel Oy) | Finland | Gears and mechanical power transmission | MaaS Provider |
| Pilot 3: Prototyping and Low-volume Production as a Service | BIO4DREAMS (Bio4Dreams S.p.A.) | Italy | Biomaterials | MaaS Provider |
| Pilot 4: Food Processing as a Service | BARBA STATHIS (Barba Stathis S.A.) | Greece | Food processing | Both (consumer and provider perspectives) |
| Pilot 5: Smart Electronics Manufacturing as a Service | E4M (Engenharia Mecatrónica Lda) | Portugal | Electronics manufacturing | MaaS Provider |
How the deliverables describe each role:
- Pilot 1: D4.5 describes FACTOR searching for external providers to augment its production capacity, monitoring their production and receiving the parts they produce.
- Pilot 2: D4.1 describes Tasowheel as a MaaS provider that manufactures gears as a service for its customers.
- Pilot 3: D4.1 describes Bio4Dreams as a MaaS provider in its BEEP Factory; in D4.5, the start-ups that use its shared equipment are the consumers.
- Pilot 4: D4.1 states that the pilot examines both the MaaS consumer and the MaaS provider perspectives. The D4.5 analysis of production line allocation takes the provider side, allocating idle lines to consumers.
- Pilot 5: D4.1 and D4.5 describe E4M offering electronics manufacturing and prototyping services to its customers, who act as consumers.
Business Processes Addressed
Section titled “Business Processes Addressed”Titles from D4.5, Section 3 (British spelling).
| Pilot | Code | Business process |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot 1: FACTOR | BP01 | Provider search |
| Pilot 1: FACTOR | BP02 | Provider production monitoring |
| Pilot 1: FACTOR | BP03 | Unexpected quality issues |
| Pilot 2: TASOWHEEL | BP01 | Manufacturing process for turning |
| Pilot 3: BIO4DREAMS | BP01 | Data management |
| Pilot 3: BIO4DREAMS | BP02 | Production (prototyping) process |
| Pilot 3: BIO4DREAMS | BP03 | Production (supply chain) process |
| Pilot 3: BIO4DREAMS | BP04 | Service providing process |
| Pilot 3: BIO4DREAMS | BP05 | Marketing and communication process |
| Pilot 4: BARBA STATHIS | BP01 | Energy consumption monitoring |
| Pilot 4: BARBA STATHIS | BP02 | Production line allocation and utilisation |
| Pilot 5: E4M | BP01 | Customer initial interaction and commercial information exchange |
| Pilot 5: E4M | BP02 | Development process monitoring and optimisation |
| Pilot 5: E4M | BP03 | Maintenance process monitoring and proactivity |
| Pilot 5: E4M | BP04 | End-of-life policy automation |
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”D4.1 plans three piloting milestones: the MaaSAI solutions addressed to each pilot are tested in factory equipment (M24), validated in test production (M33) and running in real production (M36). D4.1 foresees a video report as the means of verification for each of these milestones (Table 5).
For an illustrative, sector-neutral view of how the solutions work together, see How MaaSAI Works.
Sources: MaaSAI deliverables D4.1 (§3.3; Table 5), D4.5 (§3) and D5.2 (Introduction).