D8.6 OPTIMAI commercialization and exploitation strategy

Deliverable D8.6 OPTIMAI commercialization and exploitation strategy 1 st version is the first version of the OPTIMAI Exploitation Plan. Exploitation aims at ensuring that OPTIMAI becomes sustainable well after the conclusion of the research project period so as to create impact. OPTIMAI intends to develop an industry environment that will optimize production, reducing production line scrap and production time, as well as improving the quality of the products through the use of a variety of technological solutions, such as Smart Instrumentation of sensors network at the shop floor, Metrology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Twins, Blockchain, and Decision Support via Augmented Reality (AR) interfaces. The innovative aspects: Decision Support Framework for Timely Notifications, Secure and adaptive multi-sensorial network and fog computing framework, Blockchain-enabled ecosystem for securing data exchange, Intelligent Marketplace for AI sharing and scrap re-use, Digital Twin for Simulation and Forecasting, Embedded Cybersecurity for IoT services, On-the-fly reconfiguration of production equipment allows businesses to reconsider quality management to eliminate faults, increase productivity, and reduce scrap. The OPTIMAI exploitation strategy has been drafted and it consists of three phases: Initial Phase, Mid Phase and Final Phase where different activities are carried out. The aim of the Initial phase (M1 to M12), reported in this deliverable, is to have an initial results' definition for OPTIMAI and the setup of the structures to be used during the project lifecycle. In this phase, also each partner's Individual Exploitation commitments and intentions are drafted, and a first analysis of the joint exploitation strategies is being presented. The next steps, leveraging on the outcomes of the preliminary market analysis, will be to update the Key Exploitable Results with a focus on their market value and business potential and to consolidate the IPR Assessment and set up a concrete Exploitation Plan. The result of the next period of activities will be reported in D8.7 OPTIMAI commercialization and exploitation strategy - 2nd version due at month 18 (June 2022

D2.4 - OPTIMAI - The OPTIMAI architecture specifications

This document contains the preliminary description of the OPTIMAI smart manufacturing solution architecture based on the elicited stakeholders' requirements and use case scenario definitions that preceded it. This first version architecture (M12) is the outcome of a three-step design methodology which started with relevant technology exploration in the context of D2.3. This process was followedup through a closer examination of the most prominent reference architectural models provisioned for smart manufacturing and industrial Internet of Things applications. A top-down design approach was then carried out using the original OPTIMAI architecture proposition as a starting point so as to identify the various components and subsystems that deliver on the specified needs and requirements of the end-users. Through this exercise, the architecture was broken down into 36 basal components. Each one of those base elements was then elaborated by project partners responsible for their implementation through a bottom-up functional specification. Through this process, three architectural viewpoints are defined for the OPTIMAI envisioned solution in this document, namely the functional, information and deployment view. The functional view delivers a high-level overview of the envisioned system functionality broken down into the identified subsystems and individual components, all of whom are described in terms of their foreseen roles and responsibilities within the runtime operation of the system. Aspects related to integration, such as the interrelationships among platform components are presented, in order to guide the development of the necessary intercommunication mechanisms between components. This process is complemented by means of aligning the resulting architectural components to prominent Industry 4.0 reference architecture models and principles. The Information view then elaborates on the flow of information through the system, highlighting how components create, communicate and consume information during envisioned system operation to deliver on the use cases' goals. Finally, the deployment view presents topological considerations in terms of defining the execution environment for the various system components at a later stage during the project lifetime. The contents of this deliverable are provided as a first version documentation of the envisioned system's shape and structure, and are expected to be updated upon completion of the architecture and system specification activities in M18 of the project lifetime