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Project's objetives
The final goal
of the project is to contribute to improving
the manufacturing
processes
of SMEs.
The objetives of the COST-WORTH project are:
• To create
an innovative, an innovative, internationally recognised, integrated,
application-oriented and practicable COST-WORTH
methodology including set of methods
and tools, which combines a coaching oriented support scheme and
component based business re-engineering approach to support manufacturing
SMEs in different regions and sectors for all aspects and in all
phases of an improvement process, and specifically in the introduction
of different intelligent manufacturing system solutions (IMSS)
in a stepwise and unique way.
• To initialise a worldwide
network of consultancy to support manufacturing
SMEs in their improvement processes.
This integrated approach, which supports manufacturing SMEs in
the overall innovative improvement process, has to cover all stages:
(1) analysis and concept phase
beginning with the identification of the weak points in the company
that have to be improved using new technology and new organisational
structures, (2) specification &
selection phase and (3) the
implementation phase covering introduction
and utilisation of the improvement actions.
The integrated
COST-WORTH methodology and toolbox to be developed will be based
on a coaching approach and will focus on the effective implementation
of organisational improvements and IMSS with reference to component
based business re-engineering concepts. It will especially take
into account the specific constraints of small manufacturing enterprises.
The approach will allow any manager of any manufacturing SME in
the world to run the application, make an auto-evaluation of weak
and strong points and identify the best solutions for overcoming
their constraints.
It is expected that the new methodology will bring benefits
to the end-users (SMEs) in terms of savings
in efforts/costs for the introduction
a of new technology by a minimum of 40%
compared to the effort needed to perform the technology introduction
without applying the appropriate methods and tools. This is based
on current experience of the average efforts required by SMEs
to perform different tasks. There is further effort/cost savings
of 80%
(minimum) expected as a result of reducing
the risk of failure to achieve the
benefits expected from investment in a new ICT system and organisational
structure.
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In order to achieve the above mentioned
objectives, the consortium has defined the following working procedure
which approaches the required tasks in a coordinated way:
WP100 Requirements analysis & concept
definition.
Analysis of requirements of the COST-WORTH toolbox, elaboration
of the required COST-WORTH toolbox concept as well as the identification
of the required set of methods & tools to be developed, supporting
the entire improvement life-cycle in a coaching oriented and component
based business process re-engineering approach.
WP200 Definition and specification of methods
and tools
Definition & Specification (D&S) of Methods and Tools (M&T)
to support all activities through the COST-WORTH life cycle phases
of the introduction of an IMSS (phases: Analysis & Conception,
Specification & Selection, Implementation / R&D topics:
System, Organisation, Technology, Planning and Control of Introduction
and Measurement).
WP300 Design & Development of Methods and Tools
A detailed design of the appropriate methods and tools will be realised
followed by their development. This development may be limited to
an enhancement of methods and tools that are already available at
R&D partners’ sites or may require new developments.
WP400 Testing of Methodology
For eight business cases the COST-WORTH methods and tools will be
applied. This is a round-trip engineering process: the results achieved
during this work package will be used as feedback input to WP200
& 300
WP500 Measurement
Verification of the COST-WORTH toolbox by measuring the business
benefits at the SME sites as well as the measurement of the achievement
of the stated R&D objectives. Optimisation of COST-WORTH Methodology
based on the assessment of the results and the expected benefits.
WP600 Exploitation & Dissemination of
Results
WP700 Project Management
This WP includes the coordination and global management of all tasks
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