What is an EFM Showcase?

• Open platform for showcasing various aspects of future manufacturing
• Implementation of some of the Strategic Visions of ManuFuture, I*PROMS roadmaps and methods of overcoming Grand Challenges
• Representative examples/demonstrators
• Suite of cases, physical demonstration, simulations, multimedia presentations and reports of the EFM elements’ functionalities and implementations

I*PROOMS vision of EFM

I*PROMS deliverables and other European reports suggest that the future manufacturing will have following characteristics

• Enterprise adaptability to sustain in the changing global economy
• Collaborative – Supply chain, intra-organisation, product lifecycle
• Collaborative vs. Cooperative production

Others?

Strategic Vision of ManuFuture has 4 drivers of innovative production

• Adaptive production
• Digital manufacturing (e-manufacturing)
• Networked production (cooperative)
• Knowledge based manufacturing