The MAVIS project aims to strengthen research and educational collaboration between Norway, France, and Germany in the following topics: a) Industry 4.0, b) Internet of Things (IoT), c) cyber-physical systems for managing manufacturing deviations, and d) the product life cycle, reuse, and remanufacturing at the end of life. Following organisations participate in the project from the three countries: Norway: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and SFI Manufacturing, France: University of Technology of Compiègne and IRT Jules Verne, Germany: University of Stuttgart, Fraunhofer IPA, Fraunhofer IAO.
• To date, the project partners have worked closely together in developing ideas related to the project's topics and have submitted several EU proposals. They plan to continue on this path for the remainder of the project.
• As part of the knowledge exchange between the three countries, the project partners have visited industrial sites in all three countries, including Airbus in France, Arena 2036 in Germany, and the Raufoss Industrial Park in Norway. Additionally, the partners have presented their work and shared their knowledge on numerous occasions in all three countries. In most cases, these presentations were open and not restricted to just the project members.
• In terms of education, a summer schools in Norway and a summer school in Germany are planned to take place next year (2024). The preparation of the summer schools has begun in both countries.
MAVIS will fund collaboration on research and education between Norway, Germany and France, and create lasting relations in Europe within the manufacturing engineering field. We will focus on Industry 4.0 and how IoT and cyber-physical systems can be useful to manage the inevitable variations in manufacturing of products, variations in the product life cycle and variations at the end-of life/ reuse /remanufacturing. How can digitalisation / Industry 4.0/ IoT be used to manage variation and create durable products, at lower manufacturing costs, with better performance and prolonged lifetime through optimised maintenance, as well as enable a circular material flow with reuse and remanufacturing? In short; how can digital tools help us to manage variation throughout the product lifecycle and contribute to UN SDGs?
MAVIS originates from SFI Manufacturing where Sustainable Innovations and Industry 4.0 are key elements. The main purpose is international validation and increased quality of our research and education by strong collaboration with key education and research institutions in Germany and France. NTNU and SFI Manufacturing are frontrunners in Norwegian research, and MAVIS will strengthen our international position and give us a stronger foothold in EU and the European research arena. Target groups are mainly researchers, teachers and students at the partner universities, as well the industry research personnel in the SFI in Norway and in the industry network of the partners in Germany and France. MAVIS will impact SFI Manufacturing and the industry consortium creating a stronger international network with the selected partners. In the long-term will high quality research and education create competence on variation management, Industry 4.0, circular and sustainable manufacturing and international experience and thus contribute to having more conscious researchers, teachers, students, industry as well as better products living longer in a circular economy.