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D3.3-Report

Report for the D3.2 deliverable ("Platform demonstrator - Collaborative engineering platform demonstrator based on product and service data management") of the OPEN_NEXT project

What will I find in this repository?

Please find the PDF exports of report and annexure in the release.

Original task description

Task 3.2: Developing the platform features
Lead Partner: https://wikifactory.com/\ Participants: FHG

In this task, specific features are developed in the Wikifactory platform which addresses a selection of the most relevant requirements identified in the previous tasks. The development of these features will be based on current methods and open standards of PLM, and product and service development, but with an emphasis on simplicity of use, facilitating agile methodologies and fast iteration loops in the design process. Features will be first developed in a test environment, in order to implement the solution concepts and test the functionality of the solutions. Workshops for user testing and problem identification will be conducted. Agile development methodologies will be followed for the development of the prototypical implementation. The characteristics of the solutions derived in the work package will be compatible with other information systems which follow open and standard formats.

Who is doing this?

OPEN_NEXT is a collaboration between 19 industry and academic partners across Europe. Funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme, this project seeks to enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to work with consumers, makers, and other communities in rethinking how products are designed and produced. Open source hardware is a key enabler of this goal where the design of a physical product is released with the freedoms for anyone to study, modify, share, and redistribute copies. These essential freedoms are based on those of open source software, which is itself derived from free software where the word free refers to freedom, not free-of-charge. When put in practice, these freedoms could potentially not only reduce proprietary vendor lock-in, planned obsolescence, or waste but also stimulate novel – even disruptive – business models. The SME partners in OPENNEXT are experimenting with producing open source hardware and even opening up the development process to wider community participation. They produce diverse products ranging from desks, cargo bike modules, to a digital scientific instrument platform (and more).

The work carried out in this repository is subject to WP3 of OPEN!NEXT ("Supporting production engineering with ICT infrastructure") and lead by the department of Information and Process Control at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology.