Description
Tec4MaaSEs’ core idea is to deploy a network of Digital Twins (DT), equipped with trustworthiness and cognition, to co-operate in a distributed manner within a value network as core enablers of Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS) practices. For this to become materialized, adaptable and actionable, several techniques must be brought it, with collaborative optimisation methods assuming a major role, along with analytics, simulation and event processing. Tec4MaaSEs advances also research trends like situation-aware manufacturing systems and DTs by lifting technical barriers related to standardisation and governance.
Tec4MaaSEs provides an overall framework for value networks, where processes, stakeholders and resources could be modelled as interconnected DTs. This allows for the design of strategies and actions required to further enhance resilience and circularity along the entire value network. The proposed framework is complemented with a dynamic reference library that uses semantics and models resources and capabilities of the registered providers for each business case. The overall performance is continuously evaluated and monitored via a multilevel balanced scorecard framework. The framework is configurable and capable of responding to varying supply and demand of individual actors within the value network.