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After the release of deliverable D2.2 "Design and validation of the innovative enabling technologies for shop-floor level services", for which it has been the lead beneficiary, MCM continues his work on the OMA use case and the related Demonstrator 1 "Shock-robust technological concepts for aerospace component production".

Mansys and RobustPlaNet have started discussing the possibility to cooperate. It is currently being assessed if some of the tools developed at RobustPlaNet can be used to support processes on the Mansys project. Doing so will allow RobustPlaNet to prove that the resulting tools can be applied in different use cases, and it will enable Mansys in making their supply chain decisions more flexible. The first discussions have indicated that there are opportunities for cooperation. The next step will focus on assessing with each project partner the feasibility of the cooperation (i.e. IP).

In the 2nd Demonstrator led by our industrial partner Knorr-Bremse, a novel method is elaborated that focuses on increasing the robustness of the plant-level production planning. The task considers the changes and possible disturbances arising on the shop-floor level in the higher level production planning. The planning is improved by combining statistical learning, mathematical optimization and discrete-event simulation.

The project Kick-off meeting took place on 14th and 15th October 2013 in Budapest, Hungary and was hosted by SZTAKI. The goal of the meeting was to bring all participants together and establish a clear vision of the project. At the meeting all partners put forward their plans and expectations for how RobustPlaNet will support their future activities. In the main part of the kick-off meeting the WP leaders presented the strategy to reach the specific aims of their workpackage.