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1 3.1 Publishable summary The objective of the ProSEco project is to provide a novel methodology and a comprehensive ICT solution for collaborative design of product-services (Meta Products) and their production processes. The effective extension of products with new services in different sectors (automotive, home appliances, automation equipment, etc.) will be achieved by means of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) technology, Lean and Eco-design principles and applying Life Cycle Assessment techniques. A Meta Product/process development platform will be provided, including a set of new engineering tools to support collaborative work (simulation, configuration, etc.) on new productservices, enhancing existing tools for product/process design. The project is driven by four industrial application scenarios addressing different aspects of service and business building as well as product/process development (complex internal and external supply chains) in order to assure that the means for collaborative service generation and product-service and production process design to be developed in the project will be relevant for industry. Business Case scenarios are at: Volkswagen with personalised support to drivers to optimise energy use (in classical, hybrid and electrical cars) Electrolux with services to support remote condition based maintenance of household appliances Desma with support remote condition based maintenance for shoe manufacturing machines ONA and Alberdi with lean based design of eco driven services around machines The ProSEco project adopts a generic approach for building Meta Products and their production processes associated, where the product/process design takes place, through collaboration within the product ecosystem, involving multiple companies and actors and applying the Cloud Manufacturing (CMfg) concept. Meta Products will be built as a combination of so-called generic core services (applicable in various sectors) and application specific services, while engineering tools will support product/process design and generation of these PES services involving collaboration of all stakeholders. Figure 1 shows the ProSEco generic workflow as a sequence of steps that can be followed by these stakeholders to receive assistance in the creation of PES solutions as a combination of the core services and application specific services (configuration phase), and in the use of the PES services (runtime phase). This reference workflow concerns development of new Meta Products. However, the solutions proposed by ProSEco will also be used to update/upgrade/reconfigure existing Meta Products and PES, and in that case the workflow might be quite different. The steps are briefly described below: Figure 1. ProSEco generic workflow Idea creation: This initial part of the process will start with the analysis the environmental performance of the current product-system reality (taking into account the whole life cycle perspective) in order identify improvement areas. Once the improvement areas have been

2 identified, it is necessary to look for concrete needs/problems to be solved. With the help of ProSEco methodologies and other engineering tools, the stakeholders will conceptualize a PES solution as an extension to an existing meta-product or process to produce it. This PES solution will, e.g. turn the product-process into a more sustainable meta product, will reduce its time to market, will help the product comply with new environmental constraints, will solve some technical problems associated to the manufacturing process or will add some extra features to the product, such as data pattern analysis to improve future product designs or extended after-sales services, which will unleash innovative business opportunities that may derive in new business models supported by virtualization of metaproducts under the Factories of the Future (FoF) frame. Social Simulation: This step will comprise collaborative activities targeted at estimating the expected social impact derived from the introduction of a PES solution into the market as an extension to a new or an existing product Data mining: This activity will be leveraged to extract patterns of use, which can be used for the configuration of a PES or to improve future product designs by means of the application of appropriate feedback mechanisms Data Capture/AmI sensors selection: This activity will configure the available sources of data that will feed the PES Functional Specification. This step will create the documentation that describes the requested behaviour of the PES, that is, what is needed by the system as well as requested properties for inputs and outputs Context Modelling: This step will enable ProSEco users to model the context for the PES using reasoning methods, enhancing AmI sensors monitoring data contextualization Security Configuration: This activity will enforce the applicable policies to restrict and protect PES data provision according to users data protection rules PES orchestration: The outcome of the previous activities will be orchestrated so as to build a PES solution around a product / process PES deployment: The PES will be deployed into a collaborative environment and used in runtime by the end-users as an extended service to an existing meta-product ProSEco system will offer a Development Platform to create PES and a Deployment Platform where the PES will be used along with their specific application. The reference workflow concerns development of new Meta Products. The solutions proposed by ProSEco will be also used for update/upgrade/reconfiguration of the existing Meta Products. This is just one possible (reference and generic) workflow to use the tools/core services to be provided by the project since the workflow in PES development in each company could be different according to their needs of the foreseen PES to be created. Beyond the workflow to create a PES there is a set of engineering tools and core services that are used in each of the proposed workflow steps that will enable dynamic composition of core services and application specific services adaptable to the different meta products and associated production processes in order to compose innovative PES solutions. Fourteen partners are involved in the ProSEco project: No. Logo Name Project role Country 1 Fundación Tecnalia TEC RTD Spain 2 Institut für angewandte Systemtechnik Bremen GmbH ATB RTD Germany

3 No. Logo Name Project role Country 3 Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias UNINOVA RTD Portugal 4 Technical Research Centre of Finland - Business from technology VTT RTD Finland 5 Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca CNU RTD Romania 6 University of Salford, Manchester USAL RTD UK 7 Lean Enterprise Institute Polska LEI SME Poland 8 X/Open Company Limited TOG Industrial Association UK 9 Volkswagen AG VW Industry Germany 10 Electrolux Italia SpA ELEC Industry Italy 11 KLÖCKNER DESMA Schuhmaschinen GmbH DESMA Industry Germany 12 ONA Electroerosión ONA Industry Spain 13 SEMANTIC SYSTEMS SEM Vendor Spain 14 Alberdi Mekanizatuak S.L. ALB Industry Spain 3.2 Project objectives, work progress and achievements, project management PROJECT OBJECTIVES FOR THE PERIOD This report includes detailed description on the use of resources in the first 18 months of the project (M1-M18 October 2013 March 2015).

4 This working period includes one finished milestone MS1 and part of the subsequent MS2. Milesto ne number Milestone name WP number Actual / Forecast achievement date Comments MS1 Conceptual Phase WP100, WP300, WP State-of-the art analysis complete and business cases defined. ProSEco concept elaborated. Business and technical metrics defined. MS2 EP Development Phase WP300, WP200, WP500, 24 Early prototype developed, integrated and first evaluation performed. 60% of the expected target values achieved. WP400 As it was stated in the Annex I to the Grant Agreement, the objectives of the period according to the Milestones defined were: State of the Art analysis completed and Business Cases defined ProSEco concept elaborated Specification of ProSEco system (tools and core services) due to M18 and the start of development of the Early prototype, due to M24 According to the project schedule, the objectives are to: Review and update the State of the Art methods, tools and standards relevant for ProSEco (D100.1) Elicit Industrial Partners Requirements based on the description of four Business Cases and associated scenarios, and to elaborate generic requirements (D100.2) Based on the generic requirements, to define ProSEco concept that covers a description of the engineering tools and core services, their relations and the methodology that will accompany the ProSEco system (D100.3). Elaborate the specifications for the engineering tools and core services (first version) that are the base for the implementation of the Early Prototype. o D Specification of Development Platform & Collaborative KM Services - First o D Specification of Simulation - First o D Specification of Eco-design Tools & ECO Optimization Services - First o D Specification of Engineering tools and Core services for Context Sensitivity & AmI - First Also to provide a first version of where and how ProSEco will be used in the four business cases. o D Specification of Infrastructure, PES Deployment Platform & Service Composition - First o D Business Cases Specification and Infrastructure - First Elaborate the first version of the methodologies that support the tools o D Methodology for Collaborative Product Services & Process Design - First o D Methodology for Lean-based ECO-driven Product-service & Process Design - First o D Methodology for AmI based & Context Sensitive Product-Services - First

5 Start the development of the main tools/modules to deliver the Early prototype (in progress, to be delivered on M24): o D Development Platform & Collaborative KM Services - Early Prototype o D Development of Simulation Tools for Product Process Design - Early prototype o D Implementation of Eco-design Tools & ECO Optimization Services - Early Prototype o D Engineering tools and Core services for Context Sensitivity & AmI - Early prototype o D Implementation of Infrastructure, PES Deployment Platform & Service Composition - Early Prototype To define the ProSEco Assessment Methodology, in its first version D Activities to disseminate the project, to think in ProSEco in terms of exploitable results, and follow up of the standardisation aspects of the project: o D Project Presentation o D Project Presentation o D Project website o D Project website o D Plan for Using and Disseminating Foreground Work packages that were active during the period, (M1 M18) are WP 100 Requirements Analysis, SotA and Concept, WP 200 Collaborative Product Services & Process Design WP 300 Lean-based ECO-driven Product & Process Design WP 400 AmI based & Context Sensitive Product-Services WP 500 Integration of Collaborative Design Platform, Service Deployment Platform & Infrastructure WP 600 Test & Assessment WP 800 Dissemination & Exploitation, WP 900 Management